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• DONNIE MCCLURK GAY: MISTER/SGER REVEALS HOW BEG “GAY” LEADS TO A SOLARY LIFE!
• 'EX-GAY' MCCLURK'S ALLEGED LOVER: I WAS WH HIM AFTER HE PRAYED AWAY THE GAY
• EX-GAY GOSPEL SGER DONNIE MCCLURK UNR FIRE AFTER SPEAKG OUT AGAST SAME-SEX MARRIAGE RULG
• IS DONNIE MCCLURK GAY? THE GOSPEL SGER’S CONTROVERSIAL VIEWS ON SAME-SEX MARRIAGE
• FORMERLY GAY MISTER DONNIE MCCLURK REVEALED TO BE DATG FEMALE GOSPEL SGER
• DONNIE MCCLURK REMOVED OM MLK NCERT OVER 'EX-GAY' CLAIMS, STILL PAID $10,000
• DONNIE MCCLURK, 'EX-GAY' SGER, CUT FROM MLK CONCERT OVER 'POTENTIAL CONTROVERSY'
• GOSPEL SGER DONNIE MCCLURK ACCED OF LEADG "GAY CURE CULT"MCCLURK CLAIMS PRAYER AND THE POWER OF GOD "CURED" HIM OF {FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}CELEBRIBY DAN AVERYMARCH 19, 2018/3:30 {HEIGHT:HER;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;POSN:RELATIVE;-WEBK-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-MS-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-WEBK-ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-ALIGN:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-ALIGN:CENTER;ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-WEBK-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;-MS-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;} IMG{HEIGHT:100%;WIDTH:100%;OBJECT-F:VER;}{HEIGHT:2240PX;WIDTH:3372PX;}HOTO BY KEV WTER/GETTY IMAG FOR BETST PAUL, MN - FEBRUARY 01: DONNIE MCCLURK PERFORMS WH MEMBERS OF THE NFL PLAYERS CHOIR ONSTAGE DURG BET PRENTS 19TH ANNUAL SUPER BOWL GOSPEL CELEBRATN AT BETHEL UNIVERSY ON FEBARY 1, 2018 ST PL, MNOTA. 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(PHOTO BY JIM SPELLMAN/WIREIMAGE){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AFTER NEWS OF A TORONTO PSYCHIATRIST HAVG SEX WH A YOUNG MALE PATIENT HE WAS ATTEMPTG TO CURE OF HOMOSEXUALY SURFACED, A TWTER ER ACCED MCCLURK OF BEG NNECTED TO EXOD INTERNATNAL, AN EX-GAY ANIZATN THAT'S SHUTTERED S U.S OPERATNS BUT NTU {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"IN THE '90S DONNIE MCCLURK FORMED A RELIG GAY CURE CULT," WROTE ACHMAT X A SERI OF TWEETS. "MY MOM NAIVELY ENROLLED ME."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}HE CLAIMS THE GROUP'S LEARS "TOOK ADVANTAGE" OF THE YOUNG MEMBERS, AND THAT HE LOST HIS VIRGY WHILE TREATMENT THERE. "THE SAD PART ABOUT THIS IS WHEN I TOLD MY PARENTS ABOUT THE ABE, EXOD KICKED ME OUT. THEY TOLD MY PARENTS THAT I WANTED TO BE GAY AND THAT I RISTED GOD’S HELP."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ACHMAT ADD THAT WHILE HE NEVER HAD TO UNRGO ELECTRIC SHOCK OR OTHER PHYSIL TORTURE, "THE SEXUAL AND MENTAL ABE WAS NO LS VLENT AND HAS HAD LIFE LONG NSEQUENC."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}MCCLURK, A MULTIPLE GRAMMY WNER WH MORE THAN 10 LN ALBUMS SOLD WORLDWI, CLAIMS TO HAVE BEEN CURED OF HOMOSEXUALY HIMSELF. HE PNED HIS SAME-SEX ATTRACTNS ON BEG MOLTED BY AN UNCLE AS A BOY.JASON KEMP/BET/GETTY IMAGLOS ANGELES, CA - JANUARY 09: (L-R) SGER DONNIE MCCLURK, HOST TARAJI P. HENSON AND SGER KURT CARR ATTEND BET CELEBRATN OF GOSPEL 2016 AT ORPHM THEATRE ON JANUARY 9, 2016 LOS ANGEL, CALIFORNIA. (PHOTO BY JASON KEMP/BET/GETTY IMAG FOR BET){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}“I WAS NOT BORN WH THE SEXUAL TENNCI. IT WASN’T CHROMOSOMAL AND HAD NOTHG TO DO WH MY DNA,” HE WROTE 2002. “THE TENNCI SURFACED BEE A BROKEN MAN THST AN 8-YEAR-OLD BOY TO THIS WHIRLWD. TH, MY FIRST SEXUAL RELATNSHIP WAS WH A MAN. BEFORE I ULD EVER KNOW THE PURPOSE OR PLEASURE OF A WOMAN, HAVE MY FIRST DATE OR EVEN MY FIRST KISS, THE WOUND WAS FLICTED, AND THE SEED WAS PLANTED.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE 58-YEAR-OLD SGER THANKED PRAYER AND THE POWER OF GOD FOR HIS "CHANGE," AS WELL AS WOMEN HIS CHURCH WHO TOLD HIM TO SG LOWER AND KEEP HIS HANDS AT HIS SI ORR TO APPEAR MORE MASCULE. TO PEOPLE WHO DON'T WANT TO OR THK THEY NNOT CHANGE THEIR ORIENTATN, HE SAID, "I’VE BEEN THROUGH THIS AND HAVE EXPERIENCED GOD’S POWER TO CHANGE MY LIFTYLE. I AM LIVERED AND I KNOW GOD N LIVER OTHERS, TOO."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}MCCLURK HAS NOT RPOND TO THE RECENT {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS
• THE VOICE OF CHICAGO'S GAY, LESBIAN, BI, TRANS AND QUEER COMMUNITY SINCE 1985
• CELEBRI WHO HAVE LEFT A GAY LIFTYLE
• GOSPEL SGER MCCLURK CUT FROM MLK EVENT OVER GAY RIGHTS

DONNIE MCCLURK GAY: MISTER/SGER REVEALS HOW BEG “GAY” LEADS TO A SOLARY LIFE!

(Photo by Paras Griff/Getty Imag for ESSENCE)McClurk, 61, had prevly opened up years ago about his past stggl wh homosexualy, which he lled a “perversn, ” and claimed that he was able to supprs his sexual orientatn, cg his and many Christian church’ stance on homosexualy as a admted that he still had urg to be wh men but chose not to. Comparg homosexualy to diabet he said, “I don’t eat sugar, but don’t mean that I don’t want sugar. ”Read More: Kirk Frankl lls out homophobia the church: ‘Nothg to do wh the Bible’Now, the Grammy Award-wng artist says he believ his stggle over his sexualy will leave him whout the fay he always dreamed of.

”Read More: Kelly Rowland explas why she left her church after Dty’s Child’s ‘secular mic’ cricism“There may be some who will read this and rent some of the statements ma about homosexualy.

My hope is for gay/queer children and adults are met wh love and acceptance so they n eely exist. Donnie McClurk has stggled wh his sexualy and ced cints of childhood moltatn and exposure to pornography for “turng” him gay.

'EX-GAY' MCCLURK'S ALLEGED LOVER: I WAS WH HIM AFTER HE PRAYED AWAY THE GAY

Many believed McClurk was gay bee of his sexual orientatn toward men.

It quickly stirred the public as many Ain Amerin gays were offend by his statement. Many took to social media and told Donnie not to blame his past for him beg gay.

EX-GAY GOSPEL SGER DONNIE MCCLURK UNR FIRE AFTER SPEAKG OUT AGAST SAME-SEX MARRIAGE RULG

Many are eager to know whether Donnie McClurk gay or datg someone special. He felt his sole purpose life was to help others to change their liftyle, llg homosexualy a disease that uld be helped. Also Read: Regald VelJohnson Gay: Bachelor For Life Explas His Sexualy!

IS DONNIE MCCLURK GAY? THE GOSPEL SGER’S CONTROVERSIAL VIEWS ON SAME-SEX MARRIAGE

Well, his ntroversial statement about Donnie McClurk beg gay has created several issu for him. McClurk, 61, had prevly opened up years ago about his past stggl wh homosexualy, which he lled a “perversn, ” and claimed that he was able to supprs his sexual orientatn, cg his and many Christian church’ stance on homosexualy as a s. Read More: Kirk Frankl lls out homophobia the church: ‘Nothg to do wh the Bible’.

“There may be some who will read this and rent some of the statements ma about homosexualy. As Marv Wan relled, “We lerally stopped everythg and end , bee there was nothg else we uld do.” As sure as Donnie was about his Savr, he was still nfed about his sexual inty and homosexualy was his clatn. Homosexualy was now somethg his past, not his prent or his future.

Donnie McClurk ntu to tell his story, cludg his journey out of homosexualy. He has a passn for others who have been molted or who jt seek victory over homosexualy. “The gay muny is sayg that I’m a homophobe and that what I’m sayg is not real.

FORMERLY GAY MISTER DONNIE MCCLURK REVEALED TO BE DATG FEMALE GOSPEL SGER

And I don’t have a problem wh that, bee I’m not lookg to nvert everybody om homosexualy. The young Donnie McClurk had several other characteristics that often ntribute to rerce homosexual attractns.

Donnie McClurk has ma public knowledge that his volvement the gay liftyle was “hell” on earth for him.

Donnie McClurk’s volvement homosexualy started when he was raped at the age of eight and end at the age of twenty-eight. In Donnie’s words he overme the nfn and hell associated wh his gay inty “by takg heed to the word, and through fastg and prayer, and people layg hands on me, and me pullg myself away wh only those people that had fah.

DONNIE MCCLURK REMOVED OM MLK NCERT OVER 'EX-GAY' CLAIMS, STILL PAID $10,000

Looks like a b of a PR problem… Journalist Clay Cane has an exclive terview wh an alleged former lover of recloseted homosexual anti-gay gospel sger Donnie McClurk. Well, perhaps he isn't so “ex-gay”, as the man alleg he had a sexual enunter wh McClurk long after he claimed to have prayed away the gay. In this revealg terview “Rob” tails his relatnship, or as he scribed, “roller aster ri” wh the “We Fall Down” h maker om 2001 to 2004, which is ironilly durg the height of McClurk's anti-gay rants and lls for nversn.

The full terview n not be ma public, some thgs I had to leave out such as other artists gospel who are gay, but have not ma anti-gay rants and a relatnship wh an R&B legend who as, “Rob” said, married a “bisexual”, famo pastor. Durg this time to 2001 to 2004 is really the height of his anti-gay rants. The book me out, he ma ments, he told the New York Tim 2002 he’s unselg adolcent boys to nvert them om homosexualy.

DONNIE MCCLURK, 'EX-GAY' SGER, CUT FROM MLK CONCERT OVER 'POTENTIAL CONTROVERSY'

He had attacked gays, the liftyle, when somethg was wrten about him—one lady wrote an article, “The Ss of Donnie McClurk”, I mean, was sthg.

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"THE SAD PART ABOUT THIS IS WHEN I TOLD MY PARENTS ABOUT THE ABE, EXOD KICKED ME OUT. THEY TOLD MY PARENTS THAT I WANTED TO BE GAY AND THAT I RISTED GOD’S HELP."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ACHMAT ADD THAT WHILE HE NEVER HAD TO UNRGO ELECTRIC SHOCK OR OTHER PHYSIL TORTURE, "THE SEXUAL AND MENTAL ABE WAS NO LS VLENT AND HAS HAD LIFE LONG NSEQUENC."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}MCCLURK, A MULTIPLE GRAMMY WNER WH MORE THAN 10 LN ALBUMS SOLD WORLDWI, CLAIMS TO HAVE BEEN CURED OF HOMOSEXUALY HIMSELF. HE PNED HIS SAME-SEX ATTRACTNS ON BEG MOLTED BY AN UNCLE AS A BOY.JASON KEMP/BET/GETTY IMAGLOS ANGELES, CA - JANUARY 09: (L-R) SGER DONNIE MCCLURK, HOST TARAJI P. HENSON AND SGER KURT CARR ATTEND BET CELEBRATN OF GOSPEL 2016 AT ORPHM THEATRE ON JANUARY 9, 2016 LOS ANGEL, CALIFORNIA. (PHOTO BY JASON KEMP/BET/GETTY IMAG FOR BET){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}“I WAS NOT BORN WH THE SEXUAL TENNCI. IT WASN’T CHROMOSOMAL AND HAD NOTHG TO DO WH MY DNA,” HE WROTE 2002. “THE TENNCI SURFACED BEE A BROKEN MAN THST AN 8-YEAR-OLD BOY TO THIS WHIRLWD. TH, MY FIRST SEXUAL RELATNSHIP WAS WH A MAN. 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| (Photo: BET Networks)Donnie McClurk, the pastor and gospel mic sger who said God livered him om "the curse" of homosexualy, is now unr fire om crics after speakg out agast last Friday's U. McClurk, 55, received some harsh cricism after he shared his terpretatn of the Bible's posn on homosexualy on Facebook last Friday.

"Although some crics cid to shed light on McClurk's own homosexual past, the man of God did not shy away om reactg to some of his crics' msag. "After one Christian homosexual Facebook er qutned why his ss were sctized by believers more than heterosexual ss, McClurk sisted his post was not qutng anyone's relatnship wh God.

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"At the end of his ial Facebook post, McClurk spoke about lovg all people, cludg homosexuals. "This is not the first time McClurk has received backlash for speakg up about his thoughts ncerng homosexualy.

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Ncert celebratg the 50th anniversary of the March on Washgton after sharg his personal ttimony of beg livered om pastor spoke about the matter on "The Tom Joyner Morng Show, " where he opened up about beg molted multiple tim as a child before engagg a homosexual liftyle.

"You n't ll me a homophobic if I've been a homosexual, " he said on the rad show.

But this isn’t the first time the poster boy for Ain Amerin “ex-gay” mistri has had to nont his closeted past and homophobic prence. “I learned yterday—through the ‘Phoenix’ article regardg the Cy of Boston Gospel Ft— of the pth and breath of Donnie McClurk’s views on the gay muny, ” Burns wrote an email to me. While many of the sgers are LGBTQ— bee black gospel mic is the exprsn of a ‘black gay male gospel athetic’— very few are as public about their nunciatn of the LGBTQ muny as ‘ex-gay’ Rev.

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This God is a liverer, ” is jt an example of the ntuo flow of McClurk’s homophobic remarks stated at the Church of God Christ’s (COGIC) 102nd Holy Convotn Internatnal Youth Department Worship Service November 2009. And as the largt nomatnal black church the untry is also the loust rebg homosexualy.

Wh many of the gospel mic dtry mega-stars om COGIC, like McClurk, the black gay male mega-stars are always forced to go back to the closet nouncg publicly their sexual orientatn at the church’s annual nvotn.