Man Calls Gay Dads ‘Rapists’ and ‘Pedophiles’ on US Train
Two gay dads were called ‘rapists’ and ‘pedophiles’ by an unidentified man while on an Amtrak train trip along the California coast. On April 12, Robbie Pierce and his husband, Neal Broverman, were travelling with their two children when a man started yelling at them. “The next thing he said was, ‘Marriage is between a man and a woman. They stole you, and they’re pedophiles.’”Pierce and Broverman got between the man and their sobbing children and Pierce said, “Get away from my family.” The man responded, “That’s not a family! You’re rapists and pedophiles.