cnn's julie peterson has this morning's "faces of faith." >>> how do i tell them, how are they goingeporter: adam ellis remembers how he. when he came out to his parents 12 years. he was 16, and he was scared. >> i knew deep down that they would never stop loving me. but i also knew just knowing from society and knew that it would be tough on them, it would be a struggle. >> reporter: it would become a struggle for the whole family. >> that night he came in from a party and sat down. conversation went on and he said, "mom, i'm gay." he broke down. and then of course i get up, and i hug him and go, "i have to go get your dad." >> when you're faced with that information, all you can see is your whole life change. because you don't know where once the domino starts to fall, where does it quit going? how do you tell your business partner? how do you tell your friends? how do you tell your family? how do you tell everybody that's involved? and how will they take that information? >> reporter: for three years, the family kept it a secret as they tried to come to terms with things. >> it wa

peterson: mr. pacheco, you can call item no. 8. secretary pacheco: this is a p.o. number 10-076, -- this is appeal no. 10-076. 750 andover street. this is protesting the issuance on july 2, 2010, an electrical permit. >> i have a problem say no to france. -- friends. my notes. what this is is to resolve work done with of a permit for a tenant in a two-unit building, and attended on the top floor, -- the tenant on the top floor -- i do not want to get into a family issue. there is a slight issue about the family, but they want to install an air compressor directly underneath my clients window -- client's window. a better picture of what this is come in here is the compressor. that is my client -- a better picture of what this is, and here is the compressor. this is my client's window, and the project sponsor was trying to get around addressing the issue of an airboat -- of an air compressor, and they are trying to say this is just for the tenant to downstairs for a hobby. we have not gotten there yet. we will see what happens in the future. where we are now is a permit to install an electrical switch to hardwiring air compressor. now, there are different types of air c