Jennifer Hudson Slams Accusation She’s Homophobic

"“In a recent interview, I was asked how I reconciled being a Christian with performing at events for my gay fans. I find it upsetting that some folks equate being a Christian with being intolerant of gay people. That may, unfortunately, be true for some, but it is not true for me. I have talked often of my love and support of the gay community. I have said again and again that it was the gay community that supported me long before and long after American Idol, and kept me working and motivated. It is the gay community that celebrated my voice and my size and my personality long before Dreamgirls.

“Yes, I was raised Baptist. Yes, I was taught that the Bible has certain views on homosexuality. The Bible also teaches us not to judge. It teaches us to love one another as God loves us all. I love my sister, my two best friends and my director dearly. They happen to be gay. So what? While some search for controversy, I hope that my friends and fans who know me know where I stand.”

JHUD

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Updated On: 12/7/06 at 11:24 PM

Jennifer Hudson, will you be the father/mother of my babies?

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More in her website.
http://www.jenniferhudsononline.com/

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"DAMMIT! Why didn't *I* think of that?" -- Donna Summer

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I just read an interview with her from IN magazine (a free gay weekly here in SoCal) and she was incredibly supportive and proactive. And this was done before all the nonsense concerning this other interview took place. I'm happy she's jumping right on it and addressing the issue.

*SNAP* and *SLAP*

I'm calm

DAME answered my question.

Sometimes people start threads with different titles and the same info. This same info was posted in the other thread so I just made a comment.

Chill, sweetestsiren.

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If Rosie approaches this with the same type of blinders-on activism that she attacked Ms. Ripa with, I'm personally flying to NYC and bitch-slapping her.

Start writing that Oscar speech.

I'm glad she's addressing this. That other interview was basically attempting to back her into a corner in an attempt to get a "homophobic" statement out of her for publicity sake. She mentions church in passing and they immediately launch into a targetted series of questions trying to get her to admit to something. It's just petty to go after HER when there are people that actually ARE homophobic that are being ignored.

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Come on Elphaba, come trash her some more, for some bull**** reason. Come and use some more of that fabulous hyperbole where you reference hitler and lose all credibility.

its the need of people like Elphaba to have an enemy. It's easier to have someone to fight than an abstraction. So they choose to villify people who are in fact innocent.

I do understand the anger in someone saying things like

"Being gay is a sin" or "Marriage should be between a man and a woman" and then saying, "But, I adore gay people". I understand the anger at someone who wants to be your friend and yet thinks those things.

It does make me wanna show off my middle finger to them, but I am trying to have patience with people who have at the very least come that far.

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I was speaking in general terms, not necessarily about Ms. Hudson.

I actually rarely debate the specifics in BWW--I'm more concerned with the bigger picture and in attempting to find a consistent standard that everyone is held to. I also do this because often times we are hearing incorrect information.

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