Kristin Chenoweth Reminds Religious Homophobes: "God Is Love"

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The Hairspray Live! star discussed her role as a religious ally of the LGBT community.

BY DANIEL REYNOLDS
NOVEMBER 28 2016 3:17 PM EST

Kristin Chenoweth has a message for those who use religion to defend homophobia: God is love.

The Hairspray Live! star and religious ally preached acceptance of the LGBT community at a recent press junket for the NBC production, after The Advocate asked whether she felt a newfound responsibility to these fans in the wake of Donald Trump's election and the recent surge of hate crimes.

"It’s interesting being a person — not to get weird — but a person of faith, a woman in show business in the 21st century," said Chenoweth, a Tony Award-winning actress known for roles in Broadway's Wicked and TV's Pushing Daisies and GCB.

"God is love, and it seems like the opposite of that happens a lot, instead of acceptance and love… Not tolerance — acceptance, that’s my message," she said.

http://www.advocate.com/people/2016/11/28/kristin-chenoweth-reminds-religious-homophobes-god-love

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1. K&R

[SoCalNative]

2. Love Kristin

Not only is she extremely talented, she's also a good egg.

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3. That she is.

And she's a nondenominational Christian.

[AtheistCrusader]

4. Of course. That's why god allegedly drowned the earth in his bathtub.

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5. You missed it.