Let Them Be

Minister Terrance Lewis has been found guilty of sexually assualting a young man who was seeking counsel on fears of his homosexuality:

In earlier testimony, the alleged victim, now 29, told court he started meeting Lewis for counselling sessions in early 2000 after his parents caught him viewing gay pornography on the family computer.

Lewis — a family friend and minister — confided he had his own sexual identity issues and the two embarked on weekly counselling sessions designed to “assist me to be straight and to live a straight life,” the man said.

The man said Lewis started a program of “touch therapy,” which included the two kissing and fondling each other and engaging in sexual roleplaying.

“He said I was to tell no one about it because no one would understand,” the man testified.

During “touch therapy” sessions in Lewis’ car, Lewis asked him to masturbate, the man said. Lewis also admitted to fantasizing about him, the man said.

This is so disturbing on many different levels. Besides the fact that the "success" rate of these ex-gay programs sits around 30%, the more astonishing figure is the suicide rate of the enlistees. The American Medical Association, as well as the American Psychological Association, have condemned such programs, yet concerned mouth breathing fundie parents still choose to put their own children through this emotional torture.

And look at the fruit these rotten trees bear.

Parents: pop a Homocil and ride this shit out.

Or you can keep letting church officials fuck your kids. Your call.

via Towleroad