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Vince Gill Confronts Fringe Groups and Gives Country Some Cred
http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2013/09/11/vince-gill-confronts-fringe-groups-and-gives-country-some-cred.html ^ | Sep 11, 2013 4 | Malcolm Jones

Posted on 09/11/2013 6:05:49 PM PDT by Daffynition

Vince Gill did something on Sunday that not many country singers are willing to do: he courted controversy. Prior to a concert in Kansas City, Missouri, Gill confronted protesters from the Westboro Baptist Church of Topeka, Kansas, who were picketing outside his concert to protest his divorce and remarriage, which they hold to be nothing more than a form of adultery. The church, which is nonaffiliated, has also protested against gays and Jews and at the funerals of U.S. soldiers killed in combat, in the belief that God is punishing the nation for its immorality.

At Kansas City’s Kauffman Center for the Arts, Gill walked up to the picket line where people carried placards saying, “God Is America’s Terror.”

“Vince Gill, what in the world are you doing out here?” a woman on the line asked.

“I just came to see what hate looked like,” he said.

“Well, more importantly,” the woman said, “what are you doing with another man’s wife?”

“I came out to see what hatred really looked like in the face.”

“Don’t you know that divorce plus remarriage equals adultery?” the woman asked. “Jesus Christ said that.”

“Did he?” Gill responded. “You know what else he said? He said a lot of stuff about forgiveness, about grace. You guys don’t have any of that.”

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Constitution/Conservatism; Culture/Society; US: Missouri
KEYWORDS: algorelovers; algorespals; amygrant; antichristian; dhimmicrats; dncbrownshirts; fakebaptists; kansascity; missouri; pinkjournalism; topeka; vincegill; westborotrolls
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1 posted on 09/11/2013 6:05:49 PM PDT by Daffynition
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At the end of this video, Gill asks: “Are any of you guys Phelpses? Or are you guys like the C team?”

http://www.usatoday.com/story/life/people/2013/09/09/vince-gill-westboro-baptist/2790931/


2 posted on 09/11/2013 6:10:25 PM PDT by Daffynition (* “I know, but I do not approve. And I am not resigned.* ~ Edna St. Vincent Millay)
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To: Daffynition

two wrongs don’t make a right

he was wrong for the divorce remarriage thing

the idiots picketing his show are wrong in so many ways it ain’t funny

but Vince and Amy are wrong and should not have broken up two families to satisfy their lust


3 posted on 09/11/2013 6:10:32 PM PDT by yldstrk (My heroes have always been cowboys)
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To: Daffynition

Is it hate or greed? These people are only doing it for the money, and there beliefs don’t make any sense, much less conform to Christianity.


4 posted on 09/11/2013 6:10:42 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: Daffynition; a fool in paradise

In before the self-righteous holy church lady preachers on high horses!

Oops, I see I’m late. Harper Valley PTA beat me again.


5 posted on 09/11/2013 6:14:29 PM PDT by Revolting cat! (Bad things are wrong! Ice cream is delicious!)
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To: Daffynition

These people are probably best ignored, but disagreeing with them doesn’t really seem to qualify as “courting controversy.”


6 posted on 09/11/2013 6:15:58 PM PDT by JoeDetweiler
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To: Daffynition

Go Vince!


7 posted on 09/11/2013 6:16:46 PM PDT by Liberty Valance (Keep a simple manner for a happy life :o)
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To: yldstrk

but Vince and Amy are wrong and should not have broken up two families to satisfy their lust


Amy Grant’s ex, Gary Chapman, had some major drug issues when they were married. I don’t blame her for getting out of that marriage. Chapman sure seemed to be a Phony Christian

Westboro Cult must be running out of issues going after a couple who have been married over 15 yrs


8 posted on 09/11/2013 6:18:25 PM PDT by SeminoleCounty (You cannot be conservative while supporting the bankruptcy of your nation)
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To: SeminoleCounty

she took a vow

for better or for worse

the addiction was the for worse part

what part of that does she not get


9 posted on 09/11/2013 6:21:49 PM PDT by yldstrk (My heroes have always been cowboys)
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To: yldstrk

I didn’t know about the addiction thing, but one thing that always bothered me was her insistence that she never have to give up her career. Had I done the same, my husband and I would likely be divorced today, and I’m just a nurse, not a “star”. Gary stayed home with the kids a lot. Right or wrong, there are two sides to every story and we don’t know either of them very well. Maybe the addiction was trying to cope with the feelings of frustration and himself not providing for his family. Oh, yeah, I forgot...we’re liberated from all that, aren’t we? But, as Christians, wrong decisions made for good reasons are still wrong decisions. PERIOD!


10 posted on 09/11/2013 6:33:35 PM PDT by Shery (in APO Land)
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To: SeminoleCounty
Amy Grant’s ex, Gary Chapman, had some major drug issues when they were married. I don’t blame her for getting out of that marriage. Chapman sure seemed to be a Phony Christian

Last I checked, that wasn't one of the reasons Jesus Gave us to leave a marriage.

In fact, if I remember right, He stated that the only reason for Divorce was Sexual Infidelity.

Not sure if He would agree with you.
11 posted on 09/11/2013 6:38:59 PM PDT by SoConPubbie (Mitt and Obama: They're the same poison, just a different potency)
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To: Shery

She is a narcissist as are most “stars” and will have to deal with God on the fact that she did not even try to keep her vow once tempted with a big rich “star”.

I cannot stand her and consider all her efforts tainted. I bet she doesn’t even believe in God or how could she do what she did


12 posted on 09/11/2013 6:40:12 PM PDT by yldstrk (My heroes have always been cowboys)
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To: SeminoleCounty

If the Westboro Baptists had any “cred” they would protest a gay-pride parade.


13 posted on 09/11/2013 6:40:34 PM PDT by stevio (God, guns, guts.)
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To: stevio

“If the Westboro Baptists had any “cred” they would protest a gay-pride parade.”

Oh...they do!


14 posted on 09/11/2013 6:43:46 PM PDT by JoeDetweiler
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To: SeminoleCounty

Didn’t Gary Chapman host a show on TNN?


15 posted on 09/11/2013 6:44:09 PM PDT by Retired Chemist
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To: Daffynition
There is a timeline written by the Nashville paper that shows that both Gill and Grant were divorced before they began a true physical relationship. Gill had been divorced from Janice quite some time and so had Amy when they began dating. The marriages were broke up long before either one of them entered into the new relationship.
16 posted on 09/11/2013 6:44:33 PM PDT by vetvetdoug
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To: yldstrk

Agreed. Jesus is cited in three of the four gospels stating that remarriage after divorce (except for adultery or abandonment by an unbeliever) is in fact adultery.

I’m no fan of the Phelps family, but they have accurately cited Scripture. The Christian church in general is hypocritical in preaching so much against homosexuality, but glossing over the remarriage/adultery issue.


17 posted on 09/11/2013 6:44:39 PM PDT by Joann37
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To: Daffynition

I’m still convinced that the Phelps gang are agents of the radical Left meant to discredit those who stand for Christian values.


18 posted on 09/11/2013 6:45:39 PM PDT by dfwgator
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To: Joann37
I’m no fan of the Phelps family, but they have accurately cited Scripture.

The Devil can quote Scripture as well.

19 posted on 09/11/2013 6:46:29 PM PDT by dfwgator
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To: yldstrk

she took a vow

oh really - were you at her wedding? how do you know what vows she took?
And if she wasn’t married in ‘the church’ it wasn’t a real wedding in any case.


20 posted on 09/11/2013 6:48:45 PM PDT by aumrl (let's keep it real Conservatives)
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