Christians Love Adam Lambert, Too! Rumors of Homophobia Are False

I'm a Christian conservative who loves Adam Lambert's talent and the cool way he looks, whether rocker or Elvis-style. I liked Kris Allen, but thought Adam should win. And guess what? I had a hunch way back in Season 2 that Clay Aiken was gay too, and I still favored his voice over Reuben Studdard’s. Shocker!

So let's stop these ludicrous claims of homophobia as the cause of Adam Lambert's runner-up finish on American Idol. Generalizing about all Christians is totally unfair and demonstrates the same kind of intolerance that the gay community professes to be against.

Adam Lambert comes across as such a nice guy – I bet if I could interview him right now, he’d ask his gay fans all over the country to stop blaming homophobia. And I bet he would tell them he was treated with love and respect by the Christian members of the American Idol Season 8 cast.

If I can judge by the Christians I know, then 99.99999% of all conservative Christians could also love Adam as a person. AND – if any true Christian does hate gay people, they are wrong, a hundred times wrong.

Besides, if Christians had that much power in the American Idol voting process, Mandisa would certainly have gone further than 9th place in Season 5. If Christians were as intolerant as people say, President Obama could never have won the election. Many Christians voted for him because they cared more about the economy than any other issue.

Would I try to tell Adam about God, and what the Bible says? Only if I had an ongoing, mutual respect relationship with him which earned me the right to do so. I believe in one-on-one conversations, not someone yelling verses at the gay masses.

Look, I’m going to be really frank here. Gays and lesbians have gone through much effort to let everyone know they are just people, like everyone else. Think about this: If we’re all the same, then maybe sometimes any person can lose a competition just because you lose them fairly, or because of some voting glitch. Maybe any person can lose a job because they didn’t perform it well, not because of their orientation. Maybe any person can get told something they don’t like to hear. There’s not always a trump card to play. Everyone doesn’t always win. It’s called life.

This may sound like a cliché, but I have gay friends who don’t agree with all these “homophobia” theories. They know where I stand biblically, and – surprisingly – we still love each other and respect each other.