Blacks, Gays And The Church: A Complex Relatnship : NPR

Contents:

• 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 GAY: MISTER/SGER REVEALS HOW BEG “GAY” LEADS TO A SOLARY LIFE!
• GOSPEL SGER MCCLURK CUT FROM MLK EVENT OVER GAY RIGHTS
• IS DONNIE MCCLURK GAY? THE GOSPEL SGER’S CONTROVERSIAL VIEWS ON SAME-SEX MARRIAGE
• THE VOICE OF CHICAGO'S GAY, LESBIAN, BI, TRANS AND QUEER COMMUNITY SINCE 1985
• DONNIE MCCLURK, 'EX-GAY' SGER, CUT FROM MLK CONCERT OVER 'POTENTIAL CONTROVERSY'
• FORMERLY GAY MISTER DONNIE MCCLURK REVEALED TO BE DATG FEMALE GOSPEL SGER
• BLACKS, GAYS AND THE CHURCH: A COMPLEX RELATNSHIP

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 s.He 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. “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.”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.”Have you subscribed to theGr’s podst “Dear Culture”?

Donnie McClurk has stggled wh his sexualy and ced cints of childhood moltatn and exposure to pornography for “turng” him gay. 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 mistri – talked about his sexual past. He par his gay sir to diabet: “I don’t eat sugar, but don’t mean that I don’t want sugar.

At the Holy Convotn Internatnal Youth Department Worship Service 2009, McClurk poed his ex-gay rhetoric, stigatg former talented gospel dtry worker Tonéx (B. Acrdg to McClurk, Black men like Tonéx are gay bee of sexual moltatn, an absentee father, or bee they didn’t have strong male imag around them.

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

McClurk attributed his own homosexualy to beg raped twice as a child – first at age eight by his uncle and aga at age thirteen by his (his uncle’s son). “You n’t ll me a homophobic if I’ve been a homosexual… My thg was om [beg] raped. Confg same-genr sexual vlence wh homosexualy, McClurk misterpreted the moltatn as the reason for his sexual orientatn.

In 2010, Pastor McClurk’s homophobic past me back to hnt him. “I learned yterday…of the pth and breadth of Donnie McClurk’s views on the gay muny, ” wrote Julie Burns, then-Director of Arts, Tourism and Special Events for the Mayor’s Office, an email. On Uncensored, McClurk don’t e out wh a full-throated statement about beg gay or bisexual.

GOSPEL SGER MCCLURK CUT FROM MLK EVENT OVER GAY RIGHTS

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. 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’.

“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.

| (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.

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

McClurk, 55, received some harsh cricism after he shared his terpretatn of the Bible's posn on homosexualy on Facebook last Friday.

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

"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.

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

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

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.

BLACKS, GAYS AND THE CHURCH: A COMPLEX RELATNSHIP

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. 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.