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Christian singer admits hating homosexuality |
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| Christian singer admits hating homosexuality | |
| New song says "[i]f you're a fag, then God hate you..." Donnie Davies says he hates homosexuality. He also claims on his websites and warbles in his new song, The Bible Says, that "If you're a fag, then God hates you, too." "It's not often that people actually admit to their own hatefulness of others of their actions," says Marc Adams of Seattle-based HeartStrong, Inc. "There was a time in my life when I thought I was ex-Gay and 'The Bible Says' might have been a duet." Adams is referring to the nearly four years he spent trying to change his behavior from homosexual to heterosexual while a student at Jerry Falwell's Liberty University. While he was a student and employee, his restorative therapy came from a group outside of the evangelical university. Donnie Davies is a relative newcomer to the restorative therapy efforts recently more discussed after religious idols such as Ted Haggard and others have succumbed to the pressure to live simulated heterosexual lifestyles. "Donnie Davies has taken all of this a step further by recording this song and posting the video on MySpace.com and YouTube.com," Adams says. "Saying that someone or something hates you because you are a 'fag' is a very dangerous thing. There are many young men and women who are already traumatized in their religious schools and religious congregations by concepts such as 'hate the sin but love the sinner' and this is just one more thing to knock them down. You have to wonder if Donnie Davies and the people who created him to be this way will take responsibility for their words damaging someone." Adams is a founder and executive director of HeartStrong, Inc., a non-profit educational organization providing support to Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgendered students who are persecuted at religious educational institutions. Since 1996, HeartStrong has directly assisted more than 900 students from religious schools. "Students in religious educational institutions along with young men and women in religious congregations are the primary target of restorative therapy," Adams states. "This is why HeartStrong is responding to this song, video and website." HeartStrong owns www.exGay.com. It is not an ex-Gay site but rather a tool to provide hopeful information to those struggling with attempts to live a simulated heterosexual lifestyle. Shelley Craig, president of the board of directors and a licensed clinical social worker says the website was a natural step for the organization. "Since our students at religious schools are one of the primary targets of this typically religious practice," she says, "It made perfect sense for HeartStrong to run this site. And, while it was initially a site for our students, HeartStrong has assisted many others in their journey to self-acceptance." HeartStrong has sent written complaints to MySpace.com and YouTube.com regarding the video. In addition, dozens of prominent Christian singers and bands who have added themselves as Donnie Davies' MySpace.com page are also being petitioned to remove their names from his site to avoid appearance of condoning the song "This isn't about censorship," Adams says. "It is about protecting the students we work so hard to reach as well as anyone else who might be in a sensitive place in their journey to self-acceptance who might fall victim to the song's message which proclaims nothing by hate." As for Donnie Davies, Adams says that it is easy to cast judgment on him, but asks for people to remember that Donnie Davies himself is a victim. "No one ever wakes up in the morning and says to themselves, 'I hate Gay people, God hates Gay people,' you must be taught that. The people who tricked Donnie Davies into believing that concept should and will be held accountable." A HeartStrong press release |
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