Christian Singer Jennifer Knapp Says She's Gay

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Christian Singer Jennifer Knapp Says She's Gay

CBNNews.com

Thursday, April 15, 2010

After years of rumors about her sexuality, former Christian music artist Jennifer Knapp has announced she is gay.

The award-winning artist took a seven-year hiatus from her music and had been living in Australia. She is now returning to the music scene with a mainstream album, titled Letting Go.

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[~candice~]

I am so saddened by this. I have actually gone and thrown out her CD's... she used to be one of my favourites.

The way she mocked evangelicals for their stance on celibacy in singles is just . She isn't struggling against this, she is embracing it and even (I think) promoting it.

It's a nasty deceptive falsehood. There is no way to support this without twisting the very Word of God that tells us how we are saved. I'm praying for her.

[Guest LadyC]

a part of me is saddened, but more of me is angry. yes, i know some people are in it for the money, but to USE God like that, for fame and fortune, just sickens me.

[2Joyful]

I understand your sadness. One of my favorite (young) gospel singer Tonex came out.

He had a song that always lifted me during times of need, entitled 'Make Me Over.'

Joyful

[CSLewis]

I hope she continues making Christian music.

[Guest LadyC]

I hope she continues making Christian music.

WHY?

[CSLewis]

The church needs good musicians regardless of race, gender or sexual orientation.

[Guest LadyC]

the church does not need unrepentant people living a gay lifestyle being a role model for christians of any age.

what if, instead of coming out as a lesbian, she'd come out as a chronic meth user? or that she was shacking up with some guy and having a baby out of wedlock? or that she was having an affair with a married man? would you still think the church needed her?

the "church" needs musicians who are a living testimony to God's glory, not to selfish perversions that spit in God's face.

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The church needs good musicians regardless of race, gender or sexual orientation.

The real CS Lewis would disagree with you on the "sexual orientation" I bet.

As does the Lord.

[CSLewis]

"you are black, my brother,

and my whiteness cries for you

for there won't be any shadow

without your rich, dark hue.

And I'll lose my way, my brother,

in a landscape stretched flat white

for there'll be no contoured valleys

without the shining of the night.

You are nameless, my sister,

and you leave me incomplete,

for I cannot know my fullest self

unless our two souls meet.

And I'll be bereft, my sister,

until we sing your song aloud

and raise your head amongst us-

welcomed, celebrated, proud.

You are gay, my brother,

and a source of grace to me

reflecting on our human race

God's rich diversity.

And I need your courage, brother,

as you stand for who you are,

shining in our blindness

a lone and brilliant star."

- Edwina Gateley

"Christ in the margins"