Now what’s
he on about, you say? Well, of course an explanation for my provocative ‘header’
is needed. A 50 year old possibly born-again Pentecostal Christian singer has
managed to offend a good deal of the gay community and many others, by her
latest utterings. Michelle Shocked, the singer in question is reported (it’s on YouTube, I
hear) to have announced at a recent concert that ‘God hates Faggots.’ Most of
the audience walked out.
Such an
event would not have drawn so much reaction a decade or two ago. This was not
some placard wielding loony, jumping up and down outside an abortion clinic or
at a venue for a ‘gay marriage,’ but a concert where quite a diverse audience
took exception to her ravings.
Her words of
hate have caused about ten of her concerts to be cancelled. What drove her to
such an outburst? It is said that she has been attending a Pentecostal church
and various other rumours have circulated about her ‘sexuality.’ Maybe she was
pissed off (not pissed, given her new ‘understandings’) about life, but she has
most certainly paid the price.
In this day
of ‘growing diversity and increasing tolerance, maybe the days of ‘hate and
bigotry’ are on the decline.
I wish!
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