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are raising funds via Kickstarter to produce a documentary about Nate
sure hasn't stopped there. their documentary's Twitter (NatePhelpsdoc), they have to inform those who may it otherwise.
s like Roseanne Barr, my and Rosie O'Donnell word through retweets or on Twitter.
seven days left on their project and $40,000 left are confident that they will ultimate goal. Johnson, Phelps are focused on the message of hope.
mother came out to her friends after 40 years of living her feelings and living she felt was not her own. implated suicide rather than religious upbringing and had condemned a gay
cess to this line of events, it in to contemplate what hisht have been like if thingsd out differently. A lot ofg has been what has fueledto make this documentary. it to serve a purpose — to
I thinking about what life like without my mom,
Johnson said.
Johnson said his mom is one of his best friends and he empathizes with people who don't have a loving relationship with their parents.
"I really want to offer hope to those kids that no matter how you're raised, no matter what situation you're brought up in, your life is your own," Johnson said. "You can make it what you want, whether that's staying in the closet for 40 years or running away when you're 18."
Phelps said he shares much of the same sentiment.
"For me, it is getting the point across to people that the ideas that people hold in their head and act on can cost people their lives," Phelps said. "That's the essence of it, and we need to realize that. Just because we're removed from those consequences, we have to understand that there's a direct correlation between the ideas that we carry around in our heads and the effect it has on other human beings."
Phelps also has one line that he likes to stand by of which Johnson now knows by heart:
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"Hate is stupid and love is good."
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