During an appearance on Cam Newton’s Funky Friday podcast, Kirk Franklin shared his opinion on several issues.
The gospel artist spoke about why Christians showed their unwavering support for former President Donald Trump despite his problematic lifestyle.
He stated: “Sometimes when somebody acknowledges or says that they are Christian or represent their faith, everybody in the Christian community wants to jump on it.”
In addition to his criticism of Christian support for Trump, Franklin also addressed Western Christianity’s flawed views on marriage, pointing out how these perspectives are used to marginalize single Black and childless women within the Black community.
“I believe that marriage has been weaponized in Western Christianity. It’s very much that ‘You are living in sin; you need to get married,’ without realizing that marriage doesn’t fix sin,” Franklin said, referencing his marriage.
He went on to say, “Don’t be a 30-35-year-old single Black woman and go to the family reunion,” he said.
“All the older women are going to do nothing, but they’re going to look at you and wonder and question you and challenge you. ‘Why you not married?’”
Snippets of the interview found their way online and started circulation on X, with users sharing their thoughts on Franklin’s viewpoints on Christianity.
Kirk Franklin seems to be in the news a lot these days. Recently his son came out as a bisexual