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Freedom of Expression Honorary Award | 2012 | Katie
Outstanding TV Movie or MiniSeries | 2010
TV Movie or Miniseries | 2010
LGBTThemed TV Show of the Year | 2010
Best Performance by an Actress in a Miniseries or a Motion Picture Made for Television | 2010 | Sigourney
TV MovieMini Actress of the Decade | 2010 | Sigourney
TV Movie of the Decade | 2010
TV Movie or Miniseries | 2009
TV MovieMini Actress | 2009 | Sigourney
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Television Movie or Miniseries | 2010 | Sigourney
Outstanding Producer of LongForm Television | 2010 | Stanley M.
Performance in a TV Movie or Miniseries | 2010 | Sigourney
TV Drama Performance of the Year | 2010 | Sigourney
Best Motion Picture | 2009
Best Actress in a Motion Picture or Miniseries | 2009 | Sigourney
Best Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture or Miniseries | 2009 | Ryan
Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie | 2009 | Sigourney
Outstanding Made for Television Movie | 2009 | Stanley M.
Best Actress in a Miniseries or a Motion Picture Made for Television | 2009 | Sigourney
Outstanding Achievement in Casting Television Movie | 2009 | Shana
In the scene were the two men from the church are talking with the Griffith family, some of the pictures on the mantel are pictures of the real Bobby Griffith.
In 2020, Sigourney Weaver reflected on the movie during her interview with "Entertainment Tonight." She said, "This one is the one I'm most grateful I got to do, because I hope that it will be such a support to these young kids. My heart goes out to all of them. I think there probably is nothing more difficult than not being able to express who you are and all the questions you have about that in a safe space."
Ryan Kelly and Carly Schroeder previously starred together in Mean Creek (2004).
Quote before ending credits: "Before you echo Amen in your home or place worship, think and remember. A child is listening. --Mary Griffith"
[13:17]The passage that Mary Griffith refers to is from Leviticus 20:13 and goes: "If a man also lie with mankind, as he would with a woman, both of them have committed an abomination: they shall surely be put to death; their blood shall be upon them." However. the other verses in that chapter also say the same things about adultery, and even bestiality.[1:03:10]She quotes Leviticus 18:22 which has a similar passage which goes "22 Thou shalt not lie with mankind, as with womankind: it is abomination."
"Mary Griffith: Homosexuality is a sin. Homosexuals are doomed to spend eternity in hell. If they wanted to change, they could be healed of their evil ways. If they would turn away from temptation, they could be normal again if only they would try and try harder if it doesn't work. These are all the things I said to my son Bobby when I found out he was gay. When he told me he was homosexual my world fell apart. I did everything I could to cure him of his sickness. Eight months ago my son jumped off a bridge and killed himself. I deeply regret my lack of knowledge about gay and lesbian people. I see that everything I was taught and told was bigotry and de-humanizing slander. If I had investigated beyond what I was told, if I had just listened to my son when he poured his heart out to me I would not be standing here today with you filled with regret. I believe that God was pleased with Bobby's kind and loving spirit. In God's eyes kindness and love are what it's all about. I didn't know that each time I echoed eternal damnation for gay people each time I referred to Bobby as sick and perverted and a danger to our children. His self esteem and sense of worth were being destroyed. And finally his spirit broke beyond repair. It was not God's will that Bobby climbed over the side of a freeway overpass and jumped directly into the path of an eighteen-wheel truck which killed him instantly. Bobby's death was the direct result of his parent's ignorance and fear of the word gay. He wanted to be a writer. His hopes and dreams should not have been taken from him but they were. There are children, like Bobby, sitting in your congregations. Unknown to you they will be listening as you echo "amen" and that will soon silence their prayers. Their prayers to God for understanding and acceptance and for your love but your hatred and fear and ignorance of the word gay, will silence those prayers. So, before you echo "amen" in your home and place of worship. Think. Think and remember a child is listening."
"Mary Griffith: I know now why God didn't heal Bobby. He didn't heal him because there was nothing wrong with him."
