Kim Burrell Is My Sister

The more I read about Kim Burrell, the more I believe the Holy Spirit was moving through her while she gave a sermon at a Houston church last week. She has endured a hellfire of persecution since then, because she called homosexual acts, "perversions."

Dykes and faggots get really upset when you call them "perverts." But this isn't "hate speech." It's just speech. It's just a word, and the reaction to its negative connotations tells you something about their sense of shame, and how they will defend against that feeling.

They will attack you, and withdraw their invitations to appear, as Ellen DeGeneres did. They will pressure your benefactors to abandon you, and get your radio show canceled.

During her sermon, Burrell said that "the homosexual spirit is one of confusion and delusion, it has deceived many men and women, and it's causing a strain on the body of Christ."

In the city of Houston, churches there are quite aware of the strains put on the body of Christ. Former Houston mayor Annise Parker, an open lesbian, demanded churches in her city turn over their sermons so her minions could comb through them and see if there was any hate speech.

But is calling homosexual acts "perverted" actual hate speech? The word comes from old French pervers, meaning "unnatural, abnormal, contrary." Ninety-six percent of adults identify as heterosexual. That is the norm, and therefore it is homosexuality which is abnormal. Also, the natural purpose of sexual attraction is pair-bonding, which leads to procreation and child-rearing. Therefore, a union which cannot yield offspring is indeed unnatural.

Perhaps Ellen felt stung by the connotation of the word, "pervert," which is "wicked." Ellen could have showed what a righteous, kind person she was, just by bringing Burrell on her show anyway.

Ellen did bring Burrell's singing partner, Pharrell, on to her show, and Pharrell said, "we all have to get used to everyone's differences." No, fuck you, I don't have to do shit, Pharrell. He continued, "this is a big, beautiful, gigantic, colorful world, and it only works with inclusion and empathy."

Ellen responded with, "yep," while nodding in agreement, and joining the audience in applauding Pharrell. For Pharrell and Ellen, inclusion and empathy are a one-way street, and do not apply to Kim Burrell. They could have scored a lot of empathy points by bringing her on the show anyway, but no.

Interestingly, Pharrell may be nominated for an Academy Award next week for his work on the soundtrack to the movie, Hidden Figures. Kim Burrell and Pharrell performed a duet for the movie called, I See A Victory. If the Hidden Figures soundtrack is indeed nominated, the "anti-homophobic" persecution against Burrell will only grow, possibly including sickly-looking faggots criticizing her from the Oscar podium.

If the "anti-homophobic" crusaders do continue to criticize Burrell, you can expect it will borrow from the template used by Stereo Williams of The Daily Beast. Williams, who is black, titled his essay, Pastor Kim Burrell’s Homophobic Tirade Is Nothing New—Just Ask Mike Pence.

Williams, whose Twitter location refers to "NYC by way of Fort Valley, GA," writes that "many in America share the hateful views of Kim Burrell—and that needs to change." And who gets name-dropped by the rural son of the Bible Belt? Mike Pence.

Stereo Williams has probably spent more than a little time in the pews of a Baptist church, and on some level understands that to criticize "homophobia," he will have to drag his righteous brothers and sisters through the crap. He quotes Toni Braxton as correctly identifying Burrell's upbringing, specifically her time spent in "black churches." But then Stereo veers away from that, and goes on to repeat the tropes about Mike Pence and conversion therapy.

In his last sentence, Stereo Williams just comes out and says that Kim Burrell's speech was "hate." Truth is hate then, and add Stereo Williams to the list of those who are deceived.