Church under investigation after worshiper pinned down to pray the gay away

A young gay Christian man in Oklahoma says his fellow church-goers tackled him, pinned him down, punched him in the face, and tried to pray the gay away, because he and his boyfriend are guilty of homosexuality, an abomination of a sin.

Sean Cormie, who is 23 and still both queer and Christian despite the attack, says the Sunday service started out normally but got weird fast when the pastor started preaching about homosexuality as a sin.

Sean was there on September 8 with his partner, Gary Gardner. Sean's mom and stepdad are youth pastors at the First Assembly of God in Blackwell, Oklahoma, where Sean says Pastor Bill McKissick was pacing around the room, fuming, and saying that someone present in the church at that moment was guilty of homosexuality, an abomination of a sin, Sean says.

In a Facebook post, Sean wrote that the gay-condemning pastor then pointed his finger at Sean and Gary.

At that point, congregation members all got up and rushed them, pinning the two guys to the ground and praying the spirit of homosexuality out of us, wrote Sean in the post.

They were yelling and crying, trying to pray the gay away, he said.

I was so embarrassed, Gardner told NBC affiliate TV station KFOR in Oklahoma City.

I felt about two inches tall when this started.

Sean Cormie, 23, came out as gay in the spring. Since then, he said his family has asked him to go to church and bring his partner, Gary Gardner.