Truth Wins Out condemns church exorcism of gay teen in CT

But then, I have to admit that I expected it to be -- our opponents see this as a war, and such damage is, to them, acceptable.

I hope the police and agencies are investigating this and plan to put in place harsh penalties for those who contributed -- especially the parents.

I fear they are not.

http://www.dyssonance.com  Breaking all the rules...

The most unbelievable social convention of the age in which we live is the one to the effect that all religious opinions should be respected, no matter how ignorant.

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Of course, all it took was a walk through Central Park going downtown to show me that the cure hadn't worked. At all.

This is absolutely evil.  

I am so weary of these radical, Christian loons, perpetrating their homophobia on the LGBT community.

The only way to shut them down is to target their tax exempt status. Get them in their pocketbook.

People ask, "How have you guys managed to stay so long?" I tell them, "Don't sweat the small stuff." It's mostly small stuff.

Any normal person would just stand there with their arms crossed, rolling their eyes at those adult lunatics.  At least that's how I've always handled these types of kooks when I once attended church.

We have to do more to make sure resources are available to our lgbt children when stuff like this goes down. It's sad.

The church I was raised in was a mix of southern baptist and pentecostal, so it's not like I haven't seen theatrics like this with my own eyes up-close.  

From my experience, it's just somebody crying out for attention and to receive pats on the back after church service.  And whatever reason the person was being "exorcised" for, they were back up to their old tricks the next day anyway.

If you're going to show off for attention, you can at least find a more attractive way of going about it than vomiting.

I still am capable of intense GI upset (no further details) with the right triggers; have Tums, Pepto and loparamide with me all the time.

Took decades for me to even understand that I had been abused- thought I was simply driven to get good grades, scholarships and hide my true self as not to disappoint my father. Never comprehended that this was NOT a normal parent/child relationship until after my sister's suicide...

My heart goes out to this kid. This is NOT normal... and certainly not "attention seeking".  

"It goes on one at a time, it starts when you care to act, it starts when you do it again after they said no, it starts when you say We and know who you mean, and each day you mean one more."

It states that the human mind is very capable of causing people to experience a number of odd effects. That vomiting and near seizure behavior are not out of the realm of possibilities.  

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Please do not condemn him.

Unless one has actually known child abuse, it is almost impossible to comprehend how PERVASIVE and damaging it is. It doesn't come on suddenly one day and I don't know if one ever fully gets over it.

"It goes on one at a time, it starts when you care to act, it starts when you do it again after they said no, it starts when you say We and know who you mean, and each day you mean one more."

This reminds me of the abuse I suffered at the hands of a Bible Study group at about the same age. After a year of secrecy, shame and damnation, trying to pray the gay away, I tried to blind myself to avoid the temptation of gay lust. Mine eyes offended me. It was a slim hope for heaven, but the only one I could up with at the time.

I hope Rod 2.0 is right that the kid's going to a gay-affirming church these days, if that's what he needs.

Is this religion or a fairy tale?

SO... Why aren't these people in jail?

The hottest places in hell are reserved for those who, in time of great moral crisis, maintain their neutrality. -- John F. Kennedy (inspired by Dante's Inferno)