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What if I told you God is gay? / Do you think belligerent Bible-belters / Would still holler hate speech to the hilltops / In his name?
So begins the poem God Is Gay, by a straight, Christian college student whose slam performance of the work has become a hit on YouTube, with nearly 80,000 views so far.
Elliot Darrow, a student at the University of North Carolina, performed the poem in the College Unions Poetry Slam Invitational in April, and video of his appearance was posted to YouTube in May, but its had a recent spike in viewings.
Darrow, who grew up Presbyterian but is not affiliated with a specific denomination now, says he wrote the poem to challenge antigay religious views. Ive seen so many people, in my mind, misuse the Bible to preach not necessarily hatred, but just ignorance toward people who are of other preferences, he told Time magazines Swampland blog. I want to show that regardless of how someone identifies, God wants to love them, and God does love them.
http://www.advocate.com/politics/religion/2013/10/11/watch-students-poem-asserts-god-gay
I applaud this person.
OldEurope
(1,273 posts)William769
(55,147 posts)Ian David
(69,059 posts)OldEurope
(1,273 posts)Edited to tell you: found out.
cali
(114,904 posts)Zorra
(27,670 posts)William769
(55,147 posts)seveneyes
(4,631 posts)Good on him.
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