{"id":1221,"date":"2018-08-16T09:00:50","date_gmt":"2018-08-16T09:00:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.uccronline.it\/eng\/?p=1221"},"modified":"2018-08-14T01:36:10","modified_gmt":"2018-08-14T01:36:10","slug":"orlando-shooting-a-survivor-ill-leave-homosexuality","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uccronline.it\/eng\/2018\/08\/16\/orlando-shooting-a-survivor-ill-leave-homosexuality\/","title":{"rendered":"Orlando shooting, a survivor: \u00abI\u2019ll leave homosexuality\u00bb"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/new.uccronline.it\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/ex-gay2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft  wp-image-1238\" src=\"https:\/\/new.uccronline.it\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/ex-gay2-300x131.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"279\" height=\"122\" \/><\/a>On June 2016, at least 50 persons lost their lives inside the <strong>gay club <em>Pulse<\/em> in Orlando<\/strong>. Although the \u201chomophobic\u201d defensors of the family \u2013 among whom Pope Francis \u2013 <em><a href=\"https:\/\/new.uccronline.it\/2016\/06\/13\/strage-di-orlando-cordoglio-e-preghiera-non-strumentalizzazione\/\">were immediately<\/a><\/em> indicated as the moral instigators, in the following horse it emerged that the terrorist, <strong>Omar Mateen<\/strong>, was a renowned gay and a regular at the <em>Pulse<\/em>, angry at how he \u00ab<em>felt used<\/em>\u00bb in that club.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Following the tragedy, one of the homosexual survivors, <strong>Angel Col\u00f3n<\/strong>,\u00a0<em><a href=\"https:\/\/new.uccronline.it\/2016\/06\/24\/strage-di-orlando-uno-dei-superstiti-cambio-vita-torno-a-frequentare-la-chiesa\/\">announced<\/a><\/em> a radical life change, by going back to attending the parish where he used to sing in the choir.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">A short time ago, <strong>another survivor<\/strong> of the Orlando shooting <em><a href=\"https:\/\/billygraham.org\/audio\/pulse-nightclub-survivor-im-about-to-go-to-hell\/\">made an even more shocking announcement<\/a><\/em>. He has matured the conviction that God drew <strong>a<\/strong> <strong>greater good<\/strong> from the evil of that night, a repentance overwhelming his life as he had lived it until then. In an interview, <strong><u>Luis Javier Ruiz<\/u><\/strong> recounted, indeed, <strong>his leaving homosexuality<\/strong>, after 30 years of Lgbt life.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">He had <strong><em>come out<\/em><\/strong> during his high school, on his mother\u2019s birthday. They were listening to a radio programme in which a preacher lashing out against gays by saying that they are an \u201cabomination\u201d and \u201cdoomed to hell\u201d. It was so bad an experience for Luis Javier, who, by reaction, found the courage to look at his mother and say: \u201c<strong><em>You know what? Your son is gay<\/em><\/strong>\u201d.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">He broke relations with his parents and moved to Florida by immerging himself in the <strong>gay lifestyile<\/strong>: drugs, compulsive sexual behaviour, excesses, and parties. This kind of lifestyle emerged in Italy, too, <em><a href=\"https:\/\/new.uccronline.it\/2016\/03\/12\/caso-varani-la-comunita-lgbt-ora-teme-che-emerga-lo-stile-di-vita-gay\/\">on occasion<\/a><\/em> of the murder of Luca Varani. Until the 11th of June 2016, when, on the birthday of a friend of his\u2019, they went to the <em>Pulse<\/em>. The very <strong>night of the shooting<\/strong> that killed many lives. He was wounded, whilst many friends of his\u2019 died.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Like the other survivors, he underwent the <strong>AIDS test<\/strong>, and it was positive. That was the last straw, which almost led him to suicide, but he stopped in time to reflect on how he was leading his life. \u00ab<em>I was sick, depressed and hurting<\/em>\u00bb \u2013 he recounted. <strong>Prayer to God arose naturally<\/strong>, a request for deliverance. For this reason, he offered everything, including his homosexuality: \u00ab<em>I&#8217;m gay, God<\/em>\u00bb \u2013 he said praying. \u00ab<em>This is how you&#8217;re taking me. Take me as I am<\/em>\u00bb. Today he remembers: \u00ab<strong><em>I gave Him my gayness<\/em><\/strong><em>. I gave him my pornography addictions, everything<\/em>\u00bb. With this renewed awareness of being a child of God, his life was slowly reborn.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Today, after two years, Ruiz is a member of the <strong><em>Freedom Marches<\/em><\/strong> community, composed of people like him, who left lesbianism, homosexuality, and transgenderism and are committed to witness this <strong>possible change<\/strong> by travelling through America. <strong><em>Yes we can<\/em><\/strong>, he repeats, quoting Barack Obama\u2019s motto. \u00ab<em>Yes, you can come out of homosexuality. You can be free from porn addiction. From anything<\/em>\u00bb \u2013 he said announcing a way out, a happier one. Free from sin: \u00ab<em>God calls us to purity<\/em>\u00bb \u2013 states Ruiz.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u00ab<em>I should have been the 50th person killed<\/em>\u00bb \u2013 he concluded: \u00ab<em>But God had <strong>something else for me<\/strong>. And I&#8217;m thankful because now I&#8217;m able to share my story of hope, my story to the world, to let them know that <strong>there is God who changes<\/strong> and can transform<\/em>\u00bb.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>The Editorial staff<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Victims of  Orlando gay nightclub shooting. Luis Javier Ruiz, escaped by miracle, leaving homosexuality after 30 years of Lgbt life. 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