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TexasTowelie

(111,312 posts)
Thu Aug 2, 2018, 09:52 PM Aug 2018

Strangers give $90K to send gay valedictorian to college after parents reject him

What began as a community GoFundMe page to send a gay valedictorian rejected by his parents to college has exploded, multiplying by thousands of dollars a day.

The story of Jacksonville, Fla. student Seth Owen, 18, has prompted thousands to give.

The original goal was to raise $20,000, the tuition bill for Georgetown University, where Owen is headed in the fall. He'd originally had a financial aid package, but it was contingent on parental support.

In the single day since NBC News reported about Owen's parents kicking him out of his home and his Georgetown University scholarship being threatened, his GoFundMe page has soared to more than $90,000. It continues to grow.

Read more: https://www.rgj.com/story/life/allthemoms/2018/08/01/donors-raise-over-90-thousand-online-send-gay-valedictorian-college/879895002/

Cross-posted in the Florida Group.

The GoFundMe page is closing in on $125,000 as of this post.

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Strangers give $90K to send gay valedictorian to college after parents reject him (Original Post) TexasTowelie Aug 2018 OP
This is great for the young man. leanforward Aug 2018 #1
Kicking this hopeful glimmer of humanity /nt al bupp Aug 2018 #2
Come on Georgetown, do the right thing!! aeromanKC Aug 2018 #3
I cannot begin to imagine rejecting a child. PoindexterOglethorpe Aug 2018 #4
...and his parents call to make up with him in 3......2....... TalenaGor Aug 2018 #5

leanforward

(1,073 posts)
1. This is great for the young man.
Thu Aug 2, 2018, 10:20 PM
Aug 2018

I fault the parents for their beliefs. You accept the child and love and support them.

I've known gays and lesbisons, they are/were great folks.

Several friends and colleagues were gay. I have no problem with the way they were.



PoindexterOglethorpe

(25,750 posts)
4. I cannot begin to imagine rejecting a child.
Fri Aug 3, 2018, 12:41 AM
Aug 2018

Parents like his are scum. And I'm in awe of the total strangers who are making it possible for him to have a decent life.

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