Someone please remind them again what century this is

There are just a few things wrong with what this church is doing.

The boy writhes uncontrollably on the floor, but the church members remain calm, if increasingly loud. They're trying to drive a "demon" out of him.

"You homosexual demon, get up on outta here!" they say. "You demon, loose yourself!" "You sex demon ... you snake!"

The shouts, the convulsions, the references to homosexual spirits -- they are all captured on a video posted on YouTube by the Manifested Glory Ministries. The video has sparked anger among gay youth advocacy groups and put the small church from Bridgeport, Connecticut, in the middle of an ongoing national debate on gay issues.
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McHaelen said she doesn't think the church acted maliciously -- but that's part of her problem with the video.

"None of the people in this video were intending to hurt this kid," she said. "They performed this ritual in an attempt to rid him of feelings that he didn't want to have."

So, let's go down the list and count the stupidity.

1. A person can be both a Christian and gay.
2. This kid doesn't want to have these feelings because of judgmental dipwads like the Manifested Glory Ministries.
3. You can't make someone "Not Gay" by primitive superstitious rituals.
   
4. Causing a child to writhe on the floor in shame and humiliation is malicious and abusive.
   
5. Demons don't cause "Teh Gay".
6. Demons, homosexual or otherwise, wouldn't be driven out of a kid by someone else using the phrase, "get up on outta here!"
7. There are no such things as Demons, dumbasses.

"He's 16 and having the feelings that he's having, the relationships he's having, and then [he's] being tormented by 'What if I'm going to go to hell because of what I feel and who I am?'" she said.

Well done. Your scare tactics and prejudices are making this kid's life a living hell. Kudos. You should be proud of yourselves, asshats.