“Pray away the gay”? No way!
Yet another reason to wonder about Sarah Palin. Wasilla Bible Church, Palin’s home church, has a program designed to “pray away the gay.” I mean, it’s one thing for an informed, consenting adult to submit himself to some church’s de-gay-ifying protocols (which won’t work, I suspect, any more than abstinence-only sex ed worked for Palin’s daughter). But it’s another thing entirely when you’ve got a high public official sitting in the pews and apparently giving her tacit approval. I’m willing to bet there’s no way Palin backs off her church’s stance if she’s ever called on it. (Unlike Obama, who after some wringing of hands eventually bailed on Jeremiah Wright, to his credit.)
September 7th, 2008 at 4:39 pm
Not only is the program ineffective and bigoted, but the grammar is illiterate.
“Pray away the Gay?” What the hell is that supposed to mean? The gay person? The gay attractions? The gay community? The gay couple next door?
It would make more sense if they would “study away the stupid” (which is just as incorrect grammatically, but at least poetically parallel).
September 7th, 2008 at 5:30 pm
Amen, brother.
September 8th, 2008 at 8:55 am
This is so stupid I can’t even think of a cute comment. The Christian God made gay people just so self righteous Christian idiots can pray to that God to “cure” them? It is so hard to be a friendly atheist sometimes.
September 9th, 2008 at 9:39 am
Karma’s going to kick her in the ass and make her new grandson gay.
GO GAY PEOPLE!