- by Michael Wood
- Jan 22, 2009
In 1982, 20-year-old Walnut Creek native Bobby Griffith jumped off a freeway overpass and ended his tormented life. The young man, a fledgling writer, was torn between his desire to please his Christian fundamentalist mother and his homosexuality. Twenty-six years later, the church that taught Mary Griffith that she needed to "cure" her son continues to preach intolerance toward LGBTs.