Former 'Ex-Gay' Lears Denounce 'Conversn Therapy' In A New Documentary : NPR

Contents:

• "YOU CAN'T PRAY THE GAY AWAY" LYRICS
• PRAY THE GAY AWAY® THE MIL
• FORMER 'EX-GAY' LEARS DENOUNCE 'CONVERSN THERAPY' IN A NEW DOCUMENTARY
• ‘PRAY AWAY THE GAY’ HAS GONE AWAY. WHY ARE GOVERNMENTS TRYG TO STOP IT?
• PRAY THE GAY AWAYBUFFALO GALS BANDTRACK 6 ON WHERE THE HEART WANTS TO GO AUG. 17, 20201 VIEWER2 CONTRIBUTORSPRAY THE GAY AWAY LYRICSPRAY, PRAY, PRAY THE GAY AWAYNO MATTER HOW MUCH I PRAYEVERY DAY I WAKE UP GAYI WONR DID GOD MAKE ME THIS WAY?PRAY, PRAY, PRAY THE GAY AWAYPRAY, PRAY, PRAY THE GAY AWAYI WONR WHY I LIKE PRETTY LADIGOD, WHY DON'T I LIKE A SWEATY MAN?SEEMS I'VE BEEN THIS WAY SCE CHILDHOODGOD, PLEASE HELP ME UNRSTANDPRAY, PRAY, PRAY THE GAY AWAYWELL, NO MATTER HOW MUCH I PRAYEVERY DAY I WAKE UP GAYI WONR DID GOD MAKE ME THIS WAY?PRAY, PRAY, PRAY THE GAY AWAYPRAY, PRAY, PRAY THE GAY AWAYEVERY NIGHT BY HER BEDSIMAMA WOULD KNEEL DOWN AND PRAY"GOD, PLEASE HEAL MY LTLE MISSY""HEAL MY LTLE GIRL OF BеG GAY"MAMA WOULD BUY ME A PRETTY OCK, PKDRS Mе UP AND CURL MY HAIRBUT MY BROTHER'S OLD HAND-ME-DOWN SHIRTS AND JEANSWAS ALL I'D EVER WANNA WEARYOU MIGHT ALSO LIKEDEAR GODWON'T YOU PLEASE HELP MAMA UNRSTANDTHAT THIS IS JT THE WAY YOU MA MEAND 'S NOT A SAMEN (AMEN)PRAY, PRAY, PRAY THE GAY AWAYNO MATTER HOW MUCH I PRAYEVERY DAY I WAKE UP GAYI WONR DID GOD MAKE ME THIS WAY?PRAY, PRAY, PRAY THE GAY AWAYPRAY, PRAY, PRAY THE GAY AWAYPRAY, PRAY, PRAY THE GAY AWAY-AY-AY, HEY, HEYEMBEDCANCELHOW TO FORMAT LYRICS:TYPE OUT ALL LYRICS, EVEN REPEATG SONG PARTS LIKE THE CHOSLYRICS SHOULD BE BROKEN DOWN TO DIVIDUAL LUSE SECTN HEARS ABOVE DIFFERENT SONG PARTS LIKE [VERSE], [CHOS], ETC.USE ALICS (<I>LYRIC</I>) AND BOLD (<B>LYRIC</B>) TO DISTGUISH BETWEEN DIFFERENT VOLISTS THE SAME SONG PARTIF YOU DON’T UNRSTAND A LYRIC, E [?]TO LEARN MORE, CHECK OUT OUR TRANSCRIPTN GUI OR VIS OUR TRANSCRIBERS FOMABOUTHAVE THE SI SOP ON THIS SONG?SIGN UP AND DROP SOME KNOWLEDGESTART THE SONG BASK A QUTN ABOUT THIS SONGASK A QUTN *‌WHEN DID BUFFALO GALS BAND RELEASE “PRAY THE GAY AWAY”?WHERE THE HEART WANTS TO GO (2020)BUFFALO GALS BAND1. ARKANSAS HILLS (UNRELEASED)2. ABILENE (UNRELEASED)3. BILLY AND BE4. LTLE SUGAR CREEK (UNRELEASED)5. I’D NEVER SELL SUE (UNRELEASED)6. PRAY THE GAY AWAY7. DON’T POKE THE BEAR (UNRELEASED)8. BACK ARKANSAS (UNRELEASED)9. ROUTE 30 (UNRELEASED)10. I’D JT AS SOON STAY HOME (UNRELEASED)11. IT’S MY LUCKY DAY (UNRELEASED)CREDSRELEASE DATEAUGT 17, 2020TAGSCOUNTRYEXPAND COMMENTSADD A MENTSIGN UP AND DROP KNOWLEDGE ?GENI IS THE ULTIMATE SOURCE OF MIC KNOWLEDGE, CREATED BY SCHOLARS LIKE YOU WHO SHARE FACTS AND SIGHT ABOUT THE SONGS AND ARTISTS THEY LOVE.SIGN UPGENI IS THE WORLD’S BIGGT LLECTN OF SONG LYRICS AND MIL KNOWLEDGE
• PRAY THE GAY AWAYTHE LGER EFFECTTRACK 9 ON THE LGER EFFECT IS A BOURGEOIS SM JAN. 20121 VIEWER1 CONTRIBUTORPRAY THE GAY AWAY LYRICSINDOCTRATED AT A TENR AGETAKEN UNR WG OF THE BRETHREN'S SAGESHELTERED AND SHOWN HOW TO BEHAVESHOWN HOW TO REC AND HOW TO SAVE...ALL THE PROMIS MA REALLY GOT YOU HOOKEDBUT ALL THAT'S REALLY WRTEN THOSE BOOKS ISYOU'VE GOTTA GET 'EM WHILE THEY'RE YOUNG -YEAH YOU'VE GOTTA GET 'EM WHILE THEY'RE YOUNGAND NOW YOU'VE GOT AN EX-WIFE THE 'BURBSAND A NеW CHILD BRI OM THE LOL CHURCHAND SOMEDAY THе LORD WILL TAKE YOUR TROUBL AWAY(WELL I'VE GOT BAD NEWS, HONEY, THEY'RE HERE TO STAY)WHEN YOU REACH YOUR HOLY HANDS OUT TO THEYOU HEAR ALL THE GIRLS THE PEWS ALL SIGHAND YOUR PARENTS THEY ULDN'T BE MORE PROUD -WELL, YOU'RE LIVG THE DREAM - OR AS CLOSE AS ALLOWED -BUT YOU'RE STILL THE SAME SRED LTLE, LTLE BOYAS YOU PARA ABOUT YOUR NEW YOH, TELL ME, HONEY, NOW WHAT WOULD THEY SAYIF THEY KNEW THE FELLOWSHIP THAT YOU REALLY CRAVE?NO ONE KNOWS THE REAL YOUNO ONE KNOWS WHAT'S REALLY TEOH, TELL ME HOW FEELS TO NEVER FEEL WHOLE?AND JT HOW BLACK IS THE DARK NIGHT OF THE SOULAS YOU PRAY THE GAY AWAY?YOU MIGHT ALSO LIKEEMBEDCANCELHOW TO FORMAT LYRICS:TYPE OUT ALL LYRICS, EVEN REPEATG SONG PARTS LIKE THE CHOSLYRICS SHOULD BE BROKEN DOWN TO DIVIDUAL LUSE SECTN HEARS ABOVE DIFFERENT SONG PARTS LIKE [VERSE], [CHOS], ETC.USE ALICS (<I>LYRIC</I>) AND BOLD (<B>LYRIC</B>) TO DISTGUISH BETWEEN DIFFERENT VOLISTS THE SAME SONG PARTIF YOU DON’T UNRSTAND A LYRIC, E [?]TO LEARN MORE, CHECK OUT OUR TRANSCRIPTN GUI OR VIS OUR TRANSCRIBERS FOMABOUTHAVE THE SI SOP ON THIS SONG?SIGN UP AND DROP SOME KNOWLEDGESTART THE SONG BASK A QUTN ABOUT THIS SONGASK A QUTN *‌WHEN DID THE LGER EFFECT RELEASE “PRAY THE GAY AWAY”?THE LGER EFFECT IS A BOURGEOIS SM THE LGER EFFECT2. POPISM3. HOW AWFUL ABOUT ALLAN6. HOME IS WHERE YOU ARE7. PARANORMAL BOUQUET9. PRAY THE GAY AWAY10. SECTS11. MIRRORSCREDSRELEASE DATEJANUARY 2012TAGSROCKEXPAND COMMENTSADD A MENTSIGN UP AND DROP KNOWLEDGE ?GENI IS THE ULTIMATE SOURCE OF MIC KNOWLEDGE, CREATED BY SCHOLARS LIKE YOU WHO SHARE FACTS AND SIGHT ABOUT THE SONGS AND ARTISTS THEY LOVE.SIGN UPGENI IS THE WORLD’S BIGGT LLECTN OF SONG LYRICS AND MIL KNOWLEDGE
• YOU CAN'T PRAY THE GAY AWAY
• YOU CAN’T PRAY THE GAY AWAYLRA BELL BUNDY1 VIEWER2 CONTRIBUTORSYOU CAN’T PRAY THE GAY AWAY LYRICS[INTRO]BROTHERS AND SISTERSPRAYER IS A POWERFUL THGIN THE TRY' TIM, WE PRAYWE PRAY HARDBUT. THERE ARE SOME MATTERSWHERE WE WOULD BE BETTER SERVANTS OF THE LORDBY ACCEPT' WAS AND NOT BOTHER' HIM[PRE-CHOS]COME ON!YOU N'T PRAY THE GAY AWAYYOU N'T PRAY THE GAY AWAYNO MATTER WHAT YOUR PREACHER SAYNO MATTER WHAT YOUR PREACHER SAYTHERE'S NO FIGHTG DNAYOU N'T PRAY THE GAY AWAY[VERSE 1]MAMA OH MAMA YOU N'T BLAME YOURSELFJT E YOUR BABY BOY TOOK YOUR HIGH HEELS OFF THE SHELFDADDY THOUGHT FOOTBALL WOULD MAKE A MAN OF HIMBUT NOW HE SPENDS ALL HIS TIME CISG THE GYMYOU MIGHT ALSO LIKE[CHOS]YOU N'T PRAY THE GAY AWAYYOU N'T PRAY THE GAY AWAYNO MATTER WHAT YOUR PREACHER SAYNO MATTER WHAT YOUR PREACHER SAYTHERE'S NO FIGHT' DNAYOU N'T PRAY THE GAY AWAY[VERSE 2]WELL THE REVEREND BILL, AT THE CHURCH OF CHRISTSAYS HE NEEDS REPROGRAMMGTHAT BOY A'T RIGHTSEND HIM OFF TO MP WHERE HE ULD GET FIXEDHAD THE SUMMER OF HIS LIFENEVER SAW SO MANY DICKS[CHOS]YOU N'T PRAY THE GAY AWAYYOU N'T PRAY THE GAY AWAYNO MATTER WHAT YOUR PREACHER SAYNO MATTER WHAT YOUR PREACHER SAYTHERE'S NO FIGHT' DNAYOU N'T PRAY THE GAY AWAY[VERSE 3]YOU MAY NOT KNOW BUT YOU KNOW LOTS OF THEMSTATISTILLY SPEAK'1 OUT OF EVERY 10EVERY FAY'S GOT ONEYOU MIGHT LL HIM AUNTIE FREDMAMA SAYS HE HARMLS, LT HE'S TRY' TO GIVE YOU HEAD AWWOH![CHOS]YOU N'T PRAY THE GAY AWAYYOU N'T PRAY THE GAY AWAYNO MATTER WHAT YOUR PREACHER SAYNO MATTER WHAT YOUR PREACHER SAYTHERE'S NO FIGHT' DNAYOU N'T PRAY THE GAY AWAYHEY! YOU N'T PRAY THE GAY AWAY[OUTRO]A-MENHALLELUJAHBLS YOUR HEART2EMBEDCANCELHOW TO FORMAT LYRICS:TYPE OUT ALL LYRICS, EVEN REPEATG SONG PARTS LIKE THE CHOSLYRICS SHOULD BE BROKEN DOWN TO DIVIDUAL LUSE SECTN HEARS ABOVE DIFFERENT SONG PARTS LIKE [VERSE], [CHOS], ETC.USE ALICS (<I>LYRIC</I>) AND BOLD (<B>LYRIC</B>) TO DISTGUISH BETWEEN DIFFERENT VOLISTS THE SAME SONG PARTIF YOU DON’T UNRSTAND A LYRIC, E [?]TO LEARN MORE, CHECK OUT OUR TRANSCRIPTN GUI OR VIS OUR TRANSCRIBERS FOMABOUTTHIS SONG B IS UNREVIEWEDGENI ANNOTATN1 NTRIBUTORYOU N’T PRAY THE GAY AWAY IS A SONG ABOUT HOW IF SOMEONE IS GAY YOU SHOULD JT ACCEPT EXPAND +1SHAREASK A QUTN ABOUT THIS SONGASK A QUTN *‌CREDSTAGSCOUNTRYLGBTQ+COUNTRY POPEXPAND COMMENTSADD A MENTSIGN UP AND DROP KNOWLEDGE ?GENI IS THE ULTIMATE SOURCE OF MIC KNOWLEDGE, CREATED BY SCHOLARS LIKE YOU WHO SHARE FACTS AND SIGHT ABOUT THE SONGS AND ARTISTS THEY LOVE.SIGN UPGENI IS THE WORLD’S BIGGT LLECTN OF SONG LYRICS AND MIL KNOWLEDGE
• YOU CAN'T PRAY THE GAY AWAY - SGLE
• PRAY THE GAY AWAY EPISOS
• 5 THGS I LEARNED AT A 'PRAY AWAY THE GAY' CAMP

"YOU CAN'T PRAY THE GAY AWAY" LYRICS

"You Can't Pray The Gay Away".

You n't pray the gay away. Theater Arts Guild prents the world premiere of Pray the Gay Away®, a ser mil edy.

Pray the Gay Away® tak place 1980’s Monka, Mnota and shows the llisn urse of two boys beg subjected to the ntroversial practice of gay nversn therapy, the Lutheran Church - Missouri Synod that says “homosexual behavr is trsilly sful”, a Youth Pri LGBTQ support group fightg for human rights, and the lol muny ught the middle.

PRAY THE GAY AWAY® THE MIL

For his fourth full-length mil, Conrad Askland, former mic director of Cirque du Soleil and Rock of Ag, has traed his satiril missile system on the cultural, polil and theologil forc that surround the paful world of gay nversn therapy and the “pray away the gay” movement. Pray the Gay Away® pulls up the rpet to expose the unrlyg U.

FORMER 'EX-GAY' LEARS DENOUNCE 'CONVERSN THERAPY' IN A NEW DOCUMENTARY

Relig, polil and cultural attus surroundg homosexualy and our unrstandg of human rights. Clergy public statement on the mil Pray the Gay Away®.

It's a movement that's born out of a larger culture of homophobia and transphobia that still persists the majory of Christian church today. It wasn't until the suici of his iend, who was also part of the "ex-gay" movement, that he reevaluated everythg. Interview highlights clu extend web-only answers and have been eded for length and clary: Interview Highlights Thomas on how he joed the "ex-gay" movement and Exod Internatnal I was out of the closet the '80s.

‘PRAY AWAY THE GAY’ HAS GONE AWAY. WHY ARE GOVERNMENTS TRYG TO STOP IT?

They also had a group for the gays, and unrneath all of that olns there was this toxic theology that said that you need to overe homosexualy.

Stolakis on what the ex-gay and nversn therapy movement looks like today Conversn therapy and the ex-LGBTQ movement has always been practiced lolly.

It's bee very lennial-driven bee there are younger people who've grown up homophobic and transphobic environments who are ready and willg to take the place of people like Randy.

PRAY THE GAY AWAYBUFFALO GALS BANDTRACK 6 ON WHERE THE HEART WANTS TO GO AUG. 17, 20201 VIEWER2 CONTRIBUTORSPRAY THE GAY AWAY LYRICSPRAY, PRAY, PRAY THE GAY AWAYNO MATTER HOW MUCH I PRAYEVERY DAY I WAKE UP GAYI WONR DID GOD MAKE ME THIS WAY?PRAY, PRAY, PRAY THE GAY AWAYPRAY, PRAY, PRAY THE GAY AWAYI WONR WHY I LIKE PRETTY LADIGOD, WHY DON'T I LIKE A SWEATY MAN?SEEMS I'VE BEEN THIS WAY SCE CHILDHOODGOD, PLEASE HELP ME UNRSTANDPRAY, PRAY, PRAY THE GAY AWAYWELL, NO MATTER HOW MUCH I PRAYEVERY DAY I WAKE UP GAYI WONR DID GOD MAKE ME THIS WAY?PRAY, PRAY, PRAY THE GAY AWAYPRAY, PRAY, PRAY THE GAY AWAYEVERY NIGHT BY HER BEDSIMAMA WOULD KNEEL DOWN AND PRAY"GOD, PLEASE HEAL MY LTLE MISSY""HEAL MY LTLE GIRL OF BеG GAY"MAMA WOULD BUY ME A PRETTY OCK, PKDRS Mе UP AND CURL MY HAIRBUT MY BROTHER'S OLD HAND-ME-DOWN SHIRTS AND JEANSWAS ALL I'D EVER WANNA WEARYOU MIGHT ALSO LIKEDEAR GODWON'T YOU PLEASE HELP MAMA UNRSTANDTHAT THIS IS JT THE WAY YOU MA MEAND 'S NOT A SAMEN (AMEN)PRAY, PRAY, PRAY THE GAY AWAYNO MATTER HOW MUCH I PRAYEVERY DAY I WAKE UP GAYI WONR DID GOD MAKE ME THIS WAY?PRAY, PRAY, PRAY THE GAY AWAYPRAY, PRAY, PRAY THE GAY AWAYPRAY, PRAY, PRAY THE GAY AWAY-AY-AY, HEY, HEYEMBEDCANCELHOW TO FORMAT LYRICS:TYPE OUT ALL LYRICS, EVEN REPEATG SONG PARTS LIKE THE CHOSLYRICS SHOULD BE BROKEN DOWN TO DIVIDUAL LUSE SECTN HEARS ABOVE DIFFERENT SONG PARTS LIKE [VERSE], [CHOS], ETC.USE ALICS (<I>LYRIC</I>) AND BOLD (<B>LYRIC</B>) TO DISTGUISH BETWEEN DIFFERENT VOLISTS THE SAME SONG PARTIF YOU DON’T UNRSTAND A LYRIC, E [?]TO LEARN MORE, CHECK OUT OUR TRANSCRIPTN GUI OR VIS OUR TRANSCRIBERS FOMABOUTHAVE THE SI SOP ON THIS SONG?SIGN UP AND DROP SOME KNOWLEDGESTART THE SONG BASK A QUTN ABOUT THIS SONGASK A QUTN *‌WHEN DID BUFFALO GALS BAND RELEASE “PRAY THE GAY AWAY”?WHERE THE HEART WANTS TO GO (2020)BUFFALO GALS BAND1. ARKANSAS HILLS (UNRELEASED)2. ABILENE (UNRELEASED)3. BILLY AND BE4. LTLE SUGAR CREEK (UNRELEASED)5. I’D NEVER SELL SUE (UNRELEASED)6. PRAY THE GAY AWAY7. DON’T POKE THE BEAR (UNRELEASED)8. BACK ARKANSAS (UNRELEASED)9. ROUTE 30 (UNRELEASED)10. I’D JT AS SOON STAY HOME (UNRELEASED)11. IT’S MY LUCKY DAY (UNRELEASED)CREDSRELEASE DATEAUGT 17, 2020TAGSCOUNTRYEXPAND COMMENTSADD A MENTSIGN UP AND DROP KNOWLEDGE ?GENI IS THE ULTIMATE SOURCE OF MIC KNOWLEDGE, CREATED BY SCHOLARS LIKE YOU WHO SHARE FACTS AND SIGHT ABOUT THE SONGS AND ARTISTS THEY LOVE.SIGN UPGENI IS THE WORLD’S BIGGT LLECTN OF SONG LYRICS AND MIL KNOWLEDGE

Exod Internatnal, evangelilism’s flagship ex-gay mistry, shut down 2013 after former lear Alan Chambers said had ed pa and harm to too many people and that more than 99 percent of those who’d sought help there hadn’t actually experienced an orientatn change. While mistri cludg Exod Internatnal and Foc on the Fay ed to preach that homosexual sire should be elimated, most evangelil church, pastors, and mental health profsnals today emphasize chasty amid sir that might last a lifetime. Even the Nashville Statement, a 14-pot manifto by the plementarian Council of Biblil Manhood and Womanhood, matas that homosexual sire may never change.

Pray, pray, pray the gay awayNo matter how much I prayEvery day I wake up gayI wonr did God make me this way? Pray, pray, pray the gay awayPray, pray, pray the gay awayI wonr why I like pretty ladiGod, why don't I like a sweaty man? Seems I've been this way sce childhoodGod, please help me unrstandPray, pray, pray the gay awayWell, no matter how much I prayEvery day I wake up gayI wonr did God make me this way?

Pray, pray, pray the gay awayPray, pray, pray the gay awayEvery night by her bedsiMama would kneel down and pray"God, please heal my ltle missy""Heal my ltle girl of bеg gay"Mama would buy me a pretty ock, pkDrs mе up and curl my hairBut my brother's old hand-me-down shirts and jeansWas all I'd ever wanna wearDear GodWon't you please help mama unrstandThat this is jt the way you ma meAnd 's not a sAmen (Amen)Pray, pray, pray the gay awayNo matter how much I prayEvery day I wake up gayI wonr did God make me this way? Pray, pray, pray the gay awayPray, pray, pray the gay awayPray, pray, pray the gay away-ay-ay, hey, heyHow to Format Lyrics:Type out all lyrics, even repeatg song parts like the chosLyrics should be broken down to dividual lUse sectn hears above different song parts like [Verse], [Chos], alics (<i>lyric</i>) and bold (<b>lyric</b>) to distguish between different volists the same song partIf you don’t unrstand a lyric, e [? And jt how black is the dark night of the soulAs you pray the gay away?

PRAY THE GAY AWAYTHE LGER EFFECTTRACK 9 ON THE LGER EFFECT IS A BOURGEOIS SM JAN. 20121 VIEWER1 CONTRIBUTORPRAY THE GAY AWAY LYRICSINDOCTRATED AT A TENR AGETAKEN UNR WG OF THE BRETHREN'S SAGESHELTERED AND SHOWN HOW TO BEHAVESHOWN HOW TO REC AND HOW TO SAVE...ALL THE PROMIS MA REALLY GOT YOU HOOKEDBUT ALL THAT'S REALLY WRTEN THOSE BOOKS ISYOU'VE GOTTA GET 'EM WHILE THEY'RE YOUNG -YEAH YOU'VE GOTTA GET 'EM WHILE THEY'RE YOUNGAND NOW YOU'VE GOT AN EX-WIFE THE 'BURBSAND A NеW CHILD BRI OM THE LOL CHURCHAND SOMEDAY THе LORD WILL TAKE YOUR TROUBL AWAY(WELL I'VE GOT BAD NEWS, HONEY, THEY'RE HERE TO STAY)WHEN YOU REACH YOUR HOLY HANDS OUT TO THEYOU HEAR ALL THE GIRLS THE PEWS ALL SIGHAND YOUR PARENTS THEY ULDN'T BE MORE PROUD -WELL, YOU'RE LIVG THE DREAM - OR AS CLOSE AS ALLOWED -BUT YOU'RE STILL THE SAME SRED LTLE, LTLE BOYAS YOU PARA ABOUT YOUR NEW YOH, TELL ME, HONEY, NOW WHAT WOULD THEY SAYIF THEY KNEW THE FELLOWSHIP THAT YOU REALLY CRAVE?NO ONE KNOWS THE REAL YOUNO ONE KNOWS WHAT'S REALLY TEOH, TELL ME HOW FEELS TO NEVER FEEL WHOLE?AND JT HOW BLACK IS THE DARK NIGHT OF THE SOULAS YOU PRAY THE GAY AWAY?YOU MIGHT ALSO LIKEEMBEDCANCELHOW TO FORMAT LYRICS:TYPE OUT ALL LYRICS, EVEN REPEATG SONG PARTS LIKE THE CHOSLYRICS SHOULD BE BROKEN DOWN TO DIVIDUAL LUSE SECTN HEARS ABOVE DIFFERENT SONG PARTS LIKE [VERSE], [CHOS], ETC.USE ALICS (<I>LYRIC</I>) AND BOLD (<B>LYRIC</B>) TO DISTGUISH BETWEEN DIFFERENT VOLISTS THE SAME SONG PARTIF YOU DON’T UNRSTAND A LYRIC, E [?]TO LEARN MORE, CHECK OUT OUR TRANSCRIPTN GUI OR VIS OUR TRANSCRIBERS FOMABOUTHAVE THE SI SOP ON THIS SONG?SIGN UP AND DROP SOME KNOWLEDGESTART THE SONG BASK A QUTN ABOUT THIS SONGASK A QUTN *‌WHEN DID THE LGER EFFECT RELEASE “PRAY THE GAY AWAY”?THE LGER EFFECT IS A BOURGEOIS SM THE LGER EFFECT2. POPISM3. HOW AWFUL ABOUT ALLAN6. HOME IS WHERE YOU ARE7. PARANORMAL BOUQUET9. PRAY THE GAY AWAY10. SECTS11. MIRRORSCREDSRELEASE DATEJANUARY 2012TAGSROCKEXPAND COMMENTSADD A MENTSIGN UP AND DROP KNOWLEDGE ?GENI IS THE ULTIMATE SOURCE OF MIC KNOWLEDGE, CREATED BY SCHOLARS LIKE YOU WHO SHARE FACTS AND SIGHT ABOUT THE SONGS AND ARTISTS THEY LOVE.SIGN UPGENI IS THE WORLD’S BIGGT LLECTN OF SONG LYRICS AND MIL KNOWLEDGE

(You n't pray the gay away). Hey, you n't pray the gay away. You Can’t Pray the Gay Away Lyrics[Intro]Brothers and SistersPrayer is a powerful thgIn the try' tim, we prayWe pray hardBut.

You n't pray the gay awayYou n't pray the gay awayNo matter what your preacher sayNo matter what your preacher sayThere's no fightg DNAYou n't pray the gay away[Verse 1]Mama oh mama you n't blame yourselfJt e your baby boy took your high heels off the shelfDaddy thought football would make a man of himBut now he spends all his time cisg the gym[Chos]You n't pray the gay awayYou n't pray the gay awayNo matter what your preacher sayNo matter what your preacher sayThere's no fight' DNAYou n't pray the gay away[Verse 2]Well the Reverend Bill, at the church of ChristSays he needs reprogrammgThat boy a't rightSend him off to mp where he uld get fixedHad the summer of his lifeNever saw so many dicks[Chos]You n't pray the gay awayYou n't pray the gay awayNo matter what your preacher sayNo matter what your preacher sayThere's no fight' DNAYou n't pray the gay away[Verse 3]You may not know But you know lots of themStatistilly speak'1 out of every 10Every fay's got oneYou might ll him Auntie FredMama says he harmls, lt he's try' to give you head Awwoh!

"Wh my first weeks therapy, I was told every other gay person on Earth had been executed....

YOU CAN'T PRAY THE GAY AWAY

By the end of the so-lled 'treatments, ' I believed the ernment was lookg for me bee the gays had brought AIDS to Ameri and that I now had this disease ragg through me.

" That is, they assumed that bee he was gay, 's bee his ntrollg mother and adbeat dad had nfed and irreparably trmatized his genals.

YOU CAN’T PRAY THE GAY AWAYLRA BELL BUNDY1 VIEWER2 CONTRIBUTORSYOU CAN’T PRAY THE GAY AWAY LYRICS[INTRO]BROTHERS AND SISTERSPRAYER IS A POWERFUL THGIN THE TRY' TIM, WE PRAYWE PRAY HARDBUT. THERE ARE SOME MATTERSWHERE WE WOULD BE BETTER SERVANTS OF THE LORDBY ACCEPT' WAS AND NOT BOTHER' HIM[PRE-CHOS]COME ON!YOU N'T PRAY THE GAY AWAYYOU N'T PRAY THE GAY AWAYNO MATTER WHAT YOUR PREACHER SAYNO MATTER WHAT YOUR PREACHER SAYTHERE'S NO FIGHTG DNAYOU N'T PRAY THE GAY AWAY[VERSE 1]MAMA OH MAMA YOU N'T BLAME YOURSELFJT E YOUR BABY BOY TOOK YOUR HIGH HEELS OFF THE SHELFDADDY THOUGHT FOOTBALL WOULD MAKE A MAN OF HIMBUT NOW HE SPENDS ALL HIS TIME CISG THE GYMYOU MIGHT ALSO LIKE[CHOS]YOU N'T PRAY THE GAY AWAYYOU N'T PRAY THE GAY AWAYNO MATTER WHAT YOUR PREACHER SAYNO MATTER WHAT YOUR PREACHER SAYTHERE'S NO FIGHT' DNAYOU N'T PRAY THE GAY AWAY[VERSE 2]WELL THE REVEREND BILL, AT THE CHURCH OF CHRISTSAYS HE NEEDS REPROGRAMMGTHAT BOY A'T RIGHTSEND HIM OFF TO MP WHERE HE ULD GET FIXEDHAD THE SUMMER OF HIS LIFENEVER SAW SO MANY DICKS[CHOS]YOU N'T PRAY THE GAY AWAYYOU N'T PRAY THE GAY AWAYNO MATTER WHAT YOUR PREACHER SAYNO MATTER WHAT YOUR PREACHER SAYTHERE'S NO FIGHT' DNAYOU N'T PRAY THE GAY AWAY[VERSE 3]YOU MAY NOT KNOW BUT YOU KNOW LOTS OF THEMSTATISTILLY SPEAK'1 OUT OF EVERY 10EVERY FAY'S GOT ONEYOU MIGHT LL HIM AUNTIE FREDMAMA SAYS HE HARMLS, LT HE'S TRY' TO GIVE YOU HEAD AWWOH![CHOS]YOU N'T PRAY THE GAY AWAYYOU N'T PRAY THE GAY AWAYNO MATTER WHAT YOUR PREACHER SAYNO MATTER WHAT YOUR PREACHER SAYTHERE'S NO FIGHT' DNAYOU N'T PRAY THE GAY AWAYHEY! YOU N'T PRAY THE GAY AWAY[OUTRO]A-MENHALLELUJAHBLS YOUR HEART2EMBEDCANCELHOW TO FORMAT LYRICS:TYPE OUT ALL LYRICS, EVEN REPEATG SONG PARTS LIKE THE CHOSLYRICS SHOULD BE BROKEN DOWN TO DIVIDUAL LUSE SECTN HEARS ABOVE DIFFERENT SONG PARTS LIKE [VERSE], [CHOS], ETC.USE ALICS (<I>LYRIC</I>) AND BOLD (<B>LYRIC</B>) TO DISTGUISH BETWEEN DIFFERENT VOLISTS THE SAME SONG PARTIF YOU DON’T UNRSTAND A LYRIC, E [?]TO LEARN MORE, CHECK OUT OUR TRANSCRIPTN GUI OR VIS OUR TRANSCRIBERS FOMABOUTTHIS SONG B IS UNREVIEWEDGENI ANNOTATN1 NTRIBUTORYOU N’T PRAY THE GAY AWAY IS A SONG ABOUT HOW IF SOMEONE IS GAY YOU SHOULD JT ACCEPT EXPAND +1SHAREASK A QUTN ABOUT THIS SONGASK A QUTN *‌CREDSTAGSCOUNTRYLGBTQ+COUNTRY POPEXPAND COMMENTSADD A MENTSIGN UP AND DROP KNOWLEDGE ?GENI IS THE ULTIMATE SOURCE OF MIC KNOWLEDGE, CREATED BY SCHOLARS LIKE YOU WHO SHARE FACTS AND SIGHT ABOUT THE SONGS AND ARTISTS THEY LOVE.SIGN UPGENI IS THE WORLD’S BIGGT LLECTN OF SONG LYRICS AND MIL KNOWLEDGE

In fact, they uldn't fd any trma to blame Sam's homosexualy on at all. 4 They Physilly Torture You For Beg Gay. Later ssns would clu pper heatg ils, needl my fgers, and electric shocks, " all while Sam was shown gay porn.

YOU CAN'T PRAY THE GAY AWAY - SGLE

Antos777/iStock/Getty Imag Of urse, no one explaed why they had a stockpile of gay porn on hand. Obvly, spe the old sayg, you n't "heatg-il the gay away. In fact, he got so ed to reprsg his te self that, even after he me out, he wasn't entirely sure how to be: When he got to llege and first enuntered the gay muny, he immediately "me out a ball of glter.

" He embraced a sparkly, Freddy Mercury-stage-show-liftyle bee he saw a bunch of out-and-proud homosexuals and thought that was how was done. "I'm very flamboyant, and that's partly bee of how I was troduced to the ia of other gay men existg.... I found out what a gay person looked like, and realized that was how I was supposed to act.

PRAY THE GAY AWAY EPISOS

2 There's A Reason Some Gays Are So "Flamboyant".

Go to a hardware store on the day of the gay pri para and you might hear an old du wh a beer gut lament, "Why do them gays have to be so flamboyant? The vast majory of homosexuals are -- shocker -- jt people. But if you see somebody sportg an outlandish stume, 's not about makg homosexualy look fun to help "turn kids gay" (if Sam's gayns uld survive electroshock torture, then we're pretty sure another kid's straightns n survive a few paras and some sequ boas); 's about showg closeted gay kids that homosexualy isn't tomatilly a lifetime of misery.

1 Both Fah And Homosexualy Can Be Equally Intolerant.

5 THGS I LEARNED AT A 'PRAY AWAY THE GAY' CAMP

I'm the middle ground: From some fah muni, I'm attacked for beg gay.

From some gay muni, I'm attacked as beg Christian. Fally some mon ground between tolerant homosexuals and tolerant Christians: tolerance!