Why praying is lame and gay

Most of the decline occurred between anda period in which the shares of U. Sincethe percentages who say they pray at least once a day have been relatively stable. Prayer has taken another hit because of the systemic discrimination of LGBTQ+ folks by organized religion.

Prayer can come with a negative connotation because of the “pray away the gay” crusade. Nearly one-third of U. The share of Americans who pray daily has dropped 14 points since This decline has been fairly widespread: Catholics, all three major Protestant traditions and religiously unaffiliated adults all have shown statistically significant declines in daily prayer of between 6 and 10 points since The survey did not include enough interviews with Orthodox Christians, Muslims, Buddhists, Hindus or people in other small religious groups to be able to subdivide them by sex, age, education and race.

What do you do when you encounter the use of 'gay' as a generic word for 'bad' or 'lame'? First, because everyone has an area of weakness that makes it easier for us to recognize our need for God and depend on Him more fully, which is His design and intent for us.

About two-thirds of U. Home Research Topics Religion. Putting these two questions together, we see that about a third of U. People in other religious groups are far less likely to report that they pray or say grace before they eat. At least two factors help explain the long-term decline.

Nearly three-quarters of U. But methodological changes may account for some of the difference. Some were asked for the first time as part of the new RLS. Others cannot be compared with previous surveys because of changes in methodology or question wording.

During the epidemic, Baptist minister and faith healer Pat Robertson attempted to cure those infected by AIDS through prayer while declaring publicly that same-sex love was depraved and evil. Most U. One-in-five Americans say they read other holy texts, devotions or inspirational literature besides scripture at least weekly.

To LGBT Christians who

Read Appendix A for more details. I attended multiple psychotherapeutic ex-gay retreats, interned with a pray-the-gay-away ministry for nine months, and prayed nightly for God to make me straight. Religious Landscape Study. Yet, prayer and religion remain, for most of the LGBTQ+ community, a great comfort.

February 26, Religious or spiritual beliefs and practices. Smaller shares of people affiliated with other religions say they participate weekly in such groups. For details on religious service attendance and congregation involvement, read Chapter 8.

Which leads me to answer your question: why would God not take away someone’s gay feelings? Second, the self-reported frequency of prayer has declined among U. This chapter discusses the findings of the RLS about the religious practices of the U. Unlike the question about prayer, however, we do not have valid data on trends over time for most of these questions.

I don't find it as annoying when people use 'gay' to mean 'camp', but it is still wrong.