A 16 year old teenage gay boy was subjected to a "Gay Exorcism" at Manifested Glory Ministries in Connecticut, last year. (The photo above depicts The McKinneys - Pastors/Prophets of the Manifested Glory Ministries who conducted the exorcism) The video just released shows the poor boy writhing on the floor clearly in pain, at times vomiting, while church members hold him up and subject him to shouting, screaming, praying, and a howling organ playing the entire time.

What is so unbelievably insane about this story is that these people actually thought they were helping this child. What they did was plant scars so deep within him, that he'll be lucky if he doesn't end up falling through the cracks of society, another teenage victim of the abuses of Christianity and its followers.

This act was not something of faith. It certainly wasn't an act of charity and definitely not anything having to do with compassion. This was an all out assault on an innocent child, causing deep psychological scars by equating his natural state of loving with demonic possession. I'm all for freedom of religion, but no one has the right to abuse a child in the name of God or any other belief system. Who would Jesus exorcise?

This is just another example of how Christian churches out there spread misinformation and hatred to persecute and ostracize the LGBTQI community. It has become an all out war. From irrational congress people claiming that the Matthew Shepard murder was a lie, to the tyranny of the majority with Prop 8 in California, to the church regularly going after gays and lesbians through their political arms, and now this.

Don't fall for the horse manure they peddle about "loving the sinner and hating the sin". They don't give a damn about gay people because they do not even view us as people. They see us as deviants on the same level as murderers or child molesters. They seek to exorcise us, or heal us, or at worst, kill us off. Their holy book even commands that we be killed. If someone kills a gay person in the name of religion, will the state stay out of it?

Then there's this:  When questioned by the media, pastor and "prophet" Patricia McKinney commented:

"I have gay friends that I grew up with."

"As for me being a pastor, I live by the word of God," she said. "I don't hate them. We love them. We just don't agree with their lifestyle."

Hmmmm... kinda sounds like "I have black friends, so that means I'm not a racist!" (Note, Patricia McKinney is black.) The hypocrisy here is blindingly obvious and the abuse of that child is clear. Hold this "church" accountable for its hate crimes against an innocent kid and strip their leadership of their mantle immediately!