 Mary ( Jena Malone  (qv)) is a good Christian girl who goes to a good Christian high school where she has good Christian friends, mainly Hilary Faye ( Mandy Moore (II)  (qv)), and a perfect Christian boyfriend, Dean ( Chad Faust  (qv)). Her life seems perfect, until the day that she finds out that Dean may be gay. After "seeing" a vision of Jesus in a pool, she does everything in her power to help him turn straight, including offering up her virginity. But none of it helps because Dean s caught and sent to a "degayification" center and Mary ends up pregnant. It s during her time of need that she becomes real friends with the school s set of "misfits," including Cassandra ( Eva Amurri  (qv)), the school s only Jewish girl; Roland ( Macaulay Culkin  (qv)), Hilary Faye s wheelchair-bound brother, and Patrick ( Patrick Fugit  (qv)), the skateboarder son of the school s principal, Pastor Skip ( Martin Donovan (II)  (qv)); whilst Hilary Faye turns her into a social outcast.