Carrie Underwood is being characterized
as unchristian for her recent endorsement of equal marriage rights
for gay and lesbian couples.
The 29-year-old Underwood has gone on
to stardom after winning American Idol in 2005. Her debut
album, Some Hearts, included the hit single Jesus, Take the
Wheel.
In an op-ed, World
Net Daily founder Joseph Farah suggested the country music
star heed her own advice and let “Jesus take the wheel.”
Farah, an opponent of gay rights,
knocked Underwood for saying that “God wanted us to love others”
and “It's not up to me to judge anybody” in offering her support
for gay nuptials.
“You can't be a follower of Jesus and
condone what He Himself describes as sin,” Farah wrote. “Neither
can you truly love others by purposely not confronting their sin –
and allowing them to be comfortable with their sin.”
“She says, 'It's not up to me to
judge anybody.' This has become something of a mantra in the
apostate church. But it is a misunderstanding of what Jesus meant
when He said, 'Judge not, that ye be not judged.' The context of
that sermon makes it clear that Jesus meant to do unto others as you
would have them do unto you. Others are not to be judged unfairly.
He didn't mean we aren't supposed to confront people with their sin
so they could be brought to repentance, because He Himself commanded
us to do just that.”
“God did warn us not to profane His
holy name.”
“I don't think that just means
misusing His name as a curse word. I think we do that when we
represent ourselves as followers of God but betray His Word.”
“That's blasphemy – and there's
just too much of it coming from people claiming to be Christians.”
(Related: Carrie
Underwood ignores gay marriage backlash.)