Jesus Loves You (Even If You’re Gay)

The Texas Baptist Convention expelled Austin’s University Baptist Church, for the sin of ordaining a gay deacon. Five decades earlier, the same church had been expelled for having African-American members. That’s what happens when you take the words of Jesus seriously.

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Jesus loves you, even if you’re gay.
You’re s’posed to love your neighbor, any old way.
If you’re a Homo sapiens, you’ll be okay,
‘Cause Jesus, he loves you, even if you’re gay.

In the heart of Texas is a house of the Lord,
Where freedom of worship is more than a word.
They don’t go asking, “Who do you love?”
If you love Jesus, it’s more than enough.
They’re saying,

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Now some good Baptists want them expelled.
They say gays and lesbians are going to Hell.
So the holy fathers are taking a stand:
They say, you can’t be a Christian and love your fellow man.

It’s the same old story, but I still think it’s odd,
When people are bigots and blame it on God.
It once was black folks who met the same fate.
I say, Jesus loves you, whether you’re gay or you’re straight.
Let me hear it now,

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Words and music © 1998 by Steve Brooks and Frog Records
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