Ex-leader Of 'Pray Away The Gay' Group Marries His Male Partner

[Synthaholic]

Ex-leader Of 'Pray Away The Gay' Group Marries His Male Partner

The former head of a group that claimed it could stop people being attracted to those of the same sex has married his male partner.

John Smid, executive director of the ‘Love in Action’ group from 1990 to 2008, said he had tried to deny his own sexuality but had finally come to realise that it would not change.

And in a spectacular departure from his ‘Pray the Gay Away’ sermons, the man who once called homosexuality ‘a sin’ has married partner Larry McQueen.

‘I’ve believed in faith that something was going to happen, and it never did, and so at my age, right now in my life, I don’t have that many good years left in me, and I can’t live like this for the rest of my life, so I said no I’m not willing to keep pushing after something that’s not going to happen,’ he told US news outlet The Lone Star Q.

 

[Synthaholic]

 

[Syriusly]

Ex-leader Of 'Pray Away The Gay' Group Marries His Male Partner

The former head of a group that claimed it could stop people being attracted to those of the same sex has married his male partner.

John Smid, executive director of the ‘Love in Action’ group from 1990 to 2008, said he had tried to deny his own sexuality but had finally come to realise that it would not change.

And in a spectacular departure from his ‘Pray the Gay Away’ sermons, the man who once called homosexuality ‘a sin’ has married partner Larry McQueen.

‘I’ve believed in faith that something was going to happen, and it never did, and so at my age, right now in my life, I don’t have that many good years left in me, and I can’t live like this for the rest of my life, so I said no I’m not willing to keep pushing after something that’s not going to happen,’ he told US news outlet The Lone Star Q.

Always sweet when people in love are able to marry.

 

[DigitalDrifter]

Sounds like his prayers were not answered, so he decided to take it in the ass.

 

[Mad Scientist]

Not everyone wins their battles. Not everyone slays their inner demons.

Good luck to him and a shortened life span.

 

[DGS49]

Even if you can't make that inclination go away, the behavior is still sinful. The fact that he has given into sin should no more be celebrated than a lung cancer patient continuing to smoke.

 

[Synthaholic]

The fact that he has given into sin should no more be celebrated than a lung cancer patient continuing to smoke.

Ooh - homosexuality as disease.

Haven't seen that one for a while.

 

[Michelle420]

Good for him he's happy now.

 

[TheOldSchool]

I wish him the best of luck

 

[mdk]

I wonder how many lives he shattered while peddling his nonsense?

 

[Zoom-boing]

God did answer his prayers, just not the way he thought they'd be answered.

His partners name is McQueen? lol, funny