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• T.D. JAK CLARIFI HIS MENTS ON ‘EVOLVG’ ON GAY RIGHTS
• T.D. JAK COM OUT FOR ‘GAY RIGHTS’ AND ‘LGBT CHURCH,’ SAYS POSN IS ‘EVOLVG’ | CHRISTIAN NEWS NETWORK
• T.D. JAK COM OUT FOR ‘GAY RIGHTS’ AND ‘LGBT CHURCH,’ SAYS POSN IS ‘EVOLVG’
• T.D. JAK OUT FOR ‘GAY RIGHTS’ & ‘LGBT CHURCH’
• BISHOP T.D. JAK WANTS TO MAKE IT CLEAR HE IS AGAST SAME-SEX MARRIAGETHE MEGACHURCH PASTOR SAID HE FELY "DO NOT ENDORSE" MARRIAGE EQUALY. {FONT:NORMAL 600 1.4REM/1.2 "SOEHNE",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NONE;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#0A0A0A;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 600 1.4REM/1.2 "SOEHNE",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NONE;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#0A0A0A;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;}NEWSBY MORIBA CUMMGSAUGT 11, 2015/1:00 {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:1800PX;WIDTH:2201PX;} KEV WTER/GETTY IMAGBY MORIBA CUMMGSAUGT 11, 2015 / 1:00 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"BISHOP T.D. 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MOST RECENTLY, THAT WAS PUT TO THE TT AFTER HE WAS ACCED OF G OUT FAVOR OF SAME-SEX MARRIAGE DURG AN TERVIEW ON HUFFPOST LIVE WH MARC LAMONT HILL. JAK TOOK TO FACEBOOK SOON AFTER TO EXPLA THAT HE IS, FACT, AGAST MARRIAGE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#0A0A0A;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BEFORE LVG DIRECTLY TO HIS STANCE ON THE HOT TOPIC, HE EXPOUND ON HOW THE TALK WH HILL ME TO BE AND EXPLAED HIS "TE TENTNS."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#0A0A0A;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"MY MENT ON HUFFPO TV DRIFTED TO ISSU OF THE SUPREME COURT LG AND CHANGG THE WORLD THROUGH PUBLIC POLICY [VERS] PERSONAL WNS," HE SAID. "FURTHER, I HAVE E TO RPECT THAT I N'T FORCE MY BELIEFS ON OTHERS BY NTROLLG PUBLIC POLICY FOR TAXPAYERS AND OTHER U.S. CIZENS. J NEVER SOUGHT TO CHANGE THE WORLD THROUGH PUBLIC POLICY BUT RATHER THROUGH PERSONAL TRANSFORMATN. ALL PEOPLE DIDN'T EMBRACE HIM EHER. THAT'S WHAT I SAID AND WHAT I MEANT... NOTHG MORE AND NOTHG LS."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#0A0A0A;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}| REACTIONS TO THE SUPREME COURT'S RULING ON SAME-SEX MARRIAGE |{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#0A0A0A;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}CONTUG ALONG WH HIS STATEMENT, HE HARSHLY CRICIZED THE HUFFGTON POST, LLG THEM A "SO-LLED CHRISTIAN PUBLITN" THAT "MISNSTED" HIS WORDS "G LAZY JOURNALISTIC TACTICS TO FURTHER THEIR OWN AGENDA." AFTER URGG HIS SUPPORTERS TO "VTIGATE" BEFORE BELIEVG WHAT THEY READ, HE CLEARLY OUTLED HIS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#0A0A0A;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"I SIMPLY MEANT THAT MY METHOD IS EVOLVG — NOT MY MSAGE," HE SAID. "I WAS SHOCKED TO READ THAT THIS WAS MANIPULATED A SUBSEQUENT ARTICLE TO SAY I ENDORSED SAME-SEX MARRIAGE! MY POSN ON THE SUBJECT HAS BEEN STEADFAST AND ROOTED SCRIPTURE. FOR THE RERD, I DO NOT ENDORSE SAME-SEX MARRIAGE, BUT I RPECT THE RIGHTS THAT THIS UNTRY AFFORDS THOSE THAT DISAGREE WH ME."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#0A0A0A;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}FOR MORE DISCSN ON THIS TOPIC, CHECK OUT THE TRAILER FOR 'S UPG DOCUMENTARY HOLLER IF YOU HEAR ME: BLACK AND GAY THE CHURCH, WHICH IS G {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#0A0A0A;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;} IS YOUR NO. 1 SOURCE FOR BLACK CELEBRY NEWS, PHOTOS, EXCLIVE VIOS AND ALL THE LATT THE WORLD OF HIP HOP AND R&B MIC. {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#0A0A0A;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}CLICK HERE TO ENTER THE #LOOKYOURSUNDAYBT NTT FOR A CHANCE TO W FREE NATURAL HAIR-RE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#0A0A0A;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#0A0A0A;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}(PHOTO: KEV WTER/GETTY IMAG) {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}MARRIAGE EQUALY0CELEBRY NEWSBISHOP T D JAKSAME-SEX {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;HEIGHT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;TOP:306PX;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS
• BISHOP T.D. JAK SAYS HE HAS NOT 'EVOLVED' ON HOMOSEXUALY AND DO NOT 'ENDORSE' GAY MARRIAGE
• T.D. JAK COM OUT FOR ‘GAY RIGHTS’ AND ‘LGBT CHURCH,’ SAYS POSN IS ‘EVOLVG
• HOW ONE OF THE NATN’S MOST INFLUENTIAL BLACK PASTORS IS EVOLVG ON GAY RIGHTS – VIDEO
• GAY MARRIAGE AND HOMOSEXUALY: WHAT HAVE JOEL OSTEEN, BILLY AND FRANKL GRAHAM, JOYCE MEYER, TD JAK AND OTHER TOP PASTORS SAID ON THE SUBJECTSEVANGELIST, REVEREND FRANKL GRAHAM RECENTLY PARTICIPATED A NEWS PANEL DISCSN WHICH HE ANSWERED QUTNS ON HOMOSEXUALY. SOME OF THE WORLD'S MOST POPULAR EVANGELILS AMERI HAVE SHARED A SIAR BIBLIL POSN AS GRAHAM PAST TERVIEWS.JOEL OSTEEN, JOYCE MEYERS, T.D. JAK AND MORE, LIKE GRAHAM, HAVE OPENLY SHARED THEIR THOUGHTS ON THE DIVISIVE SUBJECT, AND  THEY HAVE ED THEIR KNOWLEDGE OF SCRIPTURE TO SHED A LIGHT ON WHAT GOD THKS AND HOW THE BIBLE GUIS WH REGARDS TO S AND HOMOSEXUALY.DURG THE ABC SEGMENT WH RSELL MOORE, RALPH REED AND COKIE ROBERTS, LAST WEEK, GRAHAM WAS QUTNED ON WHETHER HIS POSN ON HOMOSEXUALY REMAED THE SAME OM PAST TERVIEWS."FRANKL GRAHAM IS A SNER," THE SON OF BILLY GRAHAM SAID, "AND I'M NO BETTER THAN A GAY PERSON. I'M A SNER. BUT I'VE BEEN FIVEN, AND I'VE TURNED OM MY SS. FOR ANY PERSON THAT'S WILLG TO REPENT TURN, GOD WILL FIVE."POPULAR PASTOR JOEL OSTEEN, WHO LEADS THE LARGT CHURCH AMERI, IS KNOWN FOR HIS MOTIVATNAL MSAG THAT ARE WELL LOVED THE LGBT MUNY. THE PASTOR HAS BEEN KNOWN TO TREAD LIGHTLY ON THE SUBJECT FORMER TERVIEWS, BUT ULTIMATELY WHEN PHED ON THE TOPIC HE AGRE WH GRAHAM."I BELIEVE THAT SCRIPTURE SAYS THAT 'S A S BUT I ALWAYS FOLLOW THAT UP BY SAYG YOU KNOW WHAT, WE'RE NOT AGAST ANYBODY," OSTEEN SAID TO LARRY KG. "THERE'S A LOT OF THGS LARRY THAT I DON'T UNRSTAND - SO I JT DON'T WANT TO PREACH ON , PREACH ABOUT ."IN ANOTHER TERVIEW HE TOLD PIERS MAN, "I'M NOT AGAST ANYTHG." IN THAT SAME SEGMENT HE AND HIS WIFE VICTORIA SAID THAT THEY WOULD ATTEND A HOMOSEXUAL MARRIAGE.IN ANOTHER STANCE, OPRAH QUTNED MEGACHURCH PASTOR T.D. JAK ON THE MATTER AND HE SAID, "I'M NOT LLED TO GIVE MY OPN. I'M LLED AS A PASTOR TO GIVE THE SCRIPTURAL POSN ON ."THE PASTOR ADD, "DON'T MEAN THAT I HAVE TO AGREE WH YOU TO LOVE YOU. I DON'T DISLIKE ANYBODY. I LOVE EVERYBODY."WHEN ASKED IF BEG GAY IS A S HE REPLIED, "I THK THAT SEX BETWEEN TWO PEOPLE OF THE SAME SEX IS NMNED THE SCRIPTUR, AND AS LONG AS IS NMNED THE SCRIPTUR, I DON'T GET TO SAY WHAT I THK. I GET TO SAY WHAT THE BIBLE SAYS," JAK SAID. "I'M NOT ANTI-GAY, I'M NOT ANTI-ANYTHG. I DON'T WANT TO EVEN BE KNOWN BY WHAT I'M AGAST."YOU N HEAR JAK' RPONSE 24 MUT TO THE VIO BELOW:IN 2005 BELOVED CHARISMATIC THOR AND SPEAKER JOYCE MEYER TOLD LARRY KG ON HIS PROGRAM THAT SHE THKS 'S "A CHOICE.""OBVLY, LARRY, IF I BELIEVE THE BIBLE, THEN I DON'T BELIEVE THAT A GAY LIFTYLE OR A HOMOSEXUAL LIFTYLE IS THE RIGHT WAY TO CHOOSE TO LIVE. I BELIEVE THAT THERE'S SOMETHG SO MUCH BETTER," SHE SAID. "I BELIEVE 'S FELY A CHOICE. WELL, I THK THAT THAT'S THE NATURAL WAY THAT GOD TEND TO BE. I JT FOLLOWED THE NATURAL WAY THAT I WAS. I DIDN'T HAVE TO NSCLY THK, DO I WANT TO DO THIS OR DON'T I?"SCREEN-GRAB (PHOTO : SCREEN-GRAB )BT-SELLG THOR AND PASTOR RICK WARREN EXPLAED ON PIERS MAN, WHILE HE MAY DISAGREE WH PEOPLE ON THEIR VIEWS ON SEXUALY, HE DO NOT HAVE THE RIGHT TO MEAN, TO MORALIZE, OR FAME ANYONE AND TURN THEM TO A MON.WARREN THOUGH, DO NOT BELIEVE THAT THE BIBLE FN OF MARRIAGE AS BETWEEN A MAN AND A WOMAN SHOULD BE CHANGED. HE ADD, "I DON'T THK OTHER GROUPS GET THE OPPORTUNY TO REFE A TERM. I FEAR THE DISAPPROVAL OF GOD MORE THAN I FEAR YOUR DISAPPROVAL OR THE DISAPPROVAL OF SOCIETY."COLORADO EVANGELIL PASTOR TED HAGGARD, WAS VOLVED A SAME-SEX AND DG SNDAL SIX YEARS AGO. DURG AN ONLE BATE 2012 THE NTROVERSIAL PASTOR SAID, "IF SOMEONE IS ALG WH SAME-SEX ATTRACTN OR HOMOSEXUALY, AND THEY WANT SOMEONE TO BE THEIR LIFE PARTNER OF THE SAME GENR, THOUGH WE WOULD OPPOSE THAT OUR CHURCH, SHOULD BE ALLOWED BY THE STATE."DPE ALL HE'D BEEN THROUGH AND EXPERIENCED HIMSELF, HAGGARD MATAED THAT GOD TEND MARRIAGE TO BE BETWEEN A MAN AND A WOMAN, BUT HE BELIEV THE ROL OF THE STATE AND RELIG MUNI ARE DIFFERENT.RPECTED AND WORLD-RENOWNED EVANGELIST, PASTOR BILLY GRAHAM, FATHER OF FRANKL GRAHAM, PREVLY ISSUED A STATEMENT REGARDG THE MARRIAGE PROTECTN AMENDMENT MNOTA AFFIRMG THAT HE IS FOR THE ORIGAL FN OF MARRIAGE. "I PRAY THAT THE GOOD PEOPLE OF MNOTA WILL SHOW THEIR SUPPORT FOR GOD'S FN OF MARRIAGE, BETWEEN A MAN AND A WOMAN. I WHOLEHEARTEDLY ENDORSE THE MARRIAGE PROTECTN AMENDMENT," THE STATEMENT READ. "WATCHG THE MORAL CLE OF OUR UNTRY ME GREAT NCERN, I BELIEVE THE HOME AND MARRIAGE IS THE FOUNDATN OF OUR SOCIETY AND MT BE PROTECTED."THIS IS WHAT THE PASTORS HAD TO SAY ABOUT GAY MARRIAGE AND SCRIPTURE, NOW WHAT DO YOU THK ABOUT ACRDANCE WH WHAT THE BIBLE TEACH?LATEST NEWS
• T.D. JAK “SHOCKED” AFTER THEOLOGY CALLED INTO QUTN FOLLOWG REMARKS RPECTG “GAY RIGHTS”

T.D. JAK CLARIFI HIS MENTS ON ‘EVOLVG’ ON GAY RIGHTS

As gay media cheered the “evolutn” of Bishop T.

Jak on gay rights, the proment black pastor issued a statement sayg he was “shocked” to be so misterpreted. 4 terview on Huff Post Live, he was asked about the “black church” and s role misterg to gay people.

“I briefly mentned … the word[s] ‘evolved and evolvg’ regardg my approach over the 39 years of my mistry to gay people who choose to e to our servic” at The Potter’s Hoe Dallas, ” Mr. She also referenced relign amic and thor Michael Brown’s Monday article on that was tled, “Bishop Jak, Could You Clarify Your Stance on Homosexualy?

T.D. JAK COM OUT FOR ‘GAY RIGHTS’ AND ‘LGBT CHURCH,’ SAYS POSN IS ‘EVOLVG’ | CHRISTIAN NEWS NETWORK

Jak Com Out for ‘Gay Marriage’ and ‘LGBT Church’ … and ‘Bishop T. Jak Com Out for ‘Gay Rights’ and ‘LGBT Church, ‘Says Posn is ‘Evolvg.

T.D. JAK COM OUT FOR ‘GAY RIGHTS’ AND ‘LGBT CHURCH,’ SAYS POSN IS ‘EVOLVG’

Meanwhile, gay media, On Top Magaze, and the popular blog, Towleroad, both offered a Jak story for their rears. Both gay media noted that 2009, Mr. Jak’ son, Jermae Jak, was arrted for cent exposure a police stg volvg gay men a Dallas park.

Jak says that homosexuals should attend ngregatns that affirm their liftyle and that polics do not need to reflect biblil ethics, addg that his posn on homosexualy is both “evolved and evolvg. ”Durg an terview wh the Huffgton Post on Monday, Jak was asked by a viewer if he believ that homosexuals and the black church n -exist.

T.D. JAK OUT FOR ‘GAY RIGHTS’ & ‘LGBT CHURCH’

Every church has a different opn on the issue and every gay person is different, ” he replied.

Jak Com Out for ‘Gay Rights’ and ‘LGBT Church, ’ Says Posn is ‘Evolvg’ | Christian News Network.

BISHOP T.D. JAK WANTS TO MAKE IT CLEAR HE IS AGAST SAME-SEX MARRIAGETHE MEGACHURCH PASTOR SAID HE FELY "DO NOT ENDORSE" MARRIAGE EQUALY. {FONT:NORMAL 600 1.4REM/1.2 "SOEHNE",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NONE;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#0A0A0A;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 600 1.4REM/1.2 "SOEHNE",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NONE;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#0A0A0A;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;}NEWSBY MORIBA CUMMGSAUGT 11, 2015/1:00 {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:1800PX;WIDTH:2201PX;} KEV WTER/GETTY IMAGBY MORIBA CUMMGSAUGT 11, 2015 / 1:00 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"BISHOP T.D. JAK WANTS TO MAKE IT CLEAR HE IS AGAST SAME-SEX MARRIAGE","SCRIPTN":"PASTOR SAID HE \"DO NOT ENDORSE\" MARRIAGE EQUALY. ","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2015-08-11T17:00:00.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2015-08-11T17:00:00.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"BET"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"BET","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1280,"HEIGHT":720}},"CREATOR":"MORIBA CUMMGS","KEYWORDS":"MARRIAGE EQUALY0, CELEBRY NEWS, BISHOP T D JAK, SAME-SEX MARRIAGE0, LGBTQ","ARTICLESECTN":"NEWS"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#0A0A0A;-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 AFFLUENT AND OFTEN NTROVERSIAL REALM OF MEGACHURCH, BISHOP T.D. JAK IS AMONG THE BT OF RELIG LEARS. MOST RECENTLY, THAT WAS PUT TO THE TT AFTER HE WAS ACCED OF G OUT FAVOR OF SAME-SEX MARRIAGE DURG AN TERVIEW ON HUFFPOST LIVE WH MARC LAMONT HILL. JAK TOOK TO FACEBOOK SOON AFTER TO EXPLA THAT HE IS, FACT, AGAST MARRIAGE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#0A0A0A;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BEFORE LVG DIRECTLY TO HIS STANCE ON THE HOT TOPIC, HE EXPOUND ON HOW THE TALK WH HILL ME TO BE AND EXPLAED HIS "TE TENTNS."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#0A0A0A;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"MY MENT ON HUFFPO TV DRIFTED TO ISSU OF THE SUPREME COURT LG AND CHANGG THE WORLD THROUGH PUBLIC POLICY [VERS] PERSONAL WNS," HE SAID. "FURTHER, I HAVE E TO RPECT THAT I N'T FORCE MY BELIEFS ON OTHERS BY NTROLLG PUBLIC POLICY FOR TAXPAYERS AND OTHER U.S. CIZENS. J NEVER SOUGHT TO CHANGE THE WORLD THROUGH PUBLIC POLICY BUT RATHER THROUGH PERSONAL TRANSFORMATN. ALL PEOPLE DIDN'T EMBRACE HIM EHER. THAT'S WHAT I SAID AND WHAT I MEANT... NOTHG MORE AND NOTHG LS."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#0A0A0A;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}| REACTIONS TO THE SUPREME COURT'S RULING ON SAME-SEX MARRIAGE |{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#0A0A0A;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}CONTUG ALONG WH HIS STATEMENT, HE HARSHLY CRICIZED THE HUFFGTON POST, LLG THEM A "SO-LLED CHRISTIAN PUBLITN" THAT "MISNSTED" HIS WORDS "G LAZY JOURNALISTIC TACTICS TO FURTHER THEIR OWN AGENDA." 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Durg an terview wh the Huffgton Post on Monday, Jak was asked by a viewer if he believ that homosexuals and the black church n -exist.

Jak said that he thks homosexuals should fd ngregatns that affirm their liftyle.

He said that the issue of homosexualy is “plex. When asked if his posn on homosexualy has “evolved, ” Jak agreed that has.

BISHOP T.D. JAK SAYS HE HAS NOT 'EVOLVED' ON HOMOSEXUALY AND DO NOT 'ENDORSE' GAY MARRIAGE

"For more discsn on this topic, check out the trailer for 's upg documentary Holler If You Hear Me: Black and Gay the Church, which is g is your No. Jak’ ments ncerng his views on the LGBT muny were pecially ppoted by both liberals and nservativ bee he ed the words “evolved” and “evolvg, ” ditg that his beliefs are shiftg to a ls strgent fn of marriage, and even that he may be leang toward embracg the homosexual muny.

Michael Brown of Charisma News, rema uncerta ncerng Jak’ stance on the subject of homosexualy and gay marriage. When a “hoehold of worship” claimg to be a church of J Christ seeks to ndone the unuful eds of darkns, which is not limed to homosexualy, be somethg other than a church.

Jak has clarified that his method of misterg to gay people who choose to attend The Potter's Hoe church was "evolvg" and said he do not endorse same-sex marriage, after a recent HuffPost Live terview led some viewers to believe he had "shifted" his biblil nvictns regardg human sexualy and T.

T.D. JAK COM OUT FOR ‘GAY RIGHTS’ AND ‘LGBT CHURCH,’ SAYS POSN IS ‘EVOLVG

| (Photo: HuffPost Live vio)Christians and Amerins general rema divid their opns on the moraly of homosexualy and the legaly of same-sex marriage, and the Supreme Court's lg June effectively affirmg same-sex marriage as a nsttutnal right has not bridged the divi.

"Currently, 54 percent of Amerins say they favor allowg gays and lbians to marry legally, wh 39 percent opposed. "Rpons to Bishop Jak' recent appearance on HuffPost Live exemplify jt how divisive discsns about homosexualy and same-sex marriage n bee, pecially when proment figur, such as Jak, once prented by Time magaze as potentially "the next Billy Graham, " are the took to his Facebook acunt on Sunday to blast a news report that suggted his HuffPost Live appearance dited that his opn of homosexualy was both "evolved and evolvg" and that the Dallas, Texas, mister had "e out for gay rights and LGBT church. When asked about the 'black church' and s role misterg to gay people, I briefly mentned (we were nng out of time) the word 'evolved and evolvg' regardg my approach over the 39 years of my mistry to gay people who choose to e to our servic, " Jak said his Facebook post.

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I believe that all sex outsi of that sacred unn is s and that would clu but is not limed to, homosexualy. "I thk that 's gog to diverse om church to church every church has a different opn on the issue and every gay person is different, " Jak said. And although he adms that his dividual stance on homosexualy is both "evolved and evolvg, " he says all LGBT people should be treated wh tolerance and rpect.

“I thk that ’s gog to diverse om church to church every church has a different opn on the issue and every gay person is different, ” Jak said.

GAY MARRIAGE AND HOMOSEXUALY: WHAT HAVE JOEL OSTEEN, BILLY AND FRANKL GRAHAM, JOYCE MEYER, TD JAK AND OTHER TOP PASTORS SAID ON THE SUBJECTSEVANGELIST, REVEREND FRANKL GRAHAM RECENTLY PARTICIPATED A NEWS PANEL DISCSN WHICH HE ANSWERED QUTNS ON HOMOSEXUALY. SOME OF THE WORLD'S MOST POPULAR EVANGELILS AMERI HAVE SHARED A SIAR BIBLIL POSN AS GRAHAM PAST TERVIEWS.JOEL OSTEEN, JOYCE MEYERS, T.D. JAK AND MORE, LIKE GRAHAM, HAVE OPENLY SHARED THEIR THOUGHTS ON THE DIVISIVE SUBJECT, AND  THEY HAVE ED THEIR KNOWLEDGE OF SCRIPTURE TO SHED A LIGHT ON WHAT GOD THKS AND HOW THE BIBLE GUIS WH REGARDS TO S AND HOMOSEXUALY.DURG THE ABC SEGMENT WH RSELL MOORE, RALPH REED AND COKIE ROBERTS, LAST WEEK, GRAHAM WAS QUTNED ON WHETHER HIS POSN ON HOMOSEXUALY REMAED THE SAME OM PAST TERVIEWS."FRANKL GRAHAM IS A SNER," THE SON OF BILLY GRAHAM SAID, "AND I'M NO BETTER THAN A GAY PERSON. I'M A SNER. BUT I'VE BEEN FIVEN, AND I'VE TURNED OM MY SS. FOR ANY PERSON THAT'S WILLG TO REPENT TURN, GOD WILL FIVE."POPULAR PASTOR JOEL OSTEEN, WHO LEADS THE LARGT CHURCH AMERI, IS KNOWN FOR HIS MOTIVATNAL MSAG THAT ARE WELL LOVED THE LGBT MUNY. THE PASTOR HAS BEEN KNOWN TO TREAD LIGHTLY ON THE SUBJECT FORMER TERVIEWS, BUT ULTIMATELY WHEN PHED ON THE TOPIC HE AGRE WH GRAHAM."I BELIEVE THAT SCRIPTURE SAYS THAT 'S A S BUT I ALWAYS FOLLOW THAT UP BY SAYG YOU KNOW WHAT, WE'RE NOT AGAST ANYBODY," OSTEEN SAID TO LARRY KG. "THERE'S A LOT OF THGS LARRY THAT I DON'T UNRSTAND - SO I JT DON'T WANT TO PREACH ON , PREACH ABOUT ."IN ANOTHER TERVIEW HE TOLD PIERS MAN, "I'M NOT AGAST ANYTHG." IN THAT SAME SEGMENT HE AND HIS WIFE VICTORIA SAID THAT THEY WOULD ATTEND A HOMOSEXUAL MARRIAGE.IN ANOTHER STANCE, OPRAH QUTNED MEGACHURCH PASTOR T.D. JAK ON THE MATTER AND HE SAID, "I'M NOT LLED TO GIVE MY OPN. I'M LLED AS A PASTOR TO GIVE THE SCRIPTURAL POSN ON ."THE PASTOR ADD, "DON'T MEAN THAT I HAVE TO AGREE WH YOU TO LOVE YOU. I DON'T DISLIKE ANYBODY. I LOVE EVERYBODY."WHEN ASKED IF BEG GAY IS A S HE REPLIED, "I THK THAT SEX BETWEEN TWO PEOPLE OF THE SAME SEX IS NMNED THE SCRIPTUR, AND AS LONG AS IS NMNED THE SCRIPTUR, I DON'T GET TO SAY WHAT I THK. I GET TO SAY WHAT THE BIBLE SAYS," JAK SAID. "I'M NOT ANTI-GAY, I'M NOT ANTI-ANYTHG. I DON'T WANT TO EVEN BE KNOWN BY WHAT I'M AGAST."YOU N HEAR JAK' RPONSE 24 MUT TO THE VIO BELOW:IN 2005 BELOVED CHARISMATIC THOR AND SPEAKER JOYCE MEYER TOLD LARRY KG ON HIS PROGRAM THAT SHE THKS 'S "A CHOICE.""OBVLY, LARRY, IF I BELIEVE THE BIBLE, THEN I DON'T BELIEVE THAT A GAY LIFTYLE OR A HOMOSEXUAL LIFTYLE IS THE RIGHT WAY TO CHOOSE TO LIVE. I BELIEVE THAT THERE'S SOMETHG SO MUCH BETTER," SHE SAID. "I BELIEVE 'S FELY A CHOICE. WELL, I THK THAT THAT'S THE NATURAL WAY THAT GOD TEND TO BE. I JT FOLLOWED THE NATURAL WAY THAT I WAS. I DIDN'T HAVE TO NSCLY THK, DO I WANT TO DO THIS OR DON'T I?"SCREEN-GRAB (PHOTO : SCREEN-GRAB )BT-SELLG THOR AND PASTOR RICK WARREN EXPLAED ON PIERS MAN, WHILE HE MAY DISAGREE WH PEOPLE ON THEIR VIEWS ON SEXUALY, HE DO NOT HAVE THE RIGHT TO MEAN, TO MORALIZE, OR FAME ANYONE AND TURN THEM TO A MON.WARREN THOUGH, DO NOT BELIEVE THAT THE BIBLE FN OF MARRIAGE AS BETWEEN A MAN AND A WOMAN SHOULD BE CHANGED. HE ADD, "I DON'T THK OTHER GROUPS GET THE OPPORTUNY TO REFE A TERM. I FEAR THE DISAPPROVAL OF GOD MORE THAN I FEAR YOUR DISAPPROVAL OR THE DISAPPROVAL OF SOCIETY."COLORADO EVANGELIL PASTOR TED HAGGARD, WAS VOLVED A SAME-SEX AND DG SNDAL SIX YEARS AGO. DURG AN ONLE BATE 2012 THE NTROVERSIAL PASTOR SAID, "IF SOMEONE IS ALG WH SAME-SEX ATTRACTN OR HOMOSEXUALY, AND THEY WANT SOMEONE TO BE THEIR LIFE PARTNER OF THE SAME GENR, THOUGH WE WOULD OPPOSE THAT OUR CHURCH, SHOULD BE ALLOWED BY THE STATE."DPE ALL HE'D BEEN THROUGH AND EXPERIENCED HIMSELF, HAGGARD MATAED THAT GOD TEND MARRIAGE TO BE BETWEEN A MAN AND A WOMAN, BUT HE BELIEV THE ROL OF THE STATE AND RELIG MUNI ARE DIFFERENT.RPECTED AND WORLD-RENOWNED EVANGELIST, PASTOR BILLY GRAHAM, FATHER OF FRANKL GRAHAM, PREVLY ISSUED A STATEMENT REGARDG THE MARRIAGE PROTECTN AMENDMENT MNOTA AFFIRMG THAT HE IS FOR THE ORIGAL FN OF MARRIAGE. "I PRAY THAT THE GOOD PEOPLE OF MNOTA WILL SHOW THEIR SUPPORT FOR GOD'S FN OF MARRIAGE, BETWEEN A MAN AND A WOMAN. I WHOLEHEARTEDLY ENDORSE THE MARRIAGE PROTECTN AMENDMENT," THE STATEMENT READ. "WATCHG THE MORAL CLE OF OUR UNTRY ME GREAT NCERN, I BELIEVE THE HOME AND MARRIAGE IS THE FOUNDATN OF OUR SOCIETY AND MT BE PROTECTED."THIS IS WHAT THE PASTORS HAD TO SAY ABOUT GAY MARRIAGE AND SCRIPTURE, NOW WHAT DO YOU THK ABOUT ACRDANCE WH WHAT THE BIBLE TEACH?LATEST NEWS

And although he adms that his dividual stance on homosexualy is both “evolved and evolvg, ” he says all LGBT people should be treated wh tolerance and rpect.

Jak says that the LGBT muny serv equal protectn unr the law, like anyone else, and scrib his personal stance on homosexualy as “evolved and evolvg. Jak, a televangelist who heads the 30, 000-member Potter's Hoe church, once lled homosexualy a “brokenns” and said he would never hire a sexually active gay person.

Every church has a different opn on the issue and every gay person is different…. Jak was then asked whether scriptural views about homosexualy are also evolvg, pecially given that the Bible was once ed to jtify slavery:.

T.D. JAK “SHOCKED” AFTER THEOLOGY CALLED INTO QUTN FOLLOWG REMARKS RPECTG “GAY RIGHTS”

His suggtn that the world and the church are different impli that homosexualy is still sful the ey of the latter.

Good Talks|April 29, 2014 08:56 EDT Evangelist, Reverend Frankl Graham recently participated a news panel discsn which he answered qutns on homosexualy.