Ray Boltz????

[TRFrance]

Originally Posted by rgcraig

I named the thread Tulsa Tango and we probably need to change it now.

Yeah.
I've been thinking that recently.

[Theresa]

ummm, those arent skeletons in the closet Virginia. It's pink tutu's and black high heels..

[Carpenter]

Originally Posted by Daniel Alicea

Junior,

Be advised - You will continue to be the recipient of the thunderous might of Thor's hammer if you continue to false claim in my 'hood.

I understand your frustration when a once prolific, thoughtful, influential poster as yourself .... posting style is reduced to flailing and anemic attempts at being the Alfred E. Newman of the AFF.

As this sad episode concludes with another myth busted, EMT has informed us that you will not be air-vacced for placing foot in mouth but for having head firmly lodged in and up an another anatomical aperture.

Godspeed.

Now go on and 'git.

- The King

Daniel-Red-Riding Hood,

You remind me of that little boy crying Canis Lupis...(thats WOLF to you Danny-boy) all the time with your frequent use of the word SAD in an attempt to gain the moral and intellectual high ground.

The fact of the matter is you would feel convicted if you really knew the meaning of that word..you would look in the mirror and consider your productivity, your contribution to society and time spent with your family compared to your post count and the amount of time you spend here starting threads on how shiny you think your new 1997 penny is. (I know, I am ending my sentence with a preposition, but hey, I have weaknesses too).

I have no problem being told to git from a basement with big fluffy well used recliners, open bags of chips and tipped over pepsi bottles, and you holding fast to the biggest and puffiest eating the crubs off your own chest.

Like I said, get your pasty self outside. Go borrow a dog and buy a frisbee, you will be amazed how much fun you can have.

[Sandra]

Ray Boltz, who sold about 4.5 million records before retiring from Christian music a few years ago, came out of the closet Friday to announce that he's gay.

In an interview with the gay magazine The Washington Blade, Boltz said he came out to his family and some close friends in December 2004, but only now decided to go public with the news.

“I’d denied it ever since I was a kid," Boltz, 55, told the magazine. "I became a Christian, I thought that was the way to deal with this and I prayed hard and tried for 30-some years and then at the end, I was just going, ‘I’m still gay. I know I am.’ And I just got to the place where I couldn’t take it anymore … when I was going through all this darkness, I thought, ‘Just end this.’”

One reason Boltz decided to come out now might be because he's performing Sunday at Jesus Metropolitan Community Church in Indianapolis, and then next Sunday, Sept. 21, at the Metropolitan Community Church of Washington, D.C. Both congregations are a part of a denomination that embraces the LGBT (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender) community.
Boltz is perhaps best known for his song "Thank You," about a dream in which a Christian thanks the Sunday school teacher who led him to Jesus. It was the GMA song of the year in 1990. Other Boltz hits include "Watch the Lamb," "The Anchor Holds," and "I Pledge Allegiance to the Lamb."

Boltz also told The Blade that he doesn’t want to get into debates about Scripture and has no plans to “go into First Baptist or an Assembly of God church and run in there and say, ‘I’m gay and you need to love me anyway.’”

For him, the decision to come out is much more personal.

“This is what it really comes down to,” he says. “If this is the way God made me, then this is the way I’m going to live. It’s not like God made me this way and he’ll send me to hell if I am who he created me to be … I really feel closer to God because I no longer hate myself.”

Earlier, Boltz had alluded to the issue on his official website, saying that if people “knew who I really was, I would never be accepted






http://blog.christianitytoday.com/ct...ltz_comes.html

[Sandra]

Bump

[ManOfWord]

Vicki,

I think the only reason that there is little response to this is because we already discussed it earlier. There is another thread on this. It really is sad news, indeed! Another one of God's warriors gives up on the good fight of faith.

[Sandra]

Originally Posted by ManOfWord

Vicki,

I think the only reason that there is little response to this is because we already discussed it earlier. There is another thread on this. It really is sad news, indeed! Another one of God's warriors gives up on the good fight of faith.

ok...I am in the Bahamas, this morning I was live on the radio here and the announcer asked me what I thought about Ray Boltz coming out... I hadn't heard this and has so disappointed. thanks for the update.

[tstew]

Originally Posted by Sandra

ok...I am in the Bahamas, this morning I was live on the radio here and the announcer asked me what I thought about Ray Boltz coming out... I hadn't heard this and has so disappointed. thanks for the update.

Whoah, they really know how to put you on the spot. I guess that's the price you pay for incredible celebrity

[Sandra]

Originally Posted by tstew

Whoah, they really know how to put you on the spot. I guess that's the price you pay for incredible celebrity

Yes , I hadn't heard this and he said he just receivd an email that morning.

[Carpenter]

Originally Posted by Sandra

ok...I am in the Bahamas, this morning I was live on the radio here and the announcer asked me what I thought about Ray Boltz coming out... I hadn't heard this and has so disappointed. thanks for the update.

I think whether you would have known or not, the answer you gave was the right one. Sometimes people don't really care what you think, they just want an inflammatory or controversial response for ratings and maybe something to hold you over the coals for in order to make their show more compelling.

I dunno which radio station or show, I would assume it was a christian station, regardless, you know what I mean?