Donnie McClurk, 'Ex-Gay' Sger, Cut From MLK Concert Over 'Potential Controversy' | HuffPost Voic

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• EX-GAY GOSPEL SGER DONNIE MCCLURK UNR FIRE AFTER SPEAKG OUT AGAST SAME-SEX MARRIAGE RULG
• 'EX-GAY' MCCLURK'S ALLEGED LOVER: I WAS WH HIM AFTER HE PRAYED AWAY THE GAY
• DONNIE MCCLURK REMOVED OM MLK NCERT OVER 'EX-GAY' CLAIMS, STILL PAID $10,000
• 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, 'EX-GAY' SGER, CUT FROM MLK CONCERT OVER 'POTENTIAL CONTROVERSY'
• 'EX-GAY' DONNIE MCCLURK FIRED OM MLK CONCERT
• THE VOICE OF CHICAGO'S GAY, LESBIAN, BI, TRANS AND QUEER COMMUNITY SINCE 1985
• FORMERLY GAY GOSPEL ARTIST DONNIE MCCLURK SAYS HE DON’T KNOW WHAT WOMEN WANT
• GOSPEL SGER MCCLURK CUT FROM MLK EVENT OVER GAY RIGHTS

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

(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.

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

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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

” 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.

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

“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.

'EX-GAY' DONNIE MCCLURK FIRED OM MLK CONCERT

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.

THE VOICE OF CHICAGO'S GAY, LESBIAN, BI, TRANS AND QUEER COMMUNITY SINCE 1985

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. | (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.

FORMERLY GAY GOSPEL ARTIST DONNIE MCCLURK SAYS HE DON’T KNOW WHAT WOMEN WANT

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.

"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.

GOSPEL SGER MCCLURK CUT FROM MLK EVENT OVER GAY RIGHTS

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