{"id":13985,"date":"2019-02-12T10:46:42","date_gmt":"2019-02-12T15:46:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/idolchatter\/?p=13985"},"modified":"2019-02-12T10:46:42","modified_gmt":"2019-02-12T15:46:42","slug":"ellen-page-accuses-chris-pratt-supporting-anti-lgbtq-church","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/idolchatter\/2019\/02\/ellen-page-accuses-chris-pratt-supporting-anti-lgbtq-church.html","title":{"rendered":"Ellen Page Accuses Chris Pratt of Supporting an Anti-LGBTQ Church"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_13986\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-13986\" style=\"width: 700px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/87\/2019\/02\/ellenpagechrispratt.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13986\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/87\/2019\/02\/ellenpagechrispratt.jpg\" alt=\"GabboT-Flickr\/Gage Skidmore-WikiCommons\" width=\"700\" height=\"425\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-13986\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">GabboT-Flickr\/Gage Skidmore-WikiCommons<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Christian actor Chris Pratt is responding to Ellen Page\u2019s claim that Hillsong Church, to which he belongs, is anti-LGBTQ.<\/p>\n<p>Page made the remarks initially in a tweet after Pratt spoke about being a member of the church on \u201cThe Late Show&#8221; recently.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Oh. K. Um. But his church is infamously anti lgbtq so maybe address that too? <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/meg8m69FeF\">https:\/\/t.co\/meg8m69FeF<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Ellen Page (@EllenPage) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/EllenPage\/status\/1093771718966083584?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 8, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>She emphasized that there\u2019s no excuse for anyone patronizing an organization that hates.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\"><p>\nIf you are a famous actor and you belong to an organization that hates a certain group of people, don\u2019t be surprised if someone simply wonders why it\u2019s not addressed. Being anti LGBTQ is wrong, there aren\u2019t two sides. The damage it causes is severe. Full stop. Sending love to all<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Ellen Page (@EllenPage) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/EllenPage\/status\/1094312917653168129?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 9, 2019<\/a>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>While Pratt doesn\u2019t agree with Page\u2019s attack on his church, he did acknowledge that he doesn\u2019t speak for the Church.<\/p>\n<p>Pratt responded directly to Page\u2019s tweets calling Hillsong Church \u201canti-LGBTQ.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In a post on his Instagram story, Pratt says this couldn\u2019t be further from the truth, sharing that Hillsong Church opens its doors to \u201cabsolutely everyone.\u201d He said that although the Bible teaches divorce is wrong, Hillsong walked with him through it, never judging him.<\/p>\n<p>According to TMZ, Hillsong\u2019s Senior Pastor, Brian Houston said in 2015\u2026\u201dWe do not affirm a gay lifestyle and because of this we do not knowingly have actively gay people in positions of leadership, either paid or unpaid.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>While Pratt didn\u2019t address Houston\u2019s comment he did say, \u201cNo church defines me or my life, and I am not a spokesman for any church or any group of people.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Christian actor Chris Pratt is responding to Ellen Page\u2019s claim that Hillsong Church, to which he belongs, is anti-LGBTQ. Page made the remarks initially in a tweet after Pratt spoke about being a member of the church on \u201cThe Late Show&#8221; recently. Oh. K. Um. 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