Early Years

After being picked up and the mother notified, he was taken to a temporary group home operated by Social Services until his social worker had prepared recommendations for Juvenile Court Judge Don Abrams (Judge Abrams was truly a Judge before the times in his belief that kids were not simply meant to be locked up

September 26, 1961 in the early morning hours in Camden, South Carolina a mother giving birth to her 3rd child could not have been happier. While she was happy to be giving birth to another child, the truth is her real happiness this morning was because this child was finally coming out. See it turned

Times are different, political agendas have been formed on basis of sexual orientation, individual perceived lifestyles and the worlds largest religious organization literally brought to its knees over decades of sexual abuse by its priests. For decades, the belief was that anyone who identified as gay was the victim of sexual abuse during childhood, or

As I continue again it is important that I again point out, at no time had this kid ever been molested by anyone. What was not discovered or known for decades was this kid was placed in state custody by the courts beginning in 1972 without him ever once being present in a courtroom, never

As this kid headed toward the staff dining area Smith his fat sweaty self, stood there checking out the kids every step. Truth is this kid was not only confused as to why he was even there, he was sick to his stomach with how this man looked at him. For the first time is