It's no big secret that Counrty music is loved more by mid-western folk, who lean further towards conservative topics than issues regarding minority groups. A few weeks ago singer Carrie Underwood went against the grain and came out in support of gay marriage, which it should come as no big surprise would rile up her core fanbase.
Said Carrie in the UK Independent: "As a married person myself, I don't know what it's like to be told I can't marry somebody I love, and want to marry," she said. "I can't imagine how that must feel. I definitely think we should all have the right to love, and love publicly, the people that we want to love."
Now that she's facing a backlash, Carrie, who was clearly uncomfortable with talking about the subject yet again spoke to AP in London while promoting her new album: "I was asked a difficult question in the last five minutes of an interview and I answered it the best way I knew how, and after that I do what I do and I love making music and I generally try to stay out of any kind of controversy," she told The Associated Press in an interview Tuesday.
And this morning, a lashing from World Net Daily's Joseph Farah:
Carrie Underwood suggests God did not set rules. Yes, He did. The Ten Commandments are not suggestions. They represent the difference between life and death.
She says, “It’s not up to me to judge anybody.” This has become something of a mantra in the apostate church. But it is a misunderstanding of what Jesus meant when He said, “Judge not, that ye be not judged.” The context of that sermon makes it clear that Jesus meant to do unto others as you would have them do unto you. Others are not to be judged unfairly. He didn’t mean we aren’t supposed to confront people with their sin so they could be brought to repentance, because He Himself commanded us to do just that.
God did warn us not to profane His holy name.
I don’t think that just means misusing His name as a curse word. I think we do that when we represent ourselves as followers of God but betray His Word.
That’s blasphemy – and there’s just too much of it coming from people claiming to be Christians.
Nowhere in the Ten Commandments does it say Thou Shall Not Fornicate With Someone of The Same Sex I don't understand how this idiot got from “Judge not, that ye be not judged” that you have the right to wag your finger in someone's face and tell them what they are doing is wrong, as if God anointed you as the sin bearer. The text simply means that don't judge others unless you yourself want to be judged, and last time I checked none of us live in glass houses (unless you're doing a reality show for ABC).
This is all I'll say on this subject, because I'm tired of analyzing the stupidity of folks who can't think on ther own about a uncomfortable subject without misqouting soundbites from the bible.
If you want to show that OUR voices are stronger than the bigots who continue to try to put us down, GLAAD has created a 'Support Carrie' campaign. All you have to do tweet to Carrie (@carrieunderwood) using #supportcarrie."
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