Allie Beth Stuckey slammed the rerelease of Avalon’s classic song “Testify to Love” as an “LGBTQ-affirming anthem,” emphasizing that Christians cannot claim to be “nicer than God” by rejecting biblical teachings on sin and sexuality.
In a May 18 episode of her “Relatable” podcast, the 34-year-old conservative author and speaker addressed the rerelease of the 1997 song, newly recorded by Michael Passons, Melissa Greene and outspoken gay country artist Ty Herndon.
“For years, I sang these words while hiding who I truly was,” Passons said in a statement to GLAAD announcing the re-release of the song. “To record this now with Ty, Melissa, and this incredible group of artists — standing fully in my truth — is a full-circle moment I once thought impossible. It serves as a testimony that love does not exclude.”
Kicking off her podcast, Stuckey called Passons' announcement “bad news,” adding: “Now we are being told retroactively that ‘Testify to Love’ by the CCM band Avalon is actually an anthem of queer love. Yes, I am not joking that this is now an LGBTQ-affirming anthem.”
“[There's this idea that] passages that positively affirm the holiness of marriage between one man and one woman and the exclusive holiness of sexual activity within that marriage between one man and one woman, it's just too much to bear and actually, we as these fallible people, we have a better answer. We have a better and bigger and wiser and more loving perspective on how humans should behave and what sin is and what it’s not," she said.
Obvious problems aside, I find it interesting how when any other group does things like this, leftists get all up in arms about "cultural appropriation". If someone's history is not my Halloween costume, why is my worship song your sinful anthem?
