KIGALI, Rwanda (AP) — Friends of Albert Nabonibo, a well-known gospel sger Rwanda who recently me out as a gay man, do not want their nam revealed.
Contents:
- CHRISTIAN SGER RAY BOLTZ COM OUT, LIV A NORMAL GAY LIFE
- RWANDAN GOSPEL SGER COM OUT AS GAY: 'I HAVE TO LIVE MY REAL LIFE'
- RWANDAN GOSPEL SGER OUT AS GAY, TO UNTRY’S SHOCK
- TONEX: FIRST OPENLY GAY GOSPEL SINGER HAS NEW NAME AND NEW SOUND
- RWANDAN GOSPEL SGER OUT AS GAY, TO UNTRY’S SHOCK
CHRISTIAN SGER RAY BOLTZ COM OUT, LIV A NORMAL GAY LIFE
Christian sger and songwrer Ray Boltz me out as gay, shockg his fans. He says God ma him this way." emprop="scriptn * gay gospel singer comes out *
Ray Boltz officially me out to the world as a gay man through an article "The Washgton Bla.
RWANDAN GOSPEL SGER COM OUT AS GAY: 'I HAVE TO LIVE MY REAL LIFE'
Gospel sger Albert Nabonibo shocked many Rwandans Augt when he revealed that he is gay a untry that largely revil homosexualy. * gay gospel singer comes out *
Ray Boltz Com out as a Gay Man. 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. He says that he has been datg and liv “a normal gay life” now.
He has e out, but he said he don't want to shoulr the gay Christian e. “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.
RWANDAN GOSPEL SGER OUT AS GAY, TO UNTRY’S SHOCK
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.
Some are heartbroken and feel like Boltz needs to pray harr and he will be cured of his homosexualy. “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.
TONEX: FIRST OPENLY GAY GOSPEL SINGER HAS NEW NAME AND NEW SOUND
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. "Did God create Ray Boltz gay? (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.
Comparg homosexualy to diabet he said, “I don’t eat sugar, but don’t mean that I don’t want sugar.
RWANDAN GOSPEL SGER OUT AS GAY, TO UNTRY’S SHOCK
”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. The worship sger, who me out as gay on The Voice 2019, told Baldridge he was let go om his job as a worship lear at his church after revealg his sexualy. 's high time christian mic got a shake up wh a msage of realy & hope beyond the homogenized CCM...
The reactn mirrors the way many morn megachurch eher offer vague statements about acceptance while tryg to shift the foc away om their anti-gay polici or stay quiet on the issue.