Mr. L

Great article about phenomenon Adam Lambert vs. Christianity & prejudice has been found in the local Arkansas newspaper syncweekly.com – showtime.arkansasonline.com (click to see the digital edition of the newspaper, article on page 9)
Since there’s no any text version of it, I took my time to write it down from the photo – as it’s worth it!
Enjoy!!

It Matters To Me
by guest columnist Mike Collins

When you make a purchase, how much weight do you give to moral or political considerations? For example, do you choose your stylist, your doctor, your real estate agent with an eye toeards their after-hours activities? Do you mentally move away from the movie because of the lead actor’s activism?
I mention this because a frend and I were sharing our excitement about the American Idol tour coming to North Little Rock. Of course, he assumed rhat I was another ‘kick awesome’ Kris Allen fan. However when I told him that I was actually a bigger fan of ‘Rock god’ Adam Lambert, his response was, ‘ You like the gay guy?’
Well – I tried to explain, Adam’s a great singer and a real showman. He’s one of the best performers I’ve seen. I can’t say that I think of him as just the ‘gay guy’.
My friend was unmoved. ‘Didn’t you see him on the cover of Rolling Stone? He had a snake wrapped around his leg. The snake was heading…north’.
‘Sure. Famous people do all kinds of crazy photo shoots’.
‘Well, on Fox, Bill O’Reilly showed pictures of Adam kissing other guys’.
‘True, but I’ve seen photos of him in Brigadoon wearing a kilt. I don’t think that makes him Scottish.’
‘You’re telling me, even after the Rolling Stone interview, that you don’t believe Adam Lambert’s gay?’
‘No, I’m telling you that I don’t think of Adam Lambert as the gay singer anymore than I think of Kris Allen as the church singer. To me it’s all about the music’.
‘But don’t you think a CD purchase condones a lifestyle? I mean, Gangsta Rap has some pretty rough lyrics. You don’t want that around your daughters’.
‘If any of American Idol finalists produce a rap album, I’ll just say no. However if Adam Lambert sang a compilation of nursery rhymes, I’d buy it tomorrow.’
‘But you’re Christian. I think Christians ought to support Kris Allen’.
‘Kris Allen is a talented guy, but I don’t see the connection. Jesus ate with tax collectors but I don’t think he was promoting higher taxes.’
‘Are you saying that homosexuality isn’t a sin? It says in Leviticus…’
I cut him off. ‘Look’ I said, ‘did you read in the Bible where Jesus told people with a beam in their eye not to worry about getting the speck out of someone else’s? I mention that because I’m like a walking lumbreyard. If sin turned to wood, I could build a subdivision. Of course, The Bible also says something about the gluttony and sloth, but I’ve never seen teh Church protesting lazy fat people’.
My friend, a victim of too many Baptist buffets and Pentecostal potlucks, could only say
‘Doesn’t matter. People aren’t going to buy a record by a guy gay’.
I had to smile. ‘So, you don’t think people would buy a CD by Elton John, George Michael, Clay Aiken, Boy George, Johnny Mathis, Liberace, Lance Bass, Cole Porter, Stephen Sondheim, or Christian singer Ray Boltz?’
‘What’s your point?’
‘Just that these musicians sold millions of albums because people liked their music. I mean, I didn’t stop watching ‘How I met your Mother’ when Neil Patrick Harris came out’.
‘Doogie Howser’s not gay’.
‘Doogie’s not, but Neil is’
My friend got quiet. ‘I never figured you for a gay rights advocate. I guess you think they ought be able to get married too’.
I was tempted to express my hope that gays be forced to endure divorce and alimony payments like the rest of us, but I thought better of it. Instead, I just asked him, ‘You like onions?’
‘I love onions’
‘Well, onions make me sick. Same thing with jalapeños. However, if you like them, I figure that’s your business’.
‘Don’t you think people should take a stand, let their voice be heard?’
‘Sure, protest all you want, but I’m looking for a singer, not a saint’.
‘Well, what do you think of Obama?’
‘I thoughts we were talknig about music. How’d we get to politics?’
‘Well, I’m just curious what you think of Obama.’
‘He’s tall. I like a tall president. After Jimmy Carter, I won’t vote for any man that’s shorter than six feet.’
‘What about a woman?’
‘Well, compared to men, almost all women are short. Still, I don’t worry thay’re going to invade another country because they have a Napoleon complex’.
‘So, You’d vote for a female president?’
I laughed: ‘Sure, as long as she puts on eyeliner as good as Adam Lambert’.

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