In a recent episo of TV One's Uncensored, Pastor Donnie McClurk – a three-time Grammy wner and the former poster boy for Ain Amerin ex-gay
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- '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
- FORMERLY GAY MISTER DONNIE MCCLURK REVEALED TO BE DATG FEMALE GOSPEL SGER
- IS DONNIE MCCLURK GAY? THE GOSPEL SGER’S CONTROVERSIAL VIEWS ON SAME-SEX MARRIAGE
- DONNIE MCCLURK GAY: MISTER/SGER REVEALS HOW BEG “GAY” LEADS TO A SOLARY LIFE!
- DONNIE MCCLURK REMOVED OM MLK NCERT OVER 'EX-GAY' CLAIMS, STILL PAID $10,000
- GOSPEL SGER MCCLURK CUT FROM MLK EVENT OVER GAY RIGHTS
- DONNIE MCCLURK, 'EX-GAY' SGER, CUT FROM MLK CONCERT OVER 'POTENTIAL CONTROVERSY'
- THE VOICE OF CHICAGO'S GAY, LESBIAN, BI, TRANS AND QUEER COMMUNITY SINCE 1985
- 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. (PHOTO BY KEV WTER/GETTY IMAG FOR BET)BY DAN AVERYMARCH 19, 2018 / 3:30 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"GOSPEL SGER DONNIE MCCLURK ACCED OF LEADG \"GAY CURE CULT\"","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2018-03-19T19:30:19.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2018-03-19T19:30:19.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"DAN AVERY","ARTICLESECTN":"CELEBRI"}{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;}GOSPEL SGER DONNIE MCCLURK IS BEG ACCED OF NNG A GAY NVERSN GROUP, ACRDG TO ONE OF HIS PURPORTED VICTIMS.JIM SPELLMAN/WIREIMAGENEW YORK - APRIL 02: DONNIE MCCLURK PROMOT "WE ALL ARE ON" AT J&R MIC AND COMPUTER WORLD ON APRIL 2, 2009 NEW YORK CY. (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
- MCCLURK CONTROVERSY ESLAT WH GAY AFFAIR ALLEGATNS
'EX-GAY' MCCLURK'S ALLEGED LOVER: I WAS WH HIM AFTER HE PRAYED AWAY THE GAY
Formerly gay pastor Donnie McClurk, 56, is datg Nile C. Mullen, 49, the pair have revealed, this after a false report emerged that the two were engaged to be married. * donnie mcclurkin is gay *
(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.
EX-GAY GOSPEL SGER DONNIE MCCLURK UNR FIRE AFTER SPEAKG OUT AGAST SAME-SEX MARRIAGE RULG
* donnie mcclurkin is gay *
Donnie McClurk has stggled wh his sexualy and ced cints of childhood moltatn and exposure to pornography for “turng” him gay.
FORMERLY GAY MISTER DONNIE MCCLURK REVEALED TO BE DATG FEMALE GOSPEL SGER
Many also qutned whether- Donnie McClurk is gay. However, thgs started tertwg when Donnie revealed his cisn to * donnie mcclurkin is gay *
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 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.
IS DONNIE MCCLURK GAY? THE GOSPEL SGER’S CONTROVERSIAL VIEWS ON SAME-SEX MARRIAGE
He has a passn for others who have been molted or who jt seek victory over homosexualy.
DONNIE MCCLURK GAY: MISTER/SGER REVEALS HOW BEG “GAY” LEADS TO A SOLARY LIFE!
“The gay muny is sayg that I’m a homophobe and that what I’m sayg is not real. And I don’t have a problem wh that, bee I’m not lookg to nvert everybody om homosexualy. Factors of Homosexual Csatn:.
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 REMOVED OM MLK NCERT OVER 'EX-GAY' CLAIMS, STILL PAID $10,000
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.
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.
GOSPEL SGER MCCLURK CUT FROM MLK EVENT OVER GAY RIGHTS
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.
…Do you thk beg vlently homophobic was the key to his succs?
DONNIE MCCLURK, 'EX-GAY' SGER, CUT FROM MLK CONCERT OVER 'POTENTIAL CONTROVERSY'
There are so many gay people the gospel mic dtry.
THE VOICE OF CHICAGO'S GAY, LESBIAN, BI, TRANS AND QUEER COMMUNITY SINCE 1985
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.
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. (PHOTO BY KEV WTER/GETTY IMAG FOR BET)BY DAN AVERYMARCH 19, 2018 / 3:30 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"GOSPEL SGER DONNIE MCCLURK ACCED OF LEADG \"GAY CURE CULT\"","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2018-03-19T19:30:19.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2018-03-19T19:30:19.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"DAN AVERY","ARTICLESECTN":"CELEBRI"}{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;}GOSPEL SGER DONNIE MCCLURK IS BEG ACCED OF NNG A GAY NVERSN GROUP, ACRDG TO ONE OF HIS PURPORTED VICTIMS.JIM SPELLMAN/WIREIMAGENEW YORK - APRIL 02: DONNIE MCCLURK PROMOT "WE ALL ARE ON" AT J&R MIC AND COMPUTER WORLD ON APRIL 2, 2009 NEW YORK CY. (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. 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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. 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
| (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.
MCCLURK CONTROVERSY ESLAT WH GAY AFFAIR ALLEGATNS
"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. "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. 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. Bee of his own history, McClurk sisted he is not homophobic.