Christian Author Jen Hatmaker Openly Affirms LGBTQ Relationships and Marriage
In recent years, Jen Hatmaker has made many controversial headlines, speaking out about her support for LGBTQ marriage, as an acclaimed Christian leader and author.
In April of 2016, Jen said on social media that she had “opened her arms” to the LGBTQ community.
“Here are my arms open wide. So wide that every last one of you can jump inside. … There is nothing ‘wrong with you,’ or in any case, nothing more right or wrong than any of us, which is to say we are all hopelessly screwed up but Jesus still loves us beyond all reason and lives to make us all new, restored, whole. Yay for Jesus! Many are concerned that sentiments like these might be enabling someone to stay in their sin—which would not, in fact, be very loving to the person in the long run.”
Later that year in October of 2016, she revealed that her views on same-sex marriage had changed, and believed that a same-sex union could be ‘holy’. Afterward, LifeWay pulled her books from their shelves, and many responded questioning her newfound belief that same-sex marriages were holy (in God’s eyes).
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Sydney (20), one of Jen and Brandon’s daughters, publicly announced she was a homosexual on her mother’s podcast ‘For The Love’ this past June. While listening to her daughter’s story, Jen spoke to pastoral leadership saying that is ‘so irresponsible’ to break the hearts of gay people in the congregation, referring to a pastor teaching Biblical scripture that says homosexuality is a sin.
