Carrie Underwood Supports Gay Marriage Based on Religious Beliefs

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Carrie Underwood is not alone in supporting gay marriage, but she's one of the few stars to say she does so because of her strong religious beliefs.

The "Jesus, Take the Wheel" singer, a devout Christian, told Britain's The Independent newspaper that for her, marriage equality is rooted in faith.

"As a married person myself, I don't know what it's like to be told I can't marry somebody I love, who you want to marry forever," she said.

"I can't imagine how that must feel. I definitely think we should all have the right to love, and love publicly, the people that we want to love."

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Raised Baptist, Carrie recently switched to a non-denominational Christian congregation along with her husband, NHL player Mike Fisher.

You see a lot of religious objections to marriage equality, (like this hate-filled child), but Underwood said her faith inspired her to support gay marriage.

"Above all, God wanted us to love others," the Oklahoma-born CMT award winner said. "It's not about setting rules, or [saying] 'everyone has to be like me.'"

"No, we're all different," the 29-year-old continued. "That's what makes us special. We have to love each other and get on with each other."

"It's not up to me to judge anybody."

She makes a point, doesn't she?

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    Sheryl

    Hmmm..in response to Heather...perhaps you need to read your bible a little closer...New testament talks about marriage being "between one man and one woman"...so it does address what "marriage" IS. It's not that homosexuals are being "judged" that is up to God. But their "views" on pushing their agenda's down Christian's throat and not respecting "the other side" is rude and disrespectful. They can do whatever they wish (and stand before God as we all do in the end). Life is a choice and Christians (which some of you have such distain for)is about the forgiveness of sins through the sacrifice of Jesus and his death for them. We are NOT perfect, just forgiven and yes, Bobd, and "sin no more", which means when you know you've done something wrong, ask for forgiveness and DON'T DO IT AGAIN. Prayer us what our entire COUNTRY NEEDS RON, BLESSINGS!

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    Yumi Dwamena

    Hey wat do u mean guy marige shuld be suported? De bible say if u want 2 be cold be cold nd if u want be hot be hot.by soporting their marige u r pretending 2 be a christien which u r not

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    dbrown

    Still love C. underwood....just some misguided faith.... God does say to love all and "the greatest of these is love" problem is God is not talking about sexual expression of love..In fact old and new testament alike condemn same sex marriage . Not God's plan, and in the greatest expression of His love toward us, gave his son as the atonement sacrifice for sin..all sin, adultry, and homosexuality. I can't presume to know the mind of God on this, except to say, He wouldn't have given sexual guidelines if it wasn't for our best.

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    RA

    Amused...You do amuse me. First of all, hetrosexualism is natural, Homosexualism isn't. Any anatomy book will tell you that. Second, You stated that gay marriage is not going to turn the whole world gay, granted yes, however, what is being done here is the fact that unnatural acts are being condoned and made offical to the world. Nature has a way of controlling the population, Nature has a tendency to find a way to correct an unnatural act. And God one day will have had enough and correct the problem himself. Either way Carrie as well as many other celebs are cashing in on the newest fad. Plain and simple.

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    amused

    I agree with Carrie but that doesn't mean i don't see what other people are saying. Its your own opinion and i cant change your mind. But imagine if it was the other way around where it was a "sin" to be heterosexual and the norm was to be gay what would you do and i for one don't see the big deal in letting them get married its not like its going to turn the whole world gay and they only want the same rights as a married couple everyone has a right to their own opinion so for all you people who think Carrie isn't Christan this is just her interpretation of the bible not yours so lay off