Well, here is the original article from the Independent:

"Does she ever struggle, I ask, to square her religion with the progressive, gay-friendly mores of the music industry? "Our church is gay-friendly," she responds, seeming suddenly energised. "Above all, God wanted us to love others. It's not about setting rules, or [saying] 'everyone has to be like me'. No. We're all different. That's what makes us special. We have to love each other and get on with each other." Then she offers a totally unexpected, unequivocal endorsement of gay marriage. "As a married person myself, I don't know what it's like to be told I can't marry somebody I love, and want to marry. I can't imagine how that must feel. I definitely think we should all have the right to love, and love publicly, the people that we want to love.""

"Then she offers a totally unexpected, unequivocal endorsement of gay marriage."

That's not a "unequivocal endorsement of gay marriage."

If you didn't know the context of the interview, someone could just as easily claim that Carrie Underwood was referring to interracial marriage, and a headline could have been written that she supports interracial marriage.

Sorry, she didn't say that she was in favor of anything except people being able to marry who they want. The Independent claims that she said that she is in favor of legal marriage for all, but that's not even close to what she said.

Gay advocates simply chose to run with that interpretation because it supports their agenda.

Underwood was just being politically correct and obviously didn't want to alienate any of her heterosexual or gay fans.

She said her church is gay friendly. Big whoop. I've been saying that most mega churches are very liberal and very-pro gay for some time now.

You want to know where "all the good Christians are" well just go to Underwood's church and most mega churches and they are all there.

But she never said she was misquoted or quoted out of context. She didn't say the article got it wrong.

As a witch, I have to sadly report some rocks have been thrown in my direction, generally by people wearing clothing of mixed fibers.

Mixed fibers? You mean like a poly-cotton blend? All kidding aside, if someone threw an actual or verbal rock at you for having other-than-xtian beliefs, I am sad to hear that. You seem like a nice, reasonable and pleasant person to me from your posts.

Verbal rocks and real rocks. Yep. By people holding bibles with their other hands.

Religion = tolerance, oh wait, nothing could be further from the truth.

That hypercritical way of living is one reason that I gravitated to Atheism and when I really investigated their ways I really had no choice if I wanted to remain open-minded and live my life as I saw fit.

"My one recollection of Christ's anger in the New Testament had nothing to do with gays - it was against money lenders. Given recent conduct on Wall Street, he likely had good reasons for his anger at them for bringing their business into the temples."

And there, folks, is the reason TPTB keep people's hate focused on contrived wedge issues. Yep, it was the money men that the master was pissed at/about. But the money men don't want us to dwell on that.

Jesus also said:

Matthew 5:17 “Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I have not come to abolish them but to fulfill them."

Your description of Christianity is erroneous - most Christians in the world are nothing like your description.

Your right, I have met some Christians that were not full of hate, not so you could tell. I do see however that 61% of North Carolinians oppose gay marriage. 84% of North Carolinians self identify as Christians. Almost 3 out of 4 Christians want this right denied to the G.L.B.T. community in N.C. It is the Christians who are responsible for the denial argument. How can other Christians say "Yes, it is an agenda of rights denial led by Christianity, but don't get angry with Christianity, 1 out of every 4 Christians are for gay rights".

It does not make any difference if some Christians don't agree with the message, it is predominantly a Christian message being expressed almost exclusively by Christian leaders and right wing politicians. I did go overboard, but how are we to take this Christian message. It's not about hatred, it's a question of morality? Please. The more Christianity tries to influence politics, especially in the negative way it has met this challenge, some people will just become more disillusioned and distrustful of religions.

Is denying rights to fellow human beings really where American Christianity wants to be in 2012? What if they succeed, who will need a morality adjustment next? Much more work to be done!

I have met many Christians who walk the walk. Xians, on the other hand.....

Consider: People can label themselves anything. Whether the labels are accurate or not is another matter. Why, there are a lot of congress critters who label themselves as conservatives who want to lower the deficit. The reality is they are radicals who don't really give a damn about the deficit, or they wouldn't be so opposed to raising taxes on the wealthiest individuals and corporations that are profitable while receiving a lot of various governmental funding help.

Labels. Schmables. If they walk like a vulture and talk like a vulture, they can call themselves humming birds and it doesn't change their smell.

Gotta agree with V there, those people are just calling themselves Xtians to fit in. There are not many in this world who can really walk the walk that Yeshua-ben-Yosef walked. Just for the record I am no longer a follower of the "lamb of god."

Just because they stand in a church for 2 hours a week does not make them christ-like. I can stand in my garage for 2 hours and I will not become a car, or even a mechanic.

Are those the same ones who blamed Clinton for making their children aware of oral sex?

Ha! Ya made me LoL! :) too true, too true!

well thanks for the fashion update there kenny....LOL!

""You can talk about anything, you just can't talk about something.""

That's a great quote! Agree!

And a great many are not. But then, I don't live in the US, so the many Christians I know are for the most part good people, open-minded and accepting of Gays, Muslims, Jews, etc.

thank you for choosing to use many and not all....

Or even "most..."

There are many Christians in the United States that are not angry bigots, the problem is that the ones who are loudest and get the most limelight are the ones who tend to be bigots and assholes and those are the ones who end up being the face of the whole because the rest do not usually put up enough of a commotion to distinguish themselves from the assholes.

An exception is the Westboro Baptist Church. They are extreme assholes and other Christians make a very big effort the not be associated with them.

Two female mormon missionaries were at my door today ... i think they were told to stay away from me ... they vanished so fast . They had been talking to my uneducated authoritarian neighbors ..... I think there is a real conflict ... they want to be the good guy , yet dictate life for others at the same time . Can't be a good guy , if you're NOT . They often point to a book of some sort . There are SO many different kinds of christians here . each one jostling for position and political power . I really get tired of it . Christianity is just a brand name . If they keep abusing it , it will not be salvageable .