Gospel singer Kim Burrell has said she makes “no excuses or apologies” for a sermon at a US church where she referred to gay people as perverted.<\/p>\n
The singer, due to sing with Pharrell Williams on The Ellen DeGeneres Show this week, was taped at the Love & Liberty Fellowship church in Houston.
\nShe referred to “the perverted homosexual spirit” in her sermon.<\/p>\n
In a later video, Burrell said “I love you and God loves you but God hates the sin in you and me.”<\/p>\n
“I never said all gays were going to hell. I never said ‘LGBT’… I said ‘SIN’,” she added in the Facebook Live broadcast.<\/p>\n
“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. Anything that is against the nature of God.<\/p>\n
“I make no excuses or apologies. My love is as pure as it comes.”<\/p>\n
She said “enemies” had posted only a portion of her original speech.<\/p>\n
‘Hateful comments’<\/p>\n
Pharrell and Burrell are due to sing their track I See Victory from the soundtrack of the film Hidden Figures on the chat show on Thursday.<\/p>\n
The movie tells the story of a trio of African-American women working at Nasa whose skills helped put astronaut John Glenn into orbit in 1962.<\/p>\n
Following the circulation online of the video of the sermon, Pharrell posted on Twitter: “I condemn hate speech of any kind”, although it is not clear if this is directly linked to Burrell’s comments.<\/p>\n
Burrell and Williams are still listed to appear on DeGeneres’ show later this week, along with Hidden Figures actress Janelle Monae.<\/p>\n
Monae re-posted Williams’ post on Instagram with her own comments, including: “I unequivocally repudiate any and all hateful comments against the LGBTQ community.<\/p>\n
Actually I’m tired of that label. We all belong to the same community, a shared community called humanity.”<\/p>\n
DeGeneres has been asked by fans to cancel Burrell’s planned appearance and an online petition has also been launched.
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