Christine O'Donnell and the 'Pray Away the Gay' Scam

Christine O’Donnell and the ‘Pray Away the Gay’ Scam

WingnutsSeptember 2010 • Views: 3,970

Christine O’Donnell, the loon who keeps on giving; as a fanatical fundamentalist Christian, she has been a persistent advocate of the bogus idea that homosexuals can turn themselves straight by accepting Jesus — even though she has an openly gay sister: Christine O’Donnell’s History Of Activism To “Pray Away The Gay”.

Here’s a revealing statement from Wade Richards, an ex-spokesman of O’Donnell’s, about what happened when he came out:

Richards says after that O’Donnell “totally turned her back on me. I never heard from her ever again. That’s been my experience with the Christian community in general. The minute I was struggling and saying, ‘Hey, listen, I don’t know really where I am with this,’ that’s when everyone really turned their back on me.”

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lawhawk Tue, Sep 21, 2010 9:20:28am

Can I "pray away the stupid"? Because it seems that there's quite a bit of that going around.

Lidane Tue, Sep 21, 2010 9:21:55am

*sigh*

This "pray away the gay" nonsense will never make sense to me. All that does is set someone up for years of therapy, guilt and all sorts of sexual and religious issues. It's how we end up with closeted politicians that have wide stances and hellfire and brimstone preachers who get caught in gay sex scandals.

These folks just need to accept that some folks are gay. There's nothing wrong with it.

jamesfirecat Tue, Sep 21, 2010 9:23:49am

Today's Republican Party seems to be a vast organized scam to make me miss Dick Cheney, an intelligent man who was willing to adapt his views to a changing world around him and was already read to support his family....

(I wish I was being sarcastic)

HappyWarrior Tue, Sep 21, 2010 9:25:44am

re: #3 jamesfirecat

Today's Republican Party seems to be a vast organized scam to make me miss Dick Cheney, an intelligent man who was willing to adapt his views to a changing world around him and was already read to support his family...

(I wish I was being sarcastic)

No shit. Cheney didn't call his daughter a heathen like Alan Keyes did. He accepted her. I have no love for Cheney but that showed that to me that he wasn't a total jerk. Honestly, this pray it away shit offends me and this coming from someone who prays. Prayer alone won't take away guilt and feelings of hopelessness.

Kronocide Tue, Sep 21, 2010 9:26:24am

Why can't she pray for gays to be accepted and be at peace?

I'm going to pray for her.

Jeff In Ohio Tue, Sep 21, 2010 9:29:42am

Compassion for me, but not for thee.

it's the song of the season.

jamesfirecat Tue, Sep 21, 2010 9:30:42am

re: #4 HappyWarrior

No shit. Cheney didn't call his daughter a heathen like Alan Keyes did. He accepted her. I have no love for Cheney but that showed that to me that he wasn't a total jerk. Honestly, this pray it away shit offends me and this coming from someone who prays. Prayer alone won't take away guilt and feelings of hopelessness.

///Cheney's treatment of his lesbian daughter is akin to Darth Vader throwing the Emperor down that shaft. Here you have a husk of a human being, at this point more machine than man, and yet somewhere within that artificial heart still resides some small shred of if not love, at least loyalty to ones own family.

Gus Tue, Sep 21, 2010 9:30:48am

Patient: Doc', I think I'm gay.

Doctor: Well, beat a pillow with a tennis racket while yelling at your parents and call me in the morning. This should cure you of being gay.

//Based on the Maddow video.

Gus Tue, Sep 21, 2010 9:32:12am

What a huckster.

jaunte Tue, Sep 21, 2010 9:32:19am

These people seem to be involved in a lot of voyeuristic tourism.
This brings to mind some of Zombie's photo reports.

Richards was unnerved when he went into Americans for Truth About Homosexuality’s “media room” and found copious hard-core porn—for research, naturally—as well as leather bondage gear for undercover work.
[Link: www.alan.com...]

prairiefire Tue, Sep 21, 2010 9:32:51am

re: #7 jamesfirecat

///Cheney's treatment of his lesbian daughter is akin to Darth Vader throwing the Emperor down that shaft. Here you have a husk of a human being, at this point more machine than man, and yet somewhere within that artificial heart still resides some small shred of if not love, at least loyalty to ones own family.

I'll be sure he sends you a "thank you" note./

sffilk Tue, Sep 21, 2010 9:40:37am

I'd like to ask this "person" (O'Donnell) a simple question:

"When did you decide you were straight?"

When she would answer something like, "G-D made me straight," I'd tell her, "Well G-D made me gay. Now, are you going to tell G-D He made a mistake when He made me?"

It might just plant a germ in that so-called "mind" of hers.

Kragar Tue, Sep 21, 2010 9:44:27am

Pray away the gay?

WTF?

Kragar Tue, Sep 21, 2010 9:45:57am

re: #10 jaunte

These people seem to be involved in a lot of voyeuristic tourism.
This brings to mind some of Zombie's photo reports.

I'm reminded of a classic Onion article.

kingkenrod Tue, Sep 21, 2010 9:47:13am

O'Donnell certainly has left a trail of disgruntled ex-staffers.

stevemcg Tue, Sep 21, 2010 9:47:42am

If God has a problem with somebody being gay then that's God's problem, not mine.

Kragar Tue, Sep 21, 2010 9:48:40am

re: #15 kingkenrod

O'Donnell certainly has left a trail of disgruntled ex-staffers.

Its easy to piss someone off when you don't pay them.

nines09 Tue, Sep 21, 2010 9:49:04am

Please oh please let her continue to talk. Someone should ask her if she supports making homosexuality illegal and maybe have it come with a jail sentence or death penalty for those who are not helped by prayers. Cretin.

stevemcg Tue, Sep 21, 2010 9:53:45am

re: #18 nines09

She won't continue to talk. It's too close to the election and the poor dear has too many barbecue and church invitations to keep.

Gus Tue, Sep 21, 2010 9:54:07am

It's amazing to see the conflicting messages towards gays from the GOP. On the one hand you have the hate speech we heard at the Values Voter Summit, O'Donnell, the Montana GOP Platform, etc. Then you have GOProud, Log Cabin Republicans, Homocon/Anne Coulter, etc. Overall though they play lip service to the social conservatives (i.e. the religious-right base) and the former rather than the latter wins the day in the GOP.

prairiefire Tue, Sep 21, 2010 9:55:01am

re: #17 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

Its easy to piss someone off when you don't pay them.

I had a boss who would order things for exhibition shows and then not pay for them. The vendors would be nasty to us because the boss was not around. Bad business all around.

Kragar Tue, Sep 21, 2010 9:55:03am

re: #12 sffilk

I'd like to ask this "person" (O'Donnell) a simple question:

"When did you decide you were straight?"

When she would answer something like, "G-D made me straight," I'd tell her, "Well G-D made me gay. Now, are you going to tell G-D He made a mistake when He made me?"

It might just plant a germ in that so-called "mind" of hers.

No, you were touched by Satan, you dirty dirty sinner. Duh.
///

Gus Tue, Sep 21, 2010 9:56:36am

And who will block the repeal of DADT today? You got it. The GOP. Message to gays from the GOP: we don't want you to serve our country.

Kragar Tue, Sep 21, 2010 9:59:16am

re: #23 Gus 802

And who will block the repeal of DADT today? You got it. The GOP. Message to gays from the GOP: we don't want you to serve our country.

America's gays are too precious a resource to place in harm's way on the battlefield.
/

Kragar Tue, Sep 21, 2010 10:00:49am

Stephen Colbert Proposes Christine O'Donnell Witch Test (VIDEO)

Colbert didn't really see the big deal, writing her off as "Bielsa-curious," and suggesting that liberals like Bill Maher stop "unfairly smearing her with words she said."

But Colbert also proposed a solution to end the witch hunt: Come on his show and let him administer a proper "witch test." Unfortunately, this would involve binding O'Donnell's arms and legs and throwing her into a river.

Feline Fearless Leader Tue, Sep 21, 2010 10:03:21am

re: #25 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

Stephen Colbert Proposes Christine O'Donnell Witch Test (VIDEO)

I thought that was replaced by simply checking if she weighed the same as a duck.

DaddyG Tue, Sep 21, 2010 10:03:57am

The part of the quote that bothers me the most is that when she was struggling with her identity her friends turned their back on her.

Shunning of any kind puts the lie to "hate the sin love the sinner".

If you truly love someone you stick by them no matter what differences you have with them about how they live or what they believe.

As individuals if more Christians™ concentrated on applying their laws to themselves they would be too busy to impose them on others. That applies to Jihad and Islam too.

Brother Holy Cruise Missile of Mild Acceptance Tue, Sep 21, 2010 10:04:16am

re: #26 oaktree

or if she was made of wood.

Feline Fearless Leader Tue, Sep 21, 2010 10:05:41am

re: #28 Dreggas

or if she was made of wood.

You can also use this modern learning to prove that the Earth is banana-shaped.

Aha! That's why Kirk Cameron and the creationist crowd are opposed to science!

CarleeCork Tue, Sep 21, 2010 10:05:56am

It's really a hoot considering her sister is a lesbian.

What, me worry? Tue, Sep 21, 2010 10:06:14am

There's a gay newspaper in Miami called TWN. You can pick it up at various eateries around town. Anyway, they did an expose a few years back on something similar, a man who claimed you can pray the gay away and dragged some fellow around as proof. It was a big story at the time, but I can't find anything on it now.

When Mr. Ex Gay reverted back to homosexuality (what a shocka), the Christian community tried covering the whole embarrassing thing up. It's a good story, I wish I could find it online.

DaddyG Tue, Sep 21, 2010 10:06:17am

re: #29 oaktree

You can also use this modern learning to prove that the Earth is banana-shaped.

Aha! That's why Kirk Cameron and the creationist crowd are opposed to science!

...and acting coaches. /

What, me worry? Tue, Sep 21, 2010 10:07:22am

re: #30 CarleeCork

It's really a hoot considering her sister is a lesbian.

Poor dear hasn't prayed enough :(

Gus Tue, Sep 21, 2010 10:07:36am

We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.

Except for gays, lesbians, bisexuals, and transgendered.

webevintage Tue, Sep 21, 2010 10:08:03am

re: #30 CarleeCork

It's really a hoot considering her sister is a lesbian.

and according to her sister since Christine loves and "excepts" her then there is no way Christine is a homophobe.
The logic, it dies.

mr.fusion Tue, Sep 21, 2010 10:08:23am

that’s when everyone really turned their back on me.

:chuckle:

Kragar Tue, Sep 21, 2010 10:09:16am

re: #34 Gus 802

We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.

Except for gays, lesbians, bisexuals, and transgendered.

Or Muslims, or people who don't match a certain complexion

abbyadams Tue, Sep 21, 2010 10:09:20am

Statement like this make me damn proud to be a Christian.
/

Should I ask the gay priests I know what to do? There's quite a few out there.

DaddyG Tue, Sep 21, 2010 10:09:32am

re: #27 DaddyG
Oops make that he... I thought the quote was from the sister not the staffer. The point still stands.

Love that is conditional is not love.

prairiefire Tue, Sep 21, 2010 10:10:05am

Poor guy, I hope he is with allies now. I volunteered for the Human Rights Campaign. I like the organization, Andrew Sullivan does not.

Feline Fearless Leader Tue, Sep 21, 2010 10:10:26am

re: #39 DaddyG

Oops make that he... I thought the quote was from the sister not the staffer. The point still stands.

Love that is conditional is not love.

Does this lead into the "true friends are willing to help you hide bodies" meme?

DaddyG Tue, Sep 21, 2010 10:11:16am

re: #41 oaktree

Does this lead into the "true friends are willing to help you hide bodies" meme?

Was it in self defense? /

Nick Schroeder Tue, Sep 21, 2010 10:11:46am

Putting the 'ass' in 'compassionate conservative' since, well, forever.

DaddyG Tue, Sep 21, 2010 10:11:47am

re: #41 oaktree

Does this lead into the "true friends are willing to help you hide bodies" meme?

Don't ask if it doesn't smell. /

Kragar Tue, Sep 21, 2010 10:12:42am

re: #42 DaddyG

Was it in self defense? /

Only the sheriff

nines09 Tue, Sep 21, 2010 10:13:27am

As Barry Goldwater once stated;
"On religious issues there can be little or no compromise. There is no position on which people are so immovable as their religious beliefs. There is no more powerful ally one can claim in a debate than Jesus Christ, or God, or Allah, or whatever one calls this supreme being. But like any powerful weapon, the use of God's name on one's behalf should be used sparingly. The religious factions that are growing throughout our land are not using their religious clout with wisdom. They are trying to force government leaders into following their position 100 percent. If you disagree with these religious groups on a particular moral issue, they complain, they threaten you with a loss of money or votes or both.
I'm frankly sick and tired of the political preachers across this country telling me as a citizen that if I want to be a moral person, I must believe in "A," "B," "C" and "D." Just who do they think they are? And from where do they presume to claim the right to dictate their moral beliefs to me?
And I am even more angry as a legislator who must endure the threats of every religious group who thinks it has some God-granted right to control my vote on every roll call in the Senate. I am warning them today: I will fight them every step of the way if they try to dictate their moral convictions to all Americans in the name of "conservatism."
Speech in the US Senate (16 September 1981)

Barry would beyond sick today as they now control the GOP.

DaddyG Tue, Sep 21, 2010 10:14:39am

re: #46 nines09

Barry would beyond sick today as they now control the GOP.

Wrap his spinning corpse in copper wire and we could provide all our energy needs through the year 3000. /

webevintage Tue, Sep 21, 2010 10:15:45am

re: #23 Gus 802

And who will block the repeal of DADT today? You got it. The GOP. Message to gays from the GOP: we don't want you to serve our country.

Sadly a few Democrats will join them.
Don't want to begin to work on bringing an end to DADT because (like Lady GAGA said) in the name of "unit cohesion" it is more important to make sure bigots are comfortable.
Don't wan to support the DREAM act which would allow illegals who serve our country in the military to become American citizens.
What a bunch of bastards....

What, me worry? Tue, Sep 21, 2010 10:21:09am

re: #46 nines09

Well Powell tried doing that and see where it got him?

Goldwater would be called a RINO today or worse, a liberal, which is even more bizarre to true liberals.

It's a world, world, world, world, mad.

Yashmak Tue, Sep 21, 2010 10:28:18am

The minute I was struggling and saying, ‘Hey, listen, I don’t know really where I am with this,’ that’s when everyone really turned their back on me.”

My theory is that they're afraid they'll "Catch teh ghey."

nines09 Tue, Sep 21, 2010 10:29:12am

Washington Post interview with Barry Goldwater 1994
"The big thing is to make this country, along with every other country in the world with a few exceptions, quit discriminating against people just because they're gay. You don't have to agree with it, but they have a constitutional right to be gay. And that's what brings me into it."Read it here
I agree MM. 100%

S'latch Tue, Sep 21, 2010 10:58:48am

I wonder how she explains all the openly homosexual Christians in the world.

ReamWorks SKG Tue, Sep 21, 2010 12:24:35pm

I'd just settle for being able to pray away my pilonidal cyst. (But I'm in good company. This medical condition is what kept Rush out of the military when he was drafted.)

[Link: en.wikipedia.org...]

wrenchwench Tue, Sep 21, 2010 12:36:54pm

re: #53 reuven

I'd just settle for being able to pray away my pilonidal cyst. (But I'm in good company. This medical condition is what kept Rush out of the military when he was drafted.)

[Link: en.wikipedia.org...]

I find it amazing that you have that, and yet you post this.

P.S. "Amazing" was the nicest word at hand.

ReamWorks SKG Tue, Sep 21, 2010 12:52:09pm

re: #54 wrenchwench

I've had it surgically removed. But it was a pain in the ass, and I couldn't sit for a week. Photos on flickr!

ReamWorks SKG Tue, Sep 21, 2010 12:54:55pm

Remember when AIDS activist Luke Sissyfag (who had his name legally changed from Luke Montgomery) decided he wasn't gay after all? He had to have his name changed back.

[Link: en.wikipedia.org...]

(I think he should have kept his name, despite his orientation.)

Ming Tue, Sep 21, 2010 1:33:08pm

I'm afraid that Christine O'Donnell's lesbian sister is really hitting new heights in insulting herself, when she says that Christine is not anti-gay.

Obdicut Tue, Sep 21, 2010 1:33:49pm

re: #57 Ming

It's family.

Timmeh Tue, Sep 21, 2010 4:29:36pm

I just did a search on the Christine O'Donnell tag and I didn't see one of the biggest black marks agianst her: Her opposition to the government spending money to fight HIV/AIDS. But she claims to be "pro-life." Babies die from AIDS too.

nines09 Tue, Sep 21, 2010 5:06:11pm

re: #59 Timmeh

There is so much ammo lying around from Christine and her compatriots it almost seems that the eyes cannot fathom what the ears hear. Right now it is not good for a lot of folks who have no idea WTF just happened with money and jobs and they want to know why. People like Christine are there to blow the whistle and talk "family" and "America" and the scary parts that are waiting to strip you of your rights and take the nation over. This is the NEW 101 and it's be incubating for quite a while. Truth has nothing to do with it. The scary part come when you see/watch what comes next if the party being used does not wake up and realize there is a purge going on. It may get worse.

ClaudeMonet Tue, Sep 21, 2010 7:13:43pm

re: #34 Gus 802

We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.

Except for gays, lesbians, bisexuals, and transgendered.

And the Muslim, and the brown, and the black, and the atheistic, and the agnostic, and the Jewish, and the Buddhist, and the Hindu, and the...

(The yellow get a pass because they make good take-out food.)

//on that last sentence

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