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TexasTowelie

(116,879 posts) Tue Sep 24, 2019, 06:44 AM Sep 2019

Oklahoma man says church members held him down, tried to pray away his homosexuality

An Oklahoma man says members of a church his family attends held him down and tried to pray away his homosexuality.

The incident happened this month at First Assembly of God Church in Blackwell, about 100 miles north of Oklahoma City, according to TV station KFOR.

At the end of church services, Sean Cormie and his partner Gary Gardner claim about a dozen congregants surrounded them and began praying loudly. At the same time, a pastor allegedly made anti-gay statements. Cormie says someone even punched him in the face.

“They hold me down, pin me down, and I’m crying, and the Holy Spirit just comes through me, and they keep speaking in tongues, praying over me,” Cormie said. “I was just crying ‘mercy, mercy.’”

Read more: https://www.sj-r.com/news/20190923/okla-man-says-church-members-held-him-down-tried-to-pray-away-his-homosexuality
(Springfield State Journal Register)

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Oklahoma man says church members held him down, tried to pray away his homosexuality (Original Post) TexasTowelie Sep 2019 OP

I bet he is cured... Cartaphelius Sep 2019 #1

I don't understand your comment. Behind the Aegis Sep 2019 #4

Maybe, but doubtful... Cartaphelius Sep 2019 #7

That makes even less sense. Behind the Aegis Sep 2019 #8

Well, let me help you. Cartaphelius Sep 2019 #9

This message was self-deleted by its author Behind the Aegis Sep 2019 #10

What was he doing in a church like that to begin with? Mickju Sep 2019 #2

He did it to please his parents. Behind the Aegis Sep 2019 #5

If this should happen again or to anyone else, spike jones Sep 2019 #3

I don't think that would work. Behind the Aegis Sep 2019 #6

Cartaphelius

(868 posts)

1. I bet he is cured...

Reply to TexasTowelie (Original post)

Tue Sep 24, 2019, 07:32 AM

Sep 2019

but just in case, waive a stiff dick under his nose.... I'm sure his inner-cleric
will emerge and he'll swallow the bait....

just sayin'....

Behind the Aegis

(54,865 posts)

4. I don't understand your comment.

Reply to Cartaphelius (Reply #1)

Tue Sep 24, 2019, 11:17 PM

Sep 2019

Is this some sort of "dark" humor in the face of a brutal assault against a gay man?

Cartaphelius

(868 posts)

7. Maybe, but doubtful...

Reply to Behind the Aegis (Reply #4)

Wed Sep 25, 2019, 03:19 PM

Sep 2019

History teaches us that the most vehement haters of the "gay"
a really, gay butt hate the thought of being exposed..... like
their wife's are haven't figure it out.....

Behind the Aegis

(54,865 posts)

8. That makes even less sense.

Reply to Cartaphelius (Reply #7)

Wed Sep 25, 2019, 03:57 PM

Sep 2019

History teaches us MOST anti-gay assholes are STRAIGHT. There are a few who are self-loathing, but most are simply heterosexuals who hate the "other". However, this story was not about a "closet case" this was an assault on an OPENLY gay man, so I really didn't "get" your "humor" and with this additional comment, I don't think you really understood the story or the homophobic implications.

Cartaphelius

(868 posts)

9. Well, let me help you.

Reply to Behind the Aegis (Reply #8)

Wed Sep 25, 2019, 05:59 PM

Sep 2019

First of all, we all see things from very different perspectives.

According to your response, my posting was not understood or appreciated.

My response was a cold bit of generalized social reality that the end intended
result of the attempted "beating the gay out of him", because the ignorant,
can't see gays as equals, is a fool's errand.

Sorry, if my response wasn't to your liking. If it had been, you would have written
it to reflect your views.