>> KATY PERRY SAYS SHE USED TO PRAY AWAY THE GAY.
THAT WAS AT
BIBLE CAMP.
WHEN SHE WAS ACCEPTING AN AWARD ON SATURDAY
SHE SAID THIS.
>>TELL ME MORE.
>> SHE ALSO WENT ON TO SAY THAT AT HER BIBLE CAMPS THE WORDS
HOMOSEXUALITY WENT ALONG WITH WORDS LIKE ABOMINATION AND HELL.
>> I LOVE THE STORY BECAUSE IT IS MORE POWERFUL AND PEOPLE IN
POP CULTURE TALK ABOUT THIS
STUFF.
IT IS NOT JUST THAT SHE HAS KISSED A GIRL, IT IS THAT
SHE SAYS THESE CONVERSION CAMPS
ARE WRONG.
CALLING THEM CAMP IS AN INTERESTING LANGUAGE.
IT
DRAWS ATTENTION TO SOMETHING THAT HAD BEEN ACCEPTED, AND
SHOULDN'T BECAUSE IT IS BASICALLY PSYCHOLOGICAL AND
PHYSICAL TORTURE.
THEY TRY TO GET PEOPLE TO STOP WHO THEY ARE.
YOU CAN'T STOP YOUR CORE
IDENTITY.
>> IT IS ONE OF MY ORIGINAL DAILY SHOW ERAS WAS WHEN THEY
WENT AND INTERVIEWED A GUY WHO HAD GONE TO GAY CONVERSION
THERAPY AND HE SAID IT WORKED.
YOU MIGHT THINK THIS IS HEALTHY
AS A WAY TO PRAY AWAY THE GAY, BUT ANYONE WATCHING IT WOULD SAY
YOU STILL NEED HELP.
JUST EMBRACE IT, MOVE FORWARD.
>> WE COVERED IT WHEN CNN DID THAT.
THE MAIN THING HE WOULD
YELL WAS, "MOM, WHY HAVE YOU DONE THIS TO ME."
OH YEAH, HE IS
"CURED."
ALSO PART OF HIS THERAPY FOR OTHERS IF YOU WOULD
HAVE THE OTHER MALES SIT ON HIS
LAP AND WOULD ROCK BACK AND FORTH TOGETHER.
>>THIS IS PROBLEMATIC.
I THINK IT'S AN INTERESTING STORY.
IT
HELPS TO CHANGE THE NARRATIVE AROUND CHRISTIANITY AND
SEXUALITY.
IT SEEMS TO HAVE THE MIKE PENCES SEEM TO HAVE A
MONOPOLY ON THIS CONVERSATION.
I THINK WHEN YOU HAVE SOMEONE LIKE
KATY PERRY COME OUT WHO SAYS
THIS IS WRONG I THINK IT IS AN IMPORTANT STEP TO SEPARATE
CHRISTIANITY FROM THE STIGMATIZING PRACTICE THAT THEY
ALL DON'T SUBSCRIBE TO.
>> THEY ARE
WILLING TO GET RID OF STUFF BECAUSE THE RELIGION
AND THE TEXT DOESN'T MATTER.
WHAT MATTERS IS CULTURE AND WHAT
YOU PRACTICE.
IF YOU GET RID OF THE CONVERSION CAMPS, THAT IS
GREAT.
IS IT REALLY HYPOCRITICAL IF YOU LOOK AT THE TEXT?
MAYBE.
BUT BETTER THAT THEY DON'T DO
IT.
IT IS JUST NOT THAT IMPORTANT.
>> I WENT TO CATHOLIC SCHOOL AS A MOSTLY JEWISH PERSON AND IT
WAS SO CONFUSING.
I AM EXACTLY AS JEWISH AS BEN MANKIEWICZ.
YOU'RE KIND OF IN THIS WEIRD LIMBO AND PEOPLE ARE TELLING YOU
ALL KINDS OF STUFF ABOUT DIFFERENT RELIGIONS.
THE ONLY
PARTS I FOUND OVERLAP AND WHERE THE PARTS THAT WERE LIKE DON'T
BE A DICK, BE A NICE PERSON TO
OTHER PEOPLE.
WHAT YOU NEED TO FOCUS ON IS JUST BE FRIENDLY.
>>EVEN SAM HARRIS ACKNOWLEDGES THE OLD TESTAMENT IS THE MOST
VIOLENT AND RIDICULOUS OUT OF THE THREE BOOKS.
IF YOU READ IT YOU WILL IMMEDIATELY BECOME AN ATHEIST.
>>NO.
>> MOST OF THE THIRD BOOK IS THIS IS HOW YOU DON'T DIE FROM
YOUR FOOD.
>> YOU ARE JEWISH.
>>JEW ENOUGH.
>> BY THE WAY I FOUND IT.
>>"MOM.
MOM.
MOM, WHY DID YOU DO THAT TO ME?"
>>THAT IS CREEPY.
>> HOW DID YOU
HAVE THAT QUEUED UP.
>>THAT SOUNDBOARD IS NO JOKE.
BY THE WAY IF YOU GIVE $270 TO FUND
OUR JOURNALISM CAMPAIGN YOU NOT ONLY GET THE COOL SHIRT YOU ALSO
GET A THUMB DRIVE WITH EVERYTHING ON THE SOUNDBOARD.
YOU CAN DO THAT AT HOME.
AND THE POST GAME I WILL TELL YOU GUYS
WHY I NOW HAVE A NEW CAMPAIGN AGAINST THE WORD BI-CURIOUS.
SHE
MENTIONED CURIOUS A COUPLE TIMES
HERE AND WHAT I AM GOING TO SAY IS POTENTIALLY CONTROVERSIAL.
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