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From: http://www.contactmusic.com:

Country superstar WYNONNA JUDD has infuriated her Christian fans by planning a performance on a lesbian cruise.

The singer has been inundated with angry emails from The Traditional Values Coalition threatening to boycott her future concerts unless she cancels her engagement to sing on a Caribbean cruise ship next year (05).

The cruise is sponsored by OLIVIA, which is "a company dedicated to providing high quality, safe vacations for lesbian travelers", according to its website.

The Traditional Values Coalition says, "It conflicts with her professed Christian faith and suggests Judd has been misled by the mainstream media on the origins of same-sex attractions and the self-destructive results of such attractions.

"We urge her to study what the Bible says in both the Old and New Testaments about homosexuality …to learn how faith in Christ has set men and women free from bondage to this life-controlling condition."

It's of course very cool that Miss Judd is doing Olivia cruises, although I wouldn’t go to her show, not liking country music all that much. And, of course, it doesn’t at all contradict "her professed Christian faith," – it just means she has an open heart and open mind like a good Christian ought to have!

I could rant here about how the Bible is totally mistranslated from the original Greek (F'r'instance, the part saying "Thou shalt not suffer a witch to live," is actually, "Thou shalt not suffer a poisoner to live," a rather different sentiment which I think we all could get behind!)

I could also make jokes about "bondage" (Hey – they brought it up first!!!)

But I will contain myself to pointing out that actually, the 2 times I read the (King James) Bible, I never did find explicit instructions from either the Big Guy or his son on how to get over being gay. It may condemn (and not in the blanket ways people use it to condemn all gay life) but it offers no cure. (Nor any explanation why this may be a "bad thing," either!)

Oh, and of course, I have to point out that the headline: "Judd's Lesbian Gigs Enrage Christian Fans" (which I got from the site) is misleading. Not all of her Christian fans are "enraged," I am sure. Some don't care, some are annoyed, some haven't even found out yet. The only Christian fans on record who are "enraged" are the ... errrm ... people over at the "The Traditional Values Coalition" - it could, indeed, be just one person!

Okay, getting off my soapbox for the day….