Gospel Singer Ray Boltz Comes Out of the Closet
Gospel singer Ray Boltz, who is divorced with four children, has publicly come out of the closet and admitted he is gay.
In an interview with Washington Blade, the 55-year-old singer/songwriter says he came out to family and friends several years ago while sitting around the kitchen table at his daughter’s house on December 26, 2004, the day of the tsunami in the Indian Ocean.
“That day, with the tsunami, has become very symbolic in our family.” says Boltz.
His family’s reaction took time.
“I don’t want to downplay it like it was just, ‘Oh, well that’s OK.’ It was a very tough time for them too, but the bottom line was they loved me and they still love me … it’s been an amazing journey of acceptance on their part … I was offered support and love from each member of my family, including my wife.”
Boltz has been living quietly in Ft. Lauderdale, FL and says the decision to come out was personal.
“This is what it really comes down to,” he says. “If this is the way God made me, then this is the way I’m going to live. It’s not like God made me this way and he’ll send me to hell if I am who he created me to be … I really feel closer to God because I no longer hate myself.”
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Why do you think Christians “come out” and admit they are gay and then blame it on God? Because they refuse to admit they are worse sinners than they thought they were, their pride stands in the gap now between them and God. They of all people know but now refuse to remember Romans chapter 1.
They want their sin, fine, but how dare they blame God by claiming that God made them that way?
IT IS TRULY A SHAME!!! SHAME ON RAY BOLTZ FOR BLAMING OUR HEAVELY FATHER FOR HIS SIN.
I PRAY HE WILL REPENT OF THIS AND SEE THE TRUTH.
” I really feel closer to God because I no longer hate myself.”
NO, WHAT HE FEELS IS RELIEF THAT THE HOLY SPIRIT HAS LET HIM GO, HE HAS WALKED AWAY FROM THE HOLY SPIRIT’S CONVICTION. HE FEELS FREE NOW TO DO WHATEVER HE WANTS BECAUSE HE REFUSES TO FEELGUILT, I WOULD NEVER WANT TO BE IN HIS SHOES. ITS WORSE NOW BECAUSE NOW, HE IS CONVINCING NON CHRISTIANS THAT HOMOSEXUALITY IS ACCEPTABLE AND YOU CAN EVEN BE A CHRISTIAN -ITS A LIE STRIAGHT FROM HELL..
WOA TO THOSE WHO CALL EVIL GOOD AND GOOD EVIL. .
AMEN!! to that, Janet.