Is It Possible to Pray the Gay Away? | Psychology Today

Contents:

• IS IT POSSIBLE TO PRAY THE GAY AWAY?
• ‘PRAY AWAY THE GAY’ HAS GONE AWAY. WHY ARE GOVERNMENTS TRYG TO STOP IT?
• 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" LYRICS

IS IT POSSIBLE TO PRAY THE GAY AWAY?

The revelatns surroundg Marc Bachmann's psychotherapy practice along wh his statements equatg gay people to barbarians reflect the eply held view among too many people that homosexualy is a psychologil or moral choice that n be altered and ed should be.

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

As someone who profs to help gays and lbians bee "straight, " Dr.

There are several nservative relig anizatns, like Exod Internatnal and Homosexuals Anonymo, that claim to have helped people change their sexual orientatn through prayer, unselg, or a batn of both. Moreover, there are licensed mental health profsnals who practice what are lled reparative or nversn therapi signed to make gay people heterosexual.

The bt-known group of such clicians is the Natnal Associatn for Rearch and Therapy of Homosexualy (NARTH), led by psychologist Joseph Nilosi. He and his followers claim that gays and lbians suffer om a damagg blend of childhood trma, shamg their fai of orig, and chronic unmet needs for love and affectn om their same-sex parents. Reparative therapy supposedly helps gay clients bee heterosexual by workg wh them to amelrate toxic feelgs stemmg om their damaged childhoods.

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

Robert Spzer, a proment psychiatrist who, oddly enough, led the charge to remove homosexualy as a disease om the Diagnostic and Statistil Manual, had unrtaken rearch wh 200 women and men who unrwent reparative therapy and believed themselv to be "cured" of homosexualy, as evinced by their abily to engage sexual relatns wh the oppose sex, marry heterosexually, and nceive children. In fact, there are many reports of people unrgog treatments offered by ex-gay mistri who not only return to homosexualy but have also been trmatized by this so-lled therapy.

The real diseas are homophobia and heterosexism, not homosexualy.

"YOU CAN'T PRAY THE GAY AWAY" LYRICS

It is important to regnize that the great majory of psychotherapy profsnals argue vociferoly that such "treatment" is uhil bee homosexualy is not an illns — rather the "illns" is our tolerance of sexual and genr behavrs fallg outsi rtrictive societal norms. I also tell clients that reparative and nversn therapi, bis beg effective, are psychologilly harmful to gays and lbians, which is another reason I do not remend them and will not assist clients procurg such treatment. People like Marc and Michele Bachmann believe that acceptg and even celebratg gay and lbian people will evably lead to the moral cle of our society.