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“I would ask every man and every woman who’s had the blessing of having children, ‘Would you deny your son or your daughter the ecstasy of finding someone to love?’ Angelou told Times’ reporter Jeremy W. Peters.

And in 2009 while New York State was still dragging its foot on marriage equality Angelou called three state senators insisting they back the bill. In the Times interview that same year she told Peters,”

“To love someone takes a lot of courage. So how much more is one challenged when the love is of the same sex and the laws say, ‘I forbid you from loving this person’?

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“The American people are making a mockery of this death because they are treating Angelou like she was their best friend,” Rebecca Phelps-Davis, a church spokeswoman for Westboro, told the press that came from all over the country. “Maya Angelou had a platform that she never used to glorify God. Same-sex marriage will destroy America.”

y is itt da a group dat stronglee protest homosexualitee ann homophiles being branded a hate group by da media ann peeps woo advocated fe homosexuality ar affended by being label as fag enablers?

wat de westboro baptist church iss doinn wat maya didd. maya used ar platform to advocate fe causes shi believed inn ann dat juss wat de westboro baptist peeps ar doinn by advocating for their beliefs.

y iss da homosexuals inn da media tryinn fe censor peeps free speech rites by labelinn itt as hate?

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Queen Ifrica - Freedom Of Speech

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'I SPOKE FOR WHAT I BELIEVED IN' - Queen Ifrica defends Grand Gala performance after JFLAG backlash


Reggae recording artiste Queen Ifrica has defended herself against statements made in a press release by the The Jamaica Forum of Lesbians, All-Sexuals and Gays (JFLAG) in which they expressed disappointment over anti-gay statements she said at the Grand Gala on Tuesday.

During Queen Ifrica's performance, statements glorifying male straightness, heterosexual marriage and the legalisation of marijuana were among those addressed during her set on stage.

The group stated in the release that her sentiments are an example of the constant prejudice that is being allowed to take prominence on the national stage. They also stated that the remarks she made bears some resemblance to statements fellow reggae recording artiste Tony Rebel made at the same event last year.

In responding to the statement issued by the lobby group, Queen Ifrica explained that she merely expressed what she had believed in, and that it was unfair for them to make her into a villain.

"Like myself, I think they are exercising their right to speak for what they believe in. However, I think it is unfair for them to incriminate me when there is no incrimination there. I simply spoke for what I believed in. They should simply speak from what they believe in but not try to tarnish my character in the process," she said.

"I never caused the beheading of anyone. If I did then there would be a problem. Until a member of the gay community can give birth from their union they should not be abrasive to heterosexuals, because they came from that union," she said.

Executive Director of J-FLAG, Dane Lewis, expressed that the use of the word 'vitriolic' in the release to describe Tony Rebel's sentiments last year was harsh but the group stood by their comments, noting Queen Ifrica's statements to be inappropriate and devoid of diplomacy.

Tony Rebel also weighed in on the matter, stating that what Queen Ifrica said was not inappropriate nor was it offensive.

"It was not offensive, it was not, it was kindly put together. She could have said it a million different ways. It was very kind," he said.