Oprah Giv Platform to Pastor Joel Osteen’s Anti-Gay Views – The Hollywood Reporter

Contents:

• PASTOR JOEL OSTEEN TO OPRAH: HOMOSEXUALY IS S — BUT GAY PEOPLE WILL GET INTO HEAVEN
• IS JOEL OSTEEN GETTG DIVORCED? IS HE GAY?
• IS JOEL OSTEEN GAY? CLEARG UP THE RUMORS SURROUNDG PREACHER’S SEXUALY!
• JOEL OSTEEN'S GAY PROBLEM: THE RELIG RIGHT IS HISTORY IF HE N'T SOLVE
• IS JOEL OSTEEN GAY? IS HE AGAST LGBTQ COMMUNY?
• JOEL OSTEEN TALKS PREACHG S, MATERIALISM, AND GAY MARRIAGE
• OPRAH GIV PLATFORM TO PASTOR JOEL OSTEEN’S ANTI-GAY VIEWS
• JOEL OSTEEN: STRAIGHT, GAY, GOOD OR BAD – ALL ARE WELE

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? … 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.

On Sunday eveng, Oprah Wey terviewed Osteen on her new program, “Oprah’s Next Chapter, ” where he lved eply to his views on homosexualy and s. “Will a gay person be accepted to heaven, as you see ?, ” Oprah asked the famed pastor. ”Sometim we look at gay beg a bigger s than beg proud or not tellg the tth.

IS JOEL OSTEEN GETTG DIVORCED? IS HE GAY?

”Here, Osteen ma clear that he believ homosexualy is sful. But Oprah phed him a b harr to solidify his stance, askg, “Do that mean that you’re sayg that you believe that beg gay is a s?

IS JOEL OSTEEN GAY? CLEARG UP THE RUMORS SURROUNDG PREACHER’S SEXUALY!

”“I believe that homosexualy is shown as a s the scripture, ” he rpond. I don‘t thk anybody’s send class, ” Osteen ntued, as he explaed that the bible’s msage on the matter, his view, is this dialogue, below:Osteen’s ma pot addrsg the issue, though, was that homosexualy, should be nsired a s, isn’t any different om other offens.

In his view, shouldn’t be raised above the other ss that dividuals ma siar statements to CNN’s Piers Man back October, though he also ma headl for sayg that he would, out of rpect, attend a gay weddg support of a close iend or fay member. This clus his divorce ntroversy and gay stori. Joel isn’t Anti-Gay.

JOEL OSTEEN'S GAY PROBLEM: THE RELIG RIGHT IS HISTORY IF HE N'T SOLVE

However, an terview on the show ‘Larry Kg now, ’ he spoke on homosexualy. Larry quired Osteen about his thoughts on gay marriage and homosexuals.

And he said that sce we don’t know about the e of homosexualy or heterosexualy, we nnot say for sure. Furthermore, Joel says he is not agast Gay marriage. Osteen Ref the Invatn om the Gay Group.

IS JOEL OSTEEN GAY? IS HE AGAST LGBTQ COMMUNY?

Joel Osteen Says God Accept Gay. There the host prsed him on his changg views on the gay muny.

Joel Osteen is not Gay. Even though he approv of Gay marriage and thks God accepts everyone, he is a straight person. There are many stanc where the pastor left his views favor of Gays and Lbians.

He approv of the gay muny and thks they too have a place society, even though the Christian scriptur believe ’s a s. However, this don’t necsarily make him a Gay.

JOEL OSTEEN TALKS PREACHG S, MATERIALISM, AND GAY MARRIAGE

Joel’s gay mors are jt mors. But when prsed, he has said that he believ homosexualy is a s.

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.

OPRAH GIV PLATFORM TO PASTOR JOEL OSTEEN’S ANTI-GAY VIEWS

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. But when Osteen and his wife Victoria appeared on Piers Man Tonight an terview that will air Wednday night on CNN, Joel Osteen stated when prsed that he believ homosexualy is a s.

"The scripture shows that 's a s, " said Osteen, "but you know, I'm not one of those that are out there to bash homosexuals and tell them that they're terrible people and all of that. I don't believe homosexualy is God's bt for a person's life. " Osteen has been asked this qutn before and generally repeats the mantra that he don't believe 's "God's bt" and mentns that gay people are wele at his church.

JOEL OSTEEN: STRAIGHT, GAY, GOOD OR BAD – ALL ARE WELE

Osteen also said he believ civil unns between gay upl are "wrong" but hasn't said whether he believ homosexualy is a choice. And Osteen par the s of homosexualy to the s of pri or impure thoughts — meang he may believe Elton John is a sner, but he also believ all people are sners. Asked what gay people should do to be better, Osteen pared homosexualy to addictn and mentned God's grace and the pacy for change, but then seemed to back off rather than promote abstence or supposed "cur.