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OPENLY ‘GAY’ RERDG ARTIST REACH NO. 1 ‘CHRISTIAN’ SPOT ON ITUN
GAY WORSHIP ARTIST TOPS LREN DAIGLE FOR NUMBER ONE CHRISTIAN MIC SPOT ON ITUN
THE EX-GAY CHRISTIANY MOVEMENT IS MAKG A QUIET EBACK. THE EFFECTS ON LGBTQ YOUTH ULD BE VASTATG.
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OPENLY ‘GAY’ RERDG ARTIST REACH NO. 1 ‘CHRISTIAN’ SPOT ON ITUN

We wrote about her a few months ago after she shouted “Gay rights!

” at a Swchfoot ncert, a practice she advot dog orr to publicly force ‘Christian’ artists to nont their homophobia and outdated and amoral views on homosexualy. (In rponse to that ll out, Swchfoot’s Jon Foreman rpond to the axg of a queer “Christian” artist qutng his pro-LGBTQ+ creds, tellg her that LGBTQ+ people are always wele at his ncerts and that he supports gay rights and eedoms. As of today, an openly gay profsg Christian mician has topped the “Christian” mic charts on iTun for the first time history edgg out Lren Daigle who has nsistently topped the charts for months.

GAY WORSHIP ARTIST TOPS LREN DAIGLE FOR NUMBER ONE CHRISTIAN MIC SPOT ON ITUN

Ld by homosexual activists hell-bent on stroyg Christiany and replacg God wh a rabow-themed Zs, Grace Baldridge, who go by the stage name Semler, h number one. This is unsurprisg as homosexuals have been phg a “gay Christian” movement wh every nomatn om rank hery-totg liberals to even the more nservative nomatns like the Southern Baptist Conventn and the Prybertian Church (PCA). Such movements, cludg Revoice and Livg Out, have normalized homosexualy and served to remove the stigma om pew-sters claimg to be Christian yet are openly gay whether practicg or claimg to be celibate.

In 2019, when Lren Daigle — who now holds the number two spot — was asked by flamg femist lbian, Ellen DeGener if homosexualy was a s, Daigle rpond that she “uldn’t know for sure. In Febary 2020, Charisma Magaze — which is popular for promotg the morn-day sons of Sceva — praised another openly gay worship lear who performed a rendn of Lren Daigle’s You Say durg an Amerin Idol performance. And, 2019, Charisma did the same thg praisg another openly gay worship sger.

THE EX-GAY CHRISTIANY MOVEMENT IS MAKG A QUIET EBACK. THE EFFECTS ON LGBTQ YOUTH ULD BE VASTATG.

The openly queer Christian artist Semler was elated to report the breakg news that the parkg attendant at a Swchfoot ncert supports gay rights. Later that eveng, their plan was: “Sometime maybe after ‘Dare You to Move’ is played, I’m gonna yell ‘gay rights’ and kd of see what their crowd do.

Growg up gay the body of Christ. While many unaffirmg gay evangelil celebri tend to talk about their sexualy as a burn, a thorn their flh, or as somethg to be overe, Semler approach their sexualy wh gratu. My qut to fd the word ‘homosexual’ the Bible | Opn by Ed Oxford.