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The son of Modesto, California, Straight Pride Parade organizer Mylinda Mason is gay and he\u2019s been speaking out against his hateful mother. <\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mylinda and other white supremacists and Christian conservatives in Modesto are planning a Straight Pride Parade<\/a> to \u201ccelebrate heterosexuality, masculinity-femininity, babies-born and unborn, Western civilization, our wonderful country, Christianity.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mason\u2019s son Matthew Mason has already spoken out against his mother.<\/a> He was homeschooled up to the end of high school and punished if he didn\u2019t say what she wanted him to say.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAny sort of ideological deviation from her philosophy was grounds for punishment, so I quickly learned that I had to say what she wanted me to say and do what she wanted me to do,\u201d he told <\/a>NBC News<\/a><\/em>.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

At age 28, he\u2019s speaking out against his mother\u2019s Straight Pride Parade: \u201cWe don\u2019t want hate in Modesto. I am making sure Modesto is not a place for hate speech.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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