Fantasia Barrino Slams Gay Marriage (UPDATED: Statement from Fantasia)

By On 12/31/2012 · 136 Comments · In American Idol, Fantasia

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UPDATE: Fantasia’s management have released a statement on her behalf:

Comments made by Ms. Barrino through her Intragram account were recently taken far out of context, and the purpose of this release is to set the record straight. Ms. Barrino is not now, nor has she ever been an opponent of the LGBT community. She has supported and performed at numerous events that are sponsored by the LGBT community. Whether it’s through a live performance or placement on social media, Ms. Barrino uses every opportunity to reach out and connect with her fans, all of her fans.

WOW. Where is the apology? Or at least an explanation of what was taken out of context? If Fantasia wants to fix the mess, she needs to sound contrite.   This poorly written “statement” does not cut it.

Fantasia also posted another instagram:

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Unless this is a hoax, this photo is a screencap from a photo and message Fantasia Barrino posted on her instagram account..  It’s hard to unscramble her jumbled mess of a post, but the Season 3 American Idol winner appears to be calling out pot smoking and gay marriage.

Regardless of her faulty logic and poor attempt at making some kind of point (calling out folks throwing stones by throwing stones herself?) Fantasia has managed to cause quite a stir on twitter!  She’s getting slammed. Congrats, Fantasia, on alienating a huge portion of your fan base!

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  • breakdown

    She has a right to her opinion and I have a right not to agree. Or buy her story. Or buy her music.

  • iluvai

    You are so right.

  • http://twitter.com/RonnieDRocks Ronnie D

    Bigotry is bigotry, regardless if the person is black or white. Obama was a bigot 5 years ago. For whatever reason he had the “opinion” that gay’s shouldn’t be allowed the same rights to marry as heterosexuals do. And if asked why, I bet he would have pulled a Bible verse out of his ass to defend it. Using your religious beliefs to rationalize your reasoning for not allowing others the same rights is bigotry! And yes, I do equate gay rights with black rights. Civil Rights are civil rights! Gays have been murdered, hung on barbed wire fences, beaten with baseball bats. You couldn’t even call your self gay up until about 30 years ago, and to this day they are usually ridiculed for it. So yeah, it is a rather complex issue just as much the plight of African Americans is.

  • http://www.facebook.com/jnoodles Jonathan Frahm

    Not classy, hooker.

  • Jordana33

    MJ, if it’s Ok for people to say that Fantasia’s comments are offensive I don’t understand why we’re being moderated for saying that the responses to her comments are offensive and demeaning. If you post 30 response tweets in your headline, it seems reasonable to assume that we can comment on them. 

  • http://twitter.com/Falfor Connie

     As I see it, freedom of speech never ends. It will always affect someone. Every life is a by product of society. Your a bible thumper, Your a jew, Your a honky, Your a Dego, and so many more, but you get the idea. We have all heard those terms. Not everyone is going to support gay marriage and it should not be expected that they will. Just as being gay does not make someone a bad person, neither does not being gay. Society has comedians who use these slurs daily to make fun of differences. We all laugh. That is why we all know them. I hate the word homophobic. It is used to imply non support as hate. The gay community sets themselves apart by using this word in the context it is not meant to be used. Any rights given to any select group of people were hard fought battles and this is no different. The heart and the mind must meet if it is to happen.

  • http://twitter.com/Falfor Connie

    How exactly is she hurting people. It is just an opinion. Everyone has one. You have the right to express your opinion. Hers just does not match yours. And yes, when you are fighting for rights, you do have to deal with those who disagree, but that choice is yours. You can choose ambivalence or indifference. You know going in and are aware that not everyone feels the same. Otherwise, what is the fight all about, acceptance is not an easy feat.

  • http://twitter.com/Falfor Connie

    arkboy 1 day ago
    Frankly,
    it has never mattered to me one way or the other how anyone else lives
    their life. If gays want to marry, I won’t be impacted one way or
    another.

     Indifference. My life will not change because the next door neighbors are gay, or the lady I work with is a lesbian.

  • http://www.facebook.com/beaugard.stevens Beaugard Stevens

    I think it was taken out of context, she wasn’t saying she didn’t approve of those things, it was saying the Bible seems to frown on it- although honestly, I don’t think the Bible mentions marijuana at all, so talking about “weed” doesn’t make sense, but she was just trying to make a broader point, she wasn’t thinking it through, I don’t think she was condemning anyone or anything.  She has a lot of haters though who won’t listen and relish the opportunity to go on the attack.

  • http://twitter.com/Falfor Connie

    Science and religion, ‘never that train shall meet.’

  • http://profile.yahoo.com/V67ILMDK33GRSIJAGVC3JDHZYE yahoo-V67ILMDK33GRSIJAGVC3JDHZYE

    Come on now, what she said is correct – she is slammed for everything she does, and we do have a world gone mad! Gay’s and drug attics — get a grip it is wrong! Your life and what you do with it is between you and God — noone else really cares.

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