African-Amrican gospel singer, Kim Burrel, was initially cut from an appearance with Pharell Williams on Ellen earlier this week, g has taken another hit after her sermon calling gay people “perverted” hit the web.
Trouble started when a church attendant during one of Kim’s sermon secretly recorded her speech and posted Burrell’s comments on Facebook, the sermon included statements like, “You as a man, you open your mouth and take a man’s penis in your face, you are perverted … You are a woman and will shake your face in another woman’s breast, you are perverted,”
After being the subject of a fierce debate, Burrell is taking another loss. Texas Southern University recently announced it was canceling the singer’s radio show, Bridging the Gap With Kim Burrell.
“The Kim Burrell show is no longer airing as part of KTSU Radio programming,” the university said in a statement.
After her comments went viral, Burrell took to Facebook to say she doesn’t hate anyone.
“To every person who is dealing with the homosexual spirit, that has it, I love you and God loves you but God hates the sin in you and me,” she said. “I make no excuses or apologies. My love is as pure as it comes.”
This recent event has exposed a division within the black community, particularly the black gospel community which has been criticized by some of Kim’s friend on Facebook and other outlets for their silence and inability to come out and defend Kim during her time of need.
Apparently, another gospel artiste, Shirley Caesar, couldn’t bear the idea of folks being critical of Burrell’s comments, so she decided to wade into the debate. During a recent sermon at First Baptist Church of Glenarden in Baltimore, Pastor Caesar had a message for Burrell and her critics.
After telling the congregation that Burrell should have made sure folks weren’t filming her sermon before saying things like, “You as a man, you open your mouth and take a man’s penis in your face, you are perverted … You are a woman and will shake your face in another woman’s breast, you are perverted,” Caesar then took a shot at President Obama (who has been a vocal proponent of gay rights throughout his presidency), telling the crowd, “You should’ve said something four years ago when our president made that stuff all right.”
