It's time Christians read the bracelets they made so popular.

(TXOJ readers it's time, and I think you're prepared, for the first controversial blog. Please comment [anonymously for all I care] any disagreements/agreements/thoughts. Openness is KEY.)

Perezhilton.com reported that Azariah Southworth, a host for a fairly popular Christian youth show The Remix has come out and is OPENLY GAY. Southworth has been the host of the show that brings Christian music to the masses for over a year and now averages over 200,000 viewers weekly. Unfortunately, his job will probably be in question due to his sexual orientation.

I'm sorry, this guy seems pretty legit. I don't know where my religious beliefs are but I know my morals tell me that this is wrong. For a man with this many followers he has has done what my Younglife leaders preached me to do back in the day and that was spread the word of Christ. 

Southworth stated, “I know I will be cut off from many within the Christian community, and if so, then they didn’t get the point of the life of Christ. I believe by me living my life honestly and authentically now, I am able to be a better person and a better Christian. We all know there are so many other gay people in the Christian industry; they’re just all scared. I was scared, but now I’m no longer afraid."

Seriously, my heart goes out to this guy. To be ostracized in a community you have done so much for just because you were being honest with yourself and your followers is outrageous. People of the Christian community I hope you embrase this honest man with open arms and do as your God preaches, and that is to love unconditionally. Gays are God's children just as much as the next person, sinner or saint. 

On Southworth's MySpace page he mentions his desire of "Searching for truth and changing. I want to live out fully what Jesus commanded us to do, that is, love God, love your neighbor, and love yourself." 

Amen, brother. This man oozes honesty and I think anyone would be crazy to not listen to what he has to say (check out his MySpace). 

If people could once believe Joe Simpson (Here comes my inappropriateness. I'm itching for it.) a man who shamelessly pimps out his daughters, discusses how sexy his oldest's DD boobs are and is probably jealous he didn't get to knock up his youngest before Pete Wentz got to her, was a preacher...I think, we can tolerate--wait, that's a retarded word. It implies one is superior. Let me correct myself, we can love and admire an openly gay follower of Christ.

Southworth, if you get booted from your show, you go and make another. I will be Front Row Joe and support you completely. Preach on Honest man. You have faith and a fan in TXOJ.

I will leave you guys with one last thing. A question from one of Southworth's blogs titled "Right or Wrong":

"How do YOU define right and wrong?

If there was no Bible. How would we define right or wrong?"