{"id":1111,"date":"2025-11-16T06:31:37","date_gmt":"2025-11-16T06:31:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/watchtowatch.top\/pray-away-2021\/"},"modified":"2025-11-16T06:31:37","modified_gmt":"2025-11-16T06:31:37","slug":"pray-away-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/watchtowatch.top\/?p=1111","title":{"rendered":"Pray Away (2021)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"100%\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/sRXRbUEVCJQ\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/watchtowatch.top\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/1wikrtZZZoThwnHulB7klQek4Ai.jpg\" alt=\"Pray Away (2021)\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"width:100%; height:auto;\" \/><\/p>\n<p>In the 1970s, five men struggling with being gay in their Evangelical church started a bible study to help each other leave the &#8220;homosexual lifestyle.&#8221; They quickly received over 25,000 letters from people asking for help and formalized as Exodus International, the largest and most controversial conversion therapy organization in the world. 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