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Pastor ‘prays the gay away’ on ‘What Would You Do?”
customers’ reactions vary on the hidden camera show

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People dining at an Atlanta restaurant encountered the tough situation of a pastor attempting to “pray the gay away” on a teenage boy on the latest episode of “What Would You Do?”
ABC’s hidden-camera reality show placed two parents, a pastor and a teenage boy at a table near unsuspecting customers. The actors created a scenario where a teenage son had come out to his parents, and in an act of denial the parents bring in a pastor to solve their problem.
Reactions varied with many approaching the boy and offering him soothing words and advice. One woman said she agreed with the parents’ beliefs, but did not agree with bombarding him with a pastor in a restaurant. Another woman turns out to be a minister and takes time to pray with the parents.
At the end, a woman confronts the pastor himself and goes head-to-head to defend her belief that it’s not possible to “pray the gay away.”
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