But he has been taught by all the adults in his life that the act of helping a slave get to freedom is the sort of sin against God that would forever damn your soul to hell. So, when Huck finally makes his momentous decision, he says, “All right, then, I’ll go to hell.” I’d kind of echoed Huck. I felt as though I was in a similar boat. I thought, I might lose all my friends and family for being gay—heck, my church says I might even literally go to hell—but I have to be who I am.
