Elton John Endorses Marién’s Argument
February 24th, 2010 by admin
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“I think Jesus was a compassionate, super-intelligent gay man who understood human problems. 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”, he says in his interview with Parade magazine this month. |
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| I couldn’t be happier that someone of Elton John’s caliber has the courage to out and confront the mainstream public with the idea of Jesus as a gay man. Granted, as I have said in previous blogs, this premise is not new. It has circulated for a while among Bible scholars who have studied Jesus’ lifestyle choices against the background of expectations for a man of his time. |
Recently I read a blog called Transgender Jesus, by Kevin Cassell. Although Cassell doesn’t go as far as associating the displacement of traditional gender role with sexual orientation, we can use his article as a springboard to our discussion:
