Elton John Gay Jesus Comments Shows Ignorance And Intolerance According To Catholic League President

When Elton John told Parade that he believed that Jesus Christ was not only gay, but also super intelligent, it was obvious that the media wasn’t going to allow his apparent wish to not be a celebrity any more to come true. It was also pretty obvious that Elton John was about to come under heavy criticism, and one person leading the way in criticising what Elton John had to say is Bill Donohue, the President of the Catholic League.

Responding to Elton who said:

“I think Jesus was a compassionate, super-intelligent gay man who understood human problems … On the cross, he forgave the people who crucified him. Jesus wanted us to be loving and forgiving. I don’t know what makes people so cruel.”

Donohue said:

“Jesus was certainly compassionate, but to say He was “super-intelligent” is to compare the Son of God to a successful game-show contestant. More seriously, to call Jesus a homosexual is to label Him a sexual deviant.

But what else would we expect from a man who previously said, “From my point of view, I would ban religion completely.”

We’re not sure what’s worse—John’s ignorance or intolerance. In any event, if we thought we could persuade him to issue an apology, we would try. But given his recidivism, we won’t even bother to ask. One thing is clear: someone needs to straighten John out.”

Now we don’t know how you read it, but to us at Queeried, Donohue’s response seems to indicate that Elton John was not only wrong about Jesus being super intelligent and gay, but also concerning the ability to be forgiving of others and their views…

What do you think? Did Elton John go too far with his comments? Is Bill Donohue right to say what he did?