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4:35 pm - 01/01/2013

Fantasia: 'I'm Not Anti-Gay'



Fantasia Barrino caused a firestorm of controversy when she posted a rant referencing gay marriage on her Instagram account. Some fans thought it sounded very anti-gay but the American Idol alum insists she's anything but.

“I Rise ABOVE IT ALL!!! THE WORLD IS GONE MAD. KIDS, THE GOVERMENT, THE church House… Everybody Trying!!!!!!!,” the singer wrote. “It’s a lot that going on that the Bible speaks about we should Not be doing. Weed legal in some places, Gay Marriage Legal BUT YET IM JUDGED!!! Im not doing Nothing for you… My Life!!!!”

Fantasia's rant was a reference to the criticism she's had aimed at her because she began her affair with her baby daddy Antwaun Cook when he was still married. The two became parents just over a year ago.

The angry response brought about a quick statement from Fantasia's management saying she was a strong supporter of "the LGBT community," and Fantasia herself got back into the fray, posting, "I, Fantasia Monique Barrino, don’t judge anyone because I don’t want to be judged. The gay community is one of my largest supporters. I support the gay community as the support me. Bloggers please stop misrepresenting the facts.”

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aubade_saudade 1st-Jan-2013 11:17 pm (UTC)
I'm talking about the US where Gay Marriage is a civil rights movement and those against it are confused as to the role of religion in government and where laws can be changed so that groups of people are not treated as second-class citizens.

In that place, being anti gay marriage is being anti gay
skonka 1st-Jan-2013 11:24 pm (UTC)
Confused, eh?
aubade_saudade 1st-Jan-2013 11:30 pm (UTC)
yes, as in they don't understand that their religions beliefs (gays are automatically sinners and are going to hell) don't have to be enforced by the government

think what you will, and base yr ethical beliefs on a foundation of prejudices but to take that all the way into legislation is racial segregation levels of fucked up

skonka 1st-Jan-2013 11:37 pm (UTC)
I get everything what you're saying but you're losing the point of what I am saying. The world will eventually make same sex marriage legal... that's not the point. The question is, is someone anti gay because you are farther along the road than 'they' are? I say no.
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