David Archuleta - Hell Together

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David's new song "Hell Together" is written about what happened in his life after he came out. David was a member of the Mormon Church

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[bulusa]

I grew up in a household with no religion so I can't fully understand and relate, but I know that leaving the Mormon church is very difficult, even just socially. It's awesome and special that his mom came around like that

[yankeesarelove]

agreed, its VERY hard to leave because of the social aspect! it's the entire community and when you suddenly can't attend the majority of events everyone else, you need to build a brand new life almost. its how they keep members in, I feel.

[peddlestools]

I grew up in a secular house (a lot like the protagonist in are you there god, it's me Margaret), but I still feel like I've suffered from religious trauma. I went to a public elementary school that was primarily Catholic, so by the third grade I'd heard a lot of homophobic shit. the first slur I was called was the f slur, and my smart ass told him he should use the d-slur (I didn't censor it tho oop)

like, even secular you're still surrounded by religious people who are very keen to share their dogma with the heathens

[akty52]

Tbh secular doesn't mean no homophobia. Many Asian countries like Viet Nam, China or Japan are pretty much secular but still manage to be homophobic without religious influences.

[hiimtish]

Awww I’m so happy his family was accepting😭

It’s truly the easiest thing in the world to accept your kids, more parents should try it

[pikapika217]

I'm glad he's in a much better place emotionally & with his family. I also feel so amused to run into his lil thotty adventures on his social media.

[colossusx]

i just can't fathom telling the person in front of me, real, tangible, that i love an entity i have no proof of more than them. it's SICK! how do people not see how sick it is? i don't get it. religion is a mental illness.

i'm glad she came to her senses but this hurt my heart to read.