Quote For The Day

"I’m not saying he [the minister] didn’t have good intentions, but it amounted to a spiritual rape. The exorcism occurred that afternoon, and then we ran into the evening church service. I’ve got hearing issues. I’m fairly hard of hearing; I had hearing aids at the time. This person was convinced that God had given word that I was supposed to give up my hearing aids, that God would heal my hearing. He did this in front of 300 people. I was psychologically vulnerable. I didn’t follow my better hunches. Even though it happened over 20 years ago, it’s hard to still not blame myself. … I knew there wasn’t a demon of homosexuality. The [minister] said that if I let him crush my hearing aids, then God would give me back my hearing. He said he would pay for them if God didn’t give me back my hearing. Then, he later reneged on that. For the next several weeks, I was faking that my hearing had been healed." – Scott Harrison, former member of the ex-gay movement.