Pastor Joel Osteen to Oprah: Homosexualy Is S — But Gay People Will Get Into Heaven

Contents:

• PASTOR JOEL OSTEEN TO OPRAH: HOMOSEXUALY IS S — BUT GAY PEOPLE WILL GET INTO HEAVEN
• JOEL OSTEEN TALKS PREACHG S, MATERIALISM, AND GAY MARRIAGE
• IS JOEL OSTEEN GAY? IS HE AGAST LGBTQ COMMUNY?
• GAY MARRIAGE AND HOMOSEXUALY: WHAT HAVE JOEL OSTEEN, BILLY AND FRANKL GRAHAM, JOYCE MEYER, TD JAK AND OTHER TOP PASTORS SAID ON THE SUBJECTS

PASTOR JOEL OSTEEN TO OPRAH: HOMOSEXUALY IS S — BUT GAY PEOPLE WILL GET INTO HEAVEN

Lakewood Church Pastor Affirms Biblil View on Homosexualy as S CNN InterviewEvangelil Christian pastor Joel Osteen attempted to fend his views on homosexualy a televised terview Thursday, sayg that he believ homosexualy is a s and not "God's bt. Soledad O'Brien, host of CNN's "Startg Pot, " then steered the nversatn toward the subject of homosexualy, askg Osteen if he believ that homosexualy is a rpond by tellg O'Brien that although he do believe that homosexualy is a s acrdg to the Bible, he do not foc on the subject his sermons as much as he do terviews.

""I don't thk [homosexualy is] God's bt, " he add. O'Brien then asked Osteen, "You would say, the Scripture says homosexualy is a s?

"Do you thk you n choose to be gay or not gay?

JOEL OSTEEN TALKS PREACHG S, MATERIALISM, AND GAY MARRIAGE

… I don't know where the fe le is, but I do try to stay my lane, " Osteen has often been cricized the past for not speakg firmly on some issu, cludg the topics of homosexualy and has repeatedly affirmed that he choos to stay away om heated topics bee he wants to make himself, as a man of God, accsible to people of all orientatns and beliefs. But when prsed, he has said that he believ homosexualy is a s.

IS JOEL OSTEEN GAY? IS HE AGAST LGBTQ COMMUNY?

Osteen, however, has said he don't like to talk about the 2009, on The View, host Whoopi Goldberg asked Osteen if gay people are wele at his church. He rpond that they are, but "homosexualy is not God's bt.

"In 2012, appearg on Oprah's Next Chapter, he told Oprah Wey, "I believe that homosexualy is shown as a s the Scripture, " but he don't thk anyone n bee totally ee of s, so he believ gays will be accepted to heaven.

Kg asked the pastor for his views on homosexualy, and Osteen rpond, "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. "Kg followed up by askg, "Do gay marriage annoy you? "One of the tracks on Wt's new album is "Closed on Sunday, " a paean to Chick-fil-A, a pany that has drawn opposn om LGBTQ people bee of s donatns to homophobic anizatns ( has now ma yet another promise to stop) and the anti-LGBTQ statements om s executiv.

GAY MARRIAGE AND HOMOSEXUALY: WHAT HAVE JOEL OSTEEN, BILLY AND FRANKL GRAHAM, JOYCE MEYER, TD JAK AND OTHER TOP PASTORS SAID ON THE SUBJECTS

“Intertgly, Osteen asserted a few years ago that he believ that the Scriptur are clear that homosexualy is a s. Yet, he has ntuoly softened his tone and downplayed the signifince toward homosexualy sce then.

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The event was hosted to celebrate gay pri at the Apollo theater and the pastor of the natn’s largt ‘church’ was attendance. Victoria and Joel Osteen on the red rpet at the Gaga gay pri event. The entire event was oriented around gay pri.