Carrie Underwood: Country queen speaks out for gay marriage,but how will conservative fans take it?

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Christian singer Carrie Underwood risks wrath of the faithful with backing for equal rights for homosexuals.

She is the musical darling of American conservatives: a God-fearing farm girl from Oklahoma who became a music phenomenon on the back of wholesome hit records about faith, family and the greatness of the United States.

Until now, that is. In a development that will doubtless outrage her many fans on the religious right, the nation's most popular country singer, Carrie Underwood, has come out vehemently in favour 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," she said. "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."

The endorsement, in an interview with The Independent, puts Underwood in the line of fire of one of America's most divisive social debates. Barack Obama recently endorsed same-sex unions, indicating that he wishes to make the subject a key talking point in the forthcoming presidential election.
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This will be interesting. She has a huge country fan base.
Carrie has always been a talented singer who is warm and approachable. I've always liked her.

I wonder if somebody will try to make her walk this back or if she will stick to what she said. Hope she sticks!

[riverbendviewgal]

1. awesome

I am not a huge country western fan but I am going to buy her latest album.....I got goose bumps and a happy heart when I read this. She has got guts...Let's see if some of her fans do the same thing to her as they did to the Dixie Chicks.

[KT2000]

2. Don't know if I would

put her in the category of Christian singer as this article has done. She has done some kisk-ass songs about tough women that the "faithful" might disagree with.

Hope she sticks too and have as feeling she will/