KRISTIN CHENOWETH
Posted on 09/10/2011 7:14:38 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
Actress Kristin Chenoweth is a self-identifying Christian who has sparked controversy by speaking out about her support of the gay community in an interview with lesbian and gay publication The Advocate.
The LBGT publication asked the TV and theater star: "What would you ask people who cite Christianity as their justification for passing laws that discriminate against people?"
Chenoweth replied, "I would ask, 'What would Jesus do?' It sounds so cliché and Pollyanna-ish, but I have a feeling if he were on the earth today, he wouldn't be walking around saying, 'You’re going to hell' and 'You're wrong, you're wrong, you're wrong.' I think he'd be accepting and loving."
Chenoweth is best known for her theater and television roles such as Glinda in "Wicked" and April Rhodes on "Glee." The actress is also releasing her fourth studio album Some Lessons Learned on Sept. 13.
Chenoweth is not new to controversy over her conflicting beliefs. In 2005, she was fired from a "Woman in Faith" concert for her support of gay rights.
Analysts for Focus on the Family refer to pro-gay Christians as a part of a larger movement called "Pro-Gay Revisionist Theology." Leaders of this movement claim Christians' prejudice against homosexuals leads them to misread biblical texts about homosexuality.
Christian Research Institute's Joseph P. Gudel says, "I realize that it is not 'politically correct' to speak critically concerning any person or group. Nonetheless, true Christian love does not ignore immorality and the lives ruined by it, but speaks out in the hope of helping those individuals."
Contradictions are not Chenoweth's concern, however. "I don't judge you for your opinions, so please don't judge me for mine," the actress said in response to critics.
"I read my Bible and I pray and all of that – I really do," Chenoweth told The Advocate. "But at the same time, I don't think being gay is a sin. Period."
And G-d said “Um, yeah, about that”
Sodom and Gomorrah mean anything to your Christian “faith”? =.=
What YOU think isn't going to matter in the end...
He'd say "Now go and sin no more." Or something along those lines.
Kristin needs to learn it’s not about her “having a feeling” what Jesus would say or would not say, do or not do.
Nor does it have to do with my feelings or anybody else’s feelings.
It has to do with what God SAYS, which is in the Bible for a reason, so we don’t all go around making our feelings our standards for faith and practice.
She’s absolutely correct.
It does not contradict your faith, if your “faith” supports homosexuality.
And that is precisely one of the main weaknesses of religion today.
The era of the “Self” has relegated religion to an external belief system that backs up personal desire.
This is the exact opposite of what most “true” religions try to teach, which is, deny the Self and selfish desires and place your personal opinions on a back-burner in order to try to understand God.
Pretty sad that they have to stoop to Hollywood stooges to try to subvert the teachings of the Bible.
There are two reasons I know about Kristin Chenoweth. She was great in Wicked, so let me add a third for her voice. She’s a wonderful Broadway actress, but why should we give a rat’s ass about her political views?
Why in the #eLL would I care .. What just another hollywood ‘tart’/bimbo have to say about Jesus or What would Jesus do!?
I am sick of these mentally disabled @zz-#oles who continue to Trash everything Christian!
My Pastor always says, “Its not what you think that matters, Its what this Book says.” And I say Amen to that.
Amen.
“I don’t judge you for your opinions, so please don’t judge me for mine,” the actress said in response to critics.********
“If you love Me, you will keep My commandments. Jn 14:15
Obedience Kristin, not opinions.
Ugh. I know that this will no doubt bring on the flameage, but IMHO "WWJD" is one of the greatest dumbing-downs of Christianity EVER.
I like how Michael Horton put it. More important that WWJD/”What Would Jesus Do?” is WHJD/”What Has Jesus Done”?
Shut up and sing.
I’ll probably get flamed, but I am a Christian and I don’t have a “problem” with people who are homosexuals... just as I don’t have a problem with people who are alcoholics or people who are overweight because they eat too much. A person who is any of those things has a disorder- whether it be a sexual, substance abuse or eating disorder. Is it a sin to have homosexual sex? Well, yeah. It’s also a sin to drink or eat too much. But I’m not going to run up to these people and wag my finger in their face and tell them to repent! Jesus tells us to love one another, not condemn one another.
I do have a problem with anyone who promotes homosexuality as “normal”. It isn’t. For a guy to do you know what with another guy is biologically disordered.
I also have a problem with the redefinition of marriage as anything but between a man and a woman. Because the state shouldn’t legislate that children be denied either a mother or a father, and that’s what homosexual marriage does. Beyond that, any redefinition opens the door for polyamory, etc., and that isn’t good for children, either.
Anyway, my 2 cents.
RE: I’ll probably get flamed, but I am a Christian and I don’t have a “problem” with people who are homosexuals.
What about people have sex with their own gender?
What would Jesus do.
He never said that people were forgiven and that they were free to go and continue sinning.
He said they were forgiven and commanded them to go and sin no more.
That’s what Jesus would do.
RE: I’ll probably get flamed, but I am a Christian and I don’t have a “problem” with people who are homosexuals.
What about people having sex with their own gender?
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