pray the gay away
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[edit]pray the gay away (third-person singular simple present prays the gay away, present participle praying the gay away, simple past and past participle prayed the gay away)
- (informal, chiefly US) To renounce one's homosexuality as part of adopting the Christian religion.
- 2014, Chris Dicken, Donny Wong, The Bumpy Road to Married Bliss[1], HarperCollins UK, →ISBN:
- This was my secret problem, my sin, and I earnestly hoped and prayed nearly every day of my life that it would be taken away from me. But of course, because it was an intrinsic part of me (albeit a part that I hadn't yet come to embrace), I was never able to pray the gay away.