Source: Anderson Independent-Mail
ANDERSON COUNTY, SC -- An 18-year-old man who returned to his home from a gay pride parade was assaulted by his father with a baseball bat last Sunday, the Anderson Independent Mail reports.

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During the attack, the teen's 49-year-old father yelled, cursed, swung a baseball bat, prayed and tried to "cast the demon of homosexuality out of him," according to the teen's version of events, given to Deputy S.C. Weymouth, the incident report states.

According to the Anderson County Sheriff's Office, the battering took place about 1 pm Sunday on P Street.

The teen said his father punched him again about 2 pm Wednesday when he returned to the house for clothes that he left on Sunday, the report states.

The teen told deputies that his father "has a problem with him being gay and that is why he hit him with the baseball bat Sunday," Weymouth said in his report.

The teen filed both complaints about 10 pm Wednesday.

Deputies, who have not been able to make immediate contact with the teen’s father, report that both incidents are under investigation.

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