After making a series of homophobic remarks throughout her career, gospel singer Kim Burrell made an official apology over the weekend. While accepting the Aretha Franklin Icon Award at the 39th annual Stellar Gospel Music Awards , Burrell offered an apology to the LGBTQ community for the “hurtful” comments she’s made over the years. “I have, over the course of time and with much soul-searching, come to fully understand the reach and impact of my voice beyond Gospel music,” the singer explained.
“There is such a care to take when you realize you’re not just preaching to the choir anymore. You’re preaching to the ones who wanted to be in the choir and were too scared to come because they didn’t understand our language. .
.. [I] understand that some of my past words, comments, preaching have been received by the LGBTQ+ community as negative and hurtful.
There’s nothing more hurtful than to think — to imagine — that you’ve said something in the name of God, and it hurt somebody.” See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news The singer continued, claiming that her use of “church lingo” may have contributed to her ignorant comments. “We have a church jargon that everybody doesn’t get.
And sometimes you have to say it for the people in the back. And for that, I want to apologize to the LGBTQ community. Let’s give them a great big round of applause,” she said to the audience.
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