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As gospel sensation Kirk Franklin prepares for the release of his 9th album, Losing My Religion, he wants his loyal fans of over twenty years to evolve in their thinking and become more open minded.

“I’m trying through this album to erase the dogma and the ideology that gets in the way of the true essence of one of the most simplest things we could ever say to somebody: ‘For God so loved the world that he gave his only son, whoever believes in him should not perish but have everlasting life’” he said in an interview with The Grio.

While there have been many strides in the legal rights for gays, black churches in particular have been less progressive.

“I want to apologize for all of the hurtful and painful things that have been said about people in the church that have been talented and gifted and musical, that we’ve used and we’ve embarrassed… and all this other horrible crap that we’ve done,” Franklin said. “We have not treated them like people. We’re talking about human beings, men and women that God has created.”

He also shared that people shouldn’t use the teachings of the Bible to condemn others.

“It is horrible that we have made it where the Bible is a homophobic manual,” Franklin said. “That’s not what the Bible is. I mean you want to talk about things that God gets at… pride and jealousy and envy and arrogance. But what we also see is God sending his son to save us all, because we were all… straight, gay or whatever, lost and in need of a savior, and there’s room at the cross for all of us.”

Losing My Religion hits iTunes and stores Friday, November 13th.

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Kirk Franklin Apologizes To Members Of The Gay Community That Have Been Disrespected By The Black Church  was originally published on hellobeautiful.com