The freak speaks:
R&B singer Prince, who's now a Jehovah's Witness, indicates in a 'Talk of the Town' piece in The New Yorker that he agrees with the most anti-gay interpretations of the Bible:
"Recently, Prince hosted an executive who works for Philip Anschutz, the Christian businessman whose company owns the Staples Center. 'We started talking red and blue,' Prince said. 'People with money—money like that—are not affected by the stock market, and they’re not freaking out over anything. They’re just watching. So here’s how it is: you’ve got the Republicans, and basically they want to live according to this.' He pointed to a Bible. 'But there’s the problem of interpretation, and you’ve got some churches, some people, basically doing things and saying it comes from here, but it doesn’t. And then on the opposite end of the spectrum you’ve got blue, you’ve got the Democrats, and they’re, like, 'You can do whatever you want.' Gay marriage, whatever. But neither of them is right.' When asked about his perspective on social issues—gay marriage, abortion—Prince tapped his Bible and said, 'God came to earth and saw people sticking it wherever and doing it with whatever, and he just cleared it all out. He was, like, 'Enough.''"
Ok, musically speaking, Prince has been off of my radar for a while now. I'm not even sure which of his last albums I actually purchased (promos). His output over the last 15 years has been bland, bland, bland.
His personal life never really interested me. I just knew he was a difficult person and tried really hard to be an enigma.
Then this whole Jehovah's Witness deal came about. Showed how much of a freak he was.
I have no interest in supporting him ever again.
He's sucked for years and this is just further proof he won't be coming "back". Sad really. He was a GOD at one point!
Posted by: xolondon | November 18, 2008 at 07:02 PM