"Cures" for Homosexuality

Number 11 of the Top 12 "Cures" for Homosexuality:

Torture and exorcism have both been used to "cure" homosexuality. Burning at the stake, hanging, and strangulation were often seen by religious authorities not as punishments for homosexuality but as cures, since they allegedly released a homosexual from further torments of the flesh and prevented him from committing further sins.

   Makes ya almost glad to have the current ex-gay movement around. Now torture will make a person say or do almost anything. Exorcism - now that's interesting. I have this picture in my head of a gay "Exorcist" movie. Maybe instead of pea soup it would be fairy dust? And death as a cure.. hmmm. If you look at it that way, then death is pretty much a cure-all medication. That might be a tough sell even if advertised on TV. "Side effects may include... death."
   Scary thing is, I wonder where all the recent anti-gay rhetoric is taking us. I mean, we're traveling backwards in time here it seems. At what point does it stop? Anti-gay rhetoric isn't just words - many words inspire deeds. And how many people want to "save" and "cure" us?
(source: Rutledge, Leigh W. (1986). The New Gay Book of Lists. Los Angeles: Alyson Publications.)