4:35 pm - 01/01/2013
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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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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I would never make fun of her for her choice to not get married, but her decision to tell someone to stop making fun of straight people (lmfao) is fucking annoying. Out of all the things to be criticizing in this post, that is not one of them.
She was not acting like an ally, she was acting like a fool who wanted a cookie and a pat on the back, hence the "I'm a STRAIGHT person but I'm not getting married for YOU PEOPLE so don't make fun of me omg" wow nhft
I totally get straight people are the majority, but that doesn't give us free reign to treat them like nobodies. My mom is straight, my sister is straight, my best friend in the world is straight... and if you spoke to them like they were nobodies without feelings in a conversation about gay rights... i would call you out and probably tell you to leave the fucking room. Being a minority doesn't give any of us the right to treat anyone else like shit... if anything you show how kind we are because that majority is who we need to show we are equal and loving... and you failed at that.
And this post is open to everyone including straight people, especially ones who support us and are here to support us. This isn't a gay forum or a gay club. It's not funny to me that you think making fun of straight people is amusing, you are only setting back gay rights everytime you do that. You create that divide where you act like we are different than them and not equal which is the opposite of what we need to be doing. It's embarrassing.
And so what if she wanted a cookie. You are practically begging for cookies and replies when you make dumb insensitive jokes. How about you don't give her a cookie and move on instead of calling her names and grouping her into the same group that also hates gays. Not all straight people hate gays and you probably made her less likely to show support next time she wants to.
If you seriously think someone posting "lol straight people" is making fun of straight people, then idek tbh.
Don't worry, I'm sure she'll continue to show her support, so long as it gets her pats on the back and thank yous.
And I could care less if you give her a pat on the back, because at least she's trying to give us a pat on the back. I'll take what I can get. I have a bunch of fucking cookies in my jar that I will gladly hand out to people who are supportive and willing to help us, so instead of calling people names and trivializing her support, how about you accept that straight people aren't really our issue... it's the christian right. Making fun of straight people is making fun of most of our supporters, including most everyone I know.
And how am I a Piece of Shit? What is wrong with you guys?
You found one of my weaknesses... I love Samantha,