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Gospel singer Kirk Franklin apologizes to gays<\/a> for homophobia in black church<\/b><\/p>\n

Gospel singer Kirk Franklin has apologized to the LGBTI community for homophobia in the black church.<\/p>\n

The Grammy winner said he was embass some who had turned the Bible into a ‘homophobic manual’<\/p>\n

‘I want to apologize for all of the hurtful and painful things that have been said about people in the church that have been talented and gifted and musical, that we’ve used and we’ve embarrassed… and all this other horrible crap that we’ve done,” Franklin told The Grio. <\/p>\n

‘We have not treated them like people. We’re talking about human beings, men<\/a> and women<\/a> that God has created.’<\/p>\n

‘The Bible is not a book that’s an attack on gay<\/a> people,’ he added. ‘It’s not a book written to attack gay<\/a> people.<\/p>\n

‘It is horrible that we have made it where the Bible is a homophobic manual. That’s not what the Bible is.’<\/p>\n

Franklin said God sent Jesus saved all people, regardless of their sexuality.<\/p>\n

‘I mean you want to talk about things that God gets at… pride and jealousy and envy and arrogance,’ she said.<\/p>\n

‘But what we also see is God sending his son to save us all, because we were all… straight, gay<\/a> or whatever, lost and in need of a savior, and there’s room at the cross for all of us.’<\/p>\n

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The Black Church is complex. There’s Donnie McClurkin, an “ex-gay<\/a>” on one end and Kirk Franklin, an apparent LGBT ally, on the other.<\/p>\n

— Broderick Greer (@BroderickGreer) November 12, 2015<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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