I’m Zeke, 15, born and raised in the Family. I love my life, and I’m proud of the way I’ve been taught to live. When I first heard about all this, I was pretty surprised. But like many others, I guessed from the very beginning that our enemies would try to take advantage of this situation. Though it doesn’t surprise me, it does make me absolutely sick. I would like to know why they hate us so much that they are willing to use a situation like this to try to condemn people that had nothing to do with it.

I’m not even an adult yet, but it doesn’t take a college education to realise that our enemies are stooping pretty low. In all my life I have never been abused once. If I have ever been mistrreated, it was rare and never intentional. I know that there were abuses in the past, and so does everyone else. Everyone also knows that those offenses have been apologised for over and over again.

I made my final choice one year ago. I want the Family. Family life isn’t easy, it’s as much hard work as you can imagine. But hey, at least I’m not wasting all my time complaining about things that may or may not have even happened. Our detractors have a site that’s called “Moving On” and all they talk about on that site is the past. To describe it in one word, pathetic. Get over it!

Give me liberty or give me death! - Patrick Henry

Ezekiel Bruni is a second-generation member of The Family International