‘I never wanted to be gay’: Christian mician out, movg letter to fans - The Washgton Post

Contents:

• CHRISTIAN SGER RAY BOLTZ COM OUT, LIV A NORMAL GAY LIFE
• EVANGELILS AND THE GAY CLOSET: IS RAY BOLTZ STILL A CHRISTIAN?
• LEAVG THE GAY LIFE BEHD
• DID GOD CREATE RAY BOLTZ GAY?
• RAY BOLTZ – ANNOUNCEMENT ABOUT BEG GAY
• ‘I NEVER WANTED TO BE GAY’: CHRISTIAN MICIAN OUT, MOVG LETTER TO FANS
• GOSPEL ARTIST RAY BOLTZ SAYS HE’S GAY
• CCM VETERAN RAY BOLTZ OUT OF THE CLOSET AND NFS HE’S GAY
• GAY MARRIAGE BAN: THE SE AGAST
• WHO'S GAY GOSPEL MIC?
• RAY BOLTZ ON HIS FAH, SEXUALY, AND GAY MARRIAGE

CHRISTIAN SGER RAY BOLTZ COM OUT, LIV A NORMAL GAY LIFE

Ray Boltz officially me out to the world as a gay man through an article "The Washgton Bla. I beme a Christian, I thought that was the way to al wh this and I prayed hard and tried for 30-some years and then at the end, I was jt gog, 'I'm still gay.

EVANGELILS AND THE GAY CLOSET: IS RAY BOLTZ STILL A CHRISTIAN?

“I don't want to be a spokperson, I don't want to be a poster boy for gay Christians, I don't want to be a ltle box on TV wh three other people ltle box screamg about what the Bible says, I don't want to be some kd of teacher or theologian — I’m jt an artist and I’m jt gog to sg about what I feel and wre about what I feel and see where go. The majory of Christian publitns, while not openly attackg him, ma clear that they do not support his cisn to live his life as a homosexual man. Most of the gay publitns appld him for g out publicly and see him as a way to rencile fah J wh a homosexual liftyle.

LEAVG THE GAY LIFE BEHD

Some are heartbroken and feel like Boltz needs to pray harr and he will be cured of his homosexualy.

DID GOD CREATE RAY BOLTZ GAY?

“I basilly lived an ‘ex-gay’ life — I read every book, I read all the scriptur they e, I did everythg to try and change. Some fans look up to his cisn to go public so that people n see that gay people n love and serve the Lord. There are some that feel that his "givg to the temptatn of s" and "succumbg to the homosexual lie" wip out every shred of value that his mic ever had the world and that he should be "shunned om the body of Christ until he repents and chang his ways bee he n not receive fivens until he actually repents om the s.

Livg a gay liftyle is equated by some Christians to havg an open marriage or cheatg on a spoe. Whether someone was born gay bee God ma him that way so he has no choice is pared by some Christians to beg born a fay of alholics wh a predisposn to the ndn. They see the rejectn of homosexual persons as gog agast the very gra of J' preachg to love your neighbors as yourself.

RAY BOLTZ – ANNOUNCEMENT ABOUT BEG GAY

Boltz is hont and open about his life, and is actually que passnate towards people who attack him for beg gay.

Here’s a man who was loved, rpected, and revered by Evangelils, yet now he says he is gay.

Remember, most Evangelils believe homosexualy to be a sign of a reprobate heart; that there is no such thg as a “gay” Christian; that there will be NO LGBTQ people Heaven. A 2018 Thought Co article tled, Christian Sger Ray Boltz Com Out, Says He Liv a Normal Gay Life, tails how many (most) Evangelils view Boltz’s g out:.

‘I NEVER WANTED TO BE GAY’: CHRISTIAN MICIAN OUT, MOVG LETTER TO FANS

“I basilly lived an ‘ex-gay’ life—I read every book, I read all the scriptur they e, I did everythg to try and change.

There are some that feel that his “givg to the temptatn of s” and “succumbg to the homosexual lie” wip out every shred of value that his mic ever had the world and that he should be “shunned om the body of Christ until he repents and chang his ways bee he n not receive fivens until he actually repents om the s. 5 ln rerds before retirg om Christian mic a few years ago, me out of the closet Friday to announce that he's gay.

GOSPEL ARTIST RAY BOLTZ SAYS HE’S GAY

In an terview wh the gay magaze The Washgton Bla, Boltz said he me out to his fay and some close iends December 2004, but only now cid to go public wh the news. "I beme a Christian, I thought that was the way to al wh this and I prayed hard and tried for 30-some years and then at the end, I was jt gog, 'I'm still gay.

CCM VETERAN RAY BOLTZ OUT OF THE CLOSET AND NFS HE’S GAY

Both ngregatns are a part of a nomatn that embrac the LGBT (Lbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgenr) muny.

GAY MARRIAGE BAN: THE SE AGAST

Boltz also told The Bla that he don't want to get to bat about Scripture and has no plans to "go to First Baptist or an Assembly of God church and n there and say, 'I'm gay and you need to love me anyway. She is active on social media and remas iends wh her 2004, when Ray Boltz me out to his wife Carol and their four children, Carol has shown herself to be a woman of extraordary strength and hband or wife who fds out their spoe is gay, will undoubtedly face a variety of tratg suatns and want many qutns answered.

She saw two choic: she uld hold to the olr views of homosexualy - that is wrong and offensive to God - and lose Ray as a iend, or she uld embrace newer views of homosexualy - that God won’t change what He created to beg wh - and lose her marriage.

”Sce g out to his fay, Boltz spent much of his time visg a variety of Metropolan Communy Church and other gay-affirmg church. ”Though Boltz has overe the barrier to thentic happs, many the Christian mic dtry are likely still hidg the fact that they are gay out of fear of losg their reer, or simply not beg able to rencile their fah and sexualy. When Christian mic veteran Ray Boltz released a statement sayg he was gay last fall, the announcement sent tidal wav of disbelief through the CCM world, shockg longtime listeners wh his assertn, "If this is the way God ma me, then this is the way I'm gog to live.

WHO'S GAY GOSPEL MIC?

" The news prompted hundreds of related articl, msageboard threads and fom discsns on the topic of homosexualy and the church. David, whose own history of homosexualy and spirual downward spiral h rock bottom 1997—which he lls "the worst year of my life"—shar Boltz' ndidns, but not his nvictns.

RAY BOLTZ ON HIS FAH, SEXUALY, AND GAY MARRIAGE

Francis ’S NOTE: This monthly lumn about the issue of homosexualy by var thors is a partnership between Baptist Prs and the SBC Task Force on Mistry to Homosexuals.

SOUTHLAKE, Texas (BP)–“If this is the way God ma me, then this is the way I’m gog to live, ” Christian sger Ray Boltz said a recent article disclosg his cisn to divorce his wife and live as a did God really create Ray Boltz as a homosexual?

The media certaly would have thk recently ran an article (“What the Gay Bra Looks Like, ” Jun.