memorizing Bible texts
an hour a day of prayer and Bible studies
prayer to cast out demons (exorcism)
not wearing certain types of clothing, such as Calvin Klein brand
clothing
make-over sessions for lesbians
learning how to change a car's oil for gay men
healing prayers for past experiences
encouraging gay people to get married in traditional male/female marriages
A psychotherapist and author interviewed on the video stated that
saying heterosexuality is better than homosexuality is a form of
covert sexual abuse.
This video should be seen by all Christian pastors, Christian counsellors,
and teachers and administrators in Christian schools and colleges. The parents of gay children should also watch the video. Fewer people would be pressured to go to ex-gay ministries, if pastors, teachers, and parents watched this video.
Title: Fish Can't Fly
Director: Tom Murray
Producer: Tom Murray
Web Site: www.fishcantfly.com
Available: Amazon.com
The video is not a debate about the merits of "ex-gay" counselling or "ex-gay" ministries. The video contains the personal journeys of some gay Christians who tired to become straight by turning to Christian "ex-gay" ministries. The people interviewed desperately wanted to please God, to please their church leaders and to be straight. The stories told by these gay and
lesbian Christians relate the turmoil and pain "ex-gay" ministries and traditional Christian attitudes cause gay people. Some people in the video found the intense emotional and spiritual pain they felt within the "ex-gay" ministries to be so extreme they had suicidal feelings, cut themselves, or were hospitalized in a psychiatric hospital. While the people interviewed tried to be
straight, none of them were successful. The father of one of the men
who tried to be straight told his son that "fish can't fly."
Some of the methods described to help gay and lesbians become straight
include the following: