National Suicide Hotline Undermines Itself

<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW103954164 BCX4"> <p><a href= "https://www.breakpoint.org/new-hotline-aims-to-curb-suicide-epidemic/"> <span data-contrast="none">In a commentary last week</span></a><span data-contrast="none">, I discussed the tragic popularity of the new 988 national suicide hotline. Dramatic spikes in suicides and suicidality make this kind of intervention (and others) sadly necessary to prevent people from making an irreversible decision.</span></p> <p><span data-contrast="none">I am thankful, however, that friends at the</span> <a href= "https://www.restoredhopenetwork.org/"><span data-contrast= "none">Restored Hope Network</span></a> <span data-contrast= "none">let me know that the hotline</span> <a href= "https://988lifeline.org/help-yourself/lgbtq/"><span data-contrast= "none">directs those who identify as LGBTQ to the Trevor Project,</span></a> <span data-contrast="none">a radical advocacy group whose aim is to push young people</span> <em><span data-contrast="none">toward</span></em> <span data-contrast="none">sexual confusion. In this way, the new suicide hotline is undermining its own ends.</span> <a href= "https://www.newportacademy.com/resources/mental-health/lgbt-suicide-rates/"> <span data-contrast="none">Teens who identify as LGBTQ</span></a> <span data-contrast="none">are four times more likely to contemplate and attempt suicide and more likely to struggle with other mental illnesses. The Trevor Project claims this is due to stigma, not mental illness, but that assertion doesn’t make sense. The suicide rate has continued to rise as cultural acceptance of LGBTQ ideology and identity has. </span><span data-ccp-props= "{"134233117":false,"134233118":false,"134233279":true,"201341983":0,"335551550":1,"335551620":1,"335559685":0,"335559731":720,"335559737":0,"335559738":0,"335559739":0,"335559740":480}"> </span></p> <p><span data-contrast="none">Christians must take the lead in suicide prevention. To learn how, go to</span> <a href= "https://courses.colsoneducation.org/hopealways"><s