Daniel knew that something was wrong on Tuesday, 26 August, when he came from work and his family was waiting for him. So when entering the house, he decided to film what was on the verge of happening.
"I recorded the video because I knew something was going to happen and I wanted to protect myself in case I was harmed in any way," he revealed in an interview to the BBC.
Despite the fact that you cannot see the faces of his relatives in the video, you can hear them clearly.
"You can deny it all you want to but I believe in the word of God, and God creates nobody in that way. It's a path that you have chosen.", says a woman.
After a tense conversation with his family, Daniel left his house and hasn't been there since. "If they would have just said 'Get your stuff and get out,' I would have said OK. I'm not the person who wants to get in a fight.", Mr Pierce said.
Daniel decided to post the five-minutes video on Youtube because he wanted to prevent this from happening to as many people as possible. "If one family saw it and then changed the way they approached their child and it saved one child from what I went through that night, it was worth it," he says.
The video has received more than 5 million views.
Socking video of red neck fundamentalist Christian family disowning their son for being gay, very sad http://t.co/vxOP8s1hJ7 #DanielPierce
— Simon Clifford (@simonaclifford) 1 setembro 2014
I've never experienced homophobia, from family or public. Hearing @bbc5live #DanielPierce discussion pops my socially liberal UK bubble.
— Jazza John (@JazzaJohn) 1 setembro 2014
Your faith or beliefs does not entitle you to judge or condemn just because someone is born gay. #DanielPierce
— maan flora (@maan_flora) 1 setembro 2014
Disowning your son and calling it "the word of God" is horrific. What kind of God would want to encourage such hate? #DanielPierce
— Harry Cook (@HarryCook) 31 agosto 2014
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