Jesus was 'gay:' Elton John

[kwame k]

NEW YORK (AFP) – British pop superstar Elton John stirred controversy in a magazine interview Friday when he claimed that Jesus Christ was "gay."
"I think Jesus was a compassionate, super-intelligent gay man who understood human problems," John said in an interview posted on the website of US celebrity news magazine Parade.

"On the cross, he forgave the people who crucified him. Jesus wanted us to be loving and forgiving. I don't know what makes people so cruel. Try being a gay woman in the Middle East -- you're as good as dead," said John, who is gay.

The Catholic League, the largest US Catholic rights group, condemned the comments.

"Jesus was certainly compassionate, but to say he was 'super-intelligent' is to compare the son of God to a successful game-show contestant," league president Bill Donohue said in a statement.

"More seriously, to call Jesus a homosexual is to label him a sexual deviant. But what else would we expect from a man who previously said, 'From my point of view, I would ban religion completely'?"

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[kwame k]

It would explain why he didn't follow tradition at the time and get married but.......

Having women groupies following him around and that hot chick Mary Magdalene in camp, leads me to believe he was just "living in sin"

[Diamondjimi]

Gayness is as silly as religion...

[Diamondjimi]

Didn't Jebus enjoy the "company" of numerous women, drinkin wine, and working with wood?

The wasn't much different than amodern day Rock Star!

[Jesus Christ]

Verily, as it was with My fellow Jew, Jerry Seinfeld. I hath been outed and I wasn't even in!

Not that there is anything wrong with that.

[Guitar Shark]

I hath been outed and I wasn't even in!

That's not what HE said!

Funny, I would have expected Jesus to catch, not pitch...

[Jesus Christ]

Thou art bearing false witness, Matthew.

[sadaist]

Wait, I thought Sir Elton didn't believe in Jesus. Now he says he was gay? Isn't that admitting that he believes Jesus lived? I suppose next thing is people will say it was a tiara of thorns.

But if Jesus were gay, that would explain the water into wine instead of beer.

[Jesus Christ]

But if Jesus were gay, that would explain the water into wine instead of beer.

Oh, for Dad's sake, it was a wedding! Mom asked for wine. I would have preferred a good MPA*, Myself.









*Messiah Pale Ale

[kwame k]

But if Jesus were gay, that would explain the water into wine instead of beer.

wait......I'm drinking a Merlot right now!

[kwame k]

Oh, for Dad's sake, it was a wedding! Mom asked for wine. I would have preferred a good MPA*, Myself.









*Messiah Pale Ale

...is that to go with your Messiah Bold?

[bueno bob]

I read about this over at the Comcast page today. Needless to say, the response was overwhelmingly conservative, religious and, of course, righteously infuriated.

I laughed. It silly.

[chefcraig]

Big deal. When Helen Reddy won a Grammy for "I Am Woman" back in the early seventies, she thanked God, “because She makes everything possible.” If old Elton is guilty of anything, it's for being some 40 years too late with a joke.

[Unchainme]

don't think Jesus was gay, but I do think he loved the gays like he loved everyone back in the day (and still does.)

Didn't he help heal a Roman soldier's "boyfriend" back in the day or was that misinterpreted?

[chefcraig]

don't think Jesus was gay, but I do think he loved the gays like he loved everyone back in the day (and still does.)

Didn't he help heal a Roman soldier's "boyfriend" back in the day or was that misinterpreted?

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