An Anderson, South Carolina man is being investigated for assault and potential hate crime charges after beating his son on two separate occasions following a pride parade on Sunday.  Yes, this is in the same state that just ran out on its credit to an advertising agency after running thousands of “South Carolina is so gay” ads, leaving a pride group in the state to volunteer to pick up the check. 

The 49-year-old man greeted his son in the street after the boy had returned from the Anderson pride parade, already in a fit of rage.  He commenced striking his own son with a baseball bat while cursing, praying, and “casting the demon of homosexuality” out of his 18-year old.  The boy—battered, and rightfully terrified by his father attempted to cast out his demon with a Louisville Slugger, ran away, and didn’t return home until Wednesday, when his father again struck him.  Fortunately the second assault left both God and Major League Baseball out of the conversation, but was enough—to think that after the first assault the tipping point hadn’t already been reached shocks us—to cause the teen to seek out the help of the local Sheriff’s Office.  His father has not been able to be contacted, and is still at large. 

By Pinke.biz writer Ben Ray. Check out his blog at What's Required.

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