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Miley Cyrus Explains Why She Got Gay Marriage Tattoo, Responds To Backlash

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12:18 am, February 4th, 2012

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Last summer, when Miley Cyrus revealed a new tattoo – an equal sign on her finger that represents her belief that “All LOVE Is Equal” – she faced a fierce backlash from the anti-gay community.

Now, in a first-person piece she penned for Glamour, the singer explains why she chose to get the ink, her reaction to the controversy it caused and why she’s pro gay-marriage.

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She writes, “When I shared a picture of my tattoo on my Twitter page and said, ‘All LOVE is equal,’ a lot of people mocked me—they said, ‘What happened to you? You used to be a Christian girl!’ And I said, ‘Well, if you were a true Christian, you would have your facts straight. Christianity is about love.’”

“The debate resulted in a lot of threats and hate mail to people who agreed and disagreed with me. At one point I had to say, ‘Dude, everyone lay off.’ Can’t people have friendly debates about sensitive topics without it turning into unnecessary threats?” she continues.

Cyrus goes on to write that she believes “every American should be allowed the same rights and civil liberties.”

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“Without legalized same-sex marriage, most of the time you cannot share the same health benefits, you are not considered next of kin and you are not granted the same securities as a heterosexual couple,” she explains. “How is this different than having someone sit in the back of the bus because of their skin color?”

The singer notes that her dad Billy Ray Cyrus “is a real man’s man, lives on the farm and is as Southern and straight as they come. He loves my gay friends and even supports same-sex marriage. If my father can do it, anyone can.”

“This is America, the nation of dreams. We’re so proud of that. And yet certain people are excluded. It’s just not right,” she concludes.

What do you think of Cyrus’ comments?

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  • fakerbuster

    couldn’t agree more with Miley , she is right, true Christianity is about LOVE , very Simple, and supporting equal right for everyone specially the gay lesbian bisexual and transgender community is the best way to prove you truly understand the meaning of Love , not man’s religious rules

  • Mama2Jude1112

    I am in total agreement with Miley. I loved what she had to say about even get dad being pro same sex marriage.

  • French Flies

    I’m going to walk you through this, GC. Gently, of course.

    Anti-gay marriage is not necessarily the same as “anti-gay”. That is like saying that anti-abortion advocates are “anti-women”. People who want to retain traditional marriages do not automatically despise all homosexuals. I found your characterization of those who obviously disagree with the writer of the article to be ignorant and intolerant.

    As for myself, I would like to see gay marriage legalized. I simply am tolerant enough to try to understand the other side of the debate.

  • Guest

    Anti-abortion advocates ARE anti-women.

  • http://twitter.com/aimzers84 Aimzers84

    Wow. I just gained a little bit of respect for her….

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_XRFXDPRS5L65V5YGFTJIMTYKZI brittany s

    Okay you are bringing up totally different topics that don’t even compare to one another. People that are against gay marriage are opposed to the idea because they are against gay couples. They do not agree with same sex couples being constituted under marriage. That would be like me saying I don’t have a problem with gay couples but they shouldn’t be able to get married and be afforded the same rights as everyone else because only straight “traditional” couples should be married. I have NEVER once heard of someone opposed to gay marriage yet supports gay couples. If you supported gay couples then you wouldn’t care whether or not they get married.

    People should be allowed to marry the person they love. Gender is just that, a word to define a person’s by their features/characteristics and differentiate them from others. It has nothing to do with marriage period.

    Second, people that are opposed to abortion are against women having their own rights. Some may say that is being anti-woman. The same message goes, if you cared about and respected women then you would respect that they have a right to do what they want with their body because it is their body. I don’t agree with abortion, however I would never take that right away from a women or disrespect her because of a choice she made. It is not about agreeing with people it is respecting that they have a choice and although your opinion may be different, it isn’t your life and your choice. I don’t mean that directed at you, I mean that to be directed at people trying to tell other people who and who they can’t marry. It is absurd. Love and respect everyone’s choices. That is what makes American great!

  • herpderp

    For those reading GC’s article, go ahead and click the link to the full Glamour article. There’s just something about reading the whole thing in its entirety that lends to her message more than the provided quotes ever could. No offense, of course.

  • Lacatro

    I agree with you. A lot of what she says and does makes me shake my head. But this time she got it right.

  • Anonymous

    Ahhh i used to dislike her so much just because she’s over rated… but i think i’m starting to like her as a person. she’s a real person who actually understands what gay people are going through, she actually understands her religion. as a catholic i don’t care whether the people i interact with is gay or not gay, all i know is that they are real human beings! a lot of people need to stop being judgmental i believe that only GOD has the right to criticize a person but he is so perfect that he doesn’t judge anyone. Christianity is about love and accepting everyone whether its based on race, or sexuality. GO GURL you are a real inspiration to younger fans :)

    oh and btw i thought that the united states is a free country… if it is then why is gay marriage not allowed is almost every single states? if the “minorities” in the united states were able to get their freedom of some sort, i hope sooner or later that the united states realize that they are stupid and that they need to legalize same sex marriage.

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_VK7U6RFTAUIPW2JR2NGPBP2IYA super

    Is Jane Roe anti-woman? You know the woman that set in motion a chain of events that lead to legal abortions??? Well guess what??? Shes now Against Abortion. Too bad the media almost never mentions that fact on the anniversary of the Roe Vs wade decision each year.

  • Laarni

    Well, pardon me for sticking to my belief. I am against gay marriage, because it is an abomination, and it should not be sanctioned. But I believe in EQUALITY. Gay union should be treated as common law and afforded all the benefits that a heteresexual union has, whether it be pensions, employment benefits, health care, etc. All rights should be accorded to them as a couple.

  • I_forgot

    Wow I sure would love to read the bible you read….

    Mine says god is the judge and lawmaker and that he is unchanging….

    It also says he made all things and therefore has the right to say what is acceptable to him and what is not… Homosexuality is one of those things that is not.

    Does the bible say god hates homosexuals? No. It says he hates what they do. It’s called self control… But no one in this world seems to know what that is anymore.

    But Miley is right, her religion does teach love and tolerance…. It just doesn’t reach anything else that is true or that actually comes from the bible….

  • http://twitter.com/nirvanaman_1985 sam

    its nice that she believes that beastiality and paedophilia is right, oh wait … :P

  • Megan

    the bible was written by man well after the events and many parts were changed and omitted to reflect the current time so technically you have no idea what god wants or accepts you just go by some book written by a bunch of men

  • Megan

    oh and when the bible was translated it was translated from old hebrew and it was translated by people who couldnt read old hebrew so they just took their best guess on what it said

  • KJO

    THANK YOU!!!!! You said it perfectly :)

  • Dorothy

    well said

  • Mercy Manson

    Did she get that tat in prison???

  • http://twitter.com/Nathiest Nathiest

    I think… Miley should come out. () Word!!!

  • Chris R

    Agree or not…if we are all very quiet maybe this overrated bimbo will go away. Now…shhhhhhh.

  • Chris R

    LOL. This is great. Because someone believes extinguishing a human life is unacceptable they are anti-woman. Get real.

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  • Anonymous

    I as well have read the Bible and the same book (Leviticus) that says homosexuality is against God. Have you bothered to read beyond that one verse?

    It also says that you are required to stone your child if they curse at you (Leviticus 20:9), adulterers must be put to death (Leviticus 20:10), strangers should be welcome and seen as one that is born among you (Leviticus 19:34), and you should not spread gossip (Leviticus 19;16), oh and my favorite a man is not allowed to lay with a woman during her cycle (Leviticus 20:18).

    Based on these few passages, God wants me to stone teenagers to death, kill anyone who cheats, dissolve the Department of Immigration, stop reading this website, and kick my hubby out of the house for five days a month.

    There are a number of other things that are questionable, but I don’t want to take up the whole page.

    Oh FYI, you just being here reading this site is an affront to God.

  • Kaitlyn

    Or anti murder…..
    it is interesting that you assume that wome whn don’t want 2 murduer their child hate all women. I would hate to have to live with your narrow minded, murder loving self.
    I supprt equal rights for all men wome children homosexuals heterosexuals transgender bisexual black white asian christain jewish muslim atheist, you name it I support their rights the most fundamental of which is life!!

  • Kaitlyn

    Perhaps things are not to be taken 100% literally
    dont tolerate a teenagers disrespect perhaps take the car or computer, or ground them
    harsh punishment for adultery
    welcome immigrants to the community and don’t discriminate
    don’t run around saying thins about people that aren’t true (and this site stops not spreads gossip)
    Don’t do “it” with your husband for 5 days a month, certainly you can physically be in the same bed.!
    Now none of that sounds illogical, does it?
    *rolls eyes*
    Also, the bible isn’t against homosexuals it just says that men can’t do it with men, not that they can’t be together or be married. Technically that is reserved exclusively for procreation so that wolus stand to reason.
    please be informed before you speak, spewing bs like you just did is gossip, which by the way is wrong€

  • I_forgot

    Firstly laying with means having sex during the cycle, not just in the same bed. And FYI that law had to do with hygiene…. Unless you think that the ancient Israelites had the facilities that we do….

    Second if you would bother to read the whole bible and not just Leviticus you would know that with Jesus’s death and resurrection came a new covenant. The laws in the old testament were specifically for the Jews who rejected Jesus, which opened up the way for gentiles (anyone not a Jew) to be saved….

    Now let’s just suppose for one second that Jesus is the son of god…. That would mean he would have to know a lot about him right?

    Jesus also mentioned things that were detestable to god, ong which was men who lay down with men… And again, that doesn’t just mean sharing a bunk….

  • Anonymous

    I think you misinterpreted my point. Which was that while there might be things written in the Bible maybe some of those things should be taken with a grain of salt and not literally. I do not believe that children should be killed or that I need to kick my husband out of the house for 5 days a month. I was only saying that for those people who are using the Bible to make their point about homosexuality and gay marriage are they also obeying the other tenants from the same book that they are quoting.

  • I_forgot

    No, when those laws were written they were taken very litterally. As I said, those laws were for the jews specifically. When the new covenant was ushered in the principles behind the laws did not change, only the swiftness of the punishment. Now we dont have to answer to the jewish priests we answer directly to god.

    And disrespecting parents happens at all ages….ever heard of elderly abuse?

    And the bible also says that god instituted the first marriage between a man and a woman…. Marriage was also a law or do people forget that as easily as the get a divorce these days?

  • Yeah

    Oh wow rolls eyes..

  • Kjuice123

    She really pulled the race card really miley

  • Kelly32009

    why are these stupid work at home earn a lot of money adds on every site please stop the scam no one cares

  • Kem

    Wait, there is no book of Jesus in the bible, so you are assuming this is what Jesus and God wanted. Assuming isn’t fact, nor fiction, but it is based off of something someone had once said about the whole thing a very, very long time ago, and there is no actual way of proving it to be fact or fiction, causing everything in the bible to be a rumour until proven otherwise. So until Jesus comes back and confirms every single thing written of him to be true you currently gossiping.

  • Brittanica

    why don’t they just bring in something that has all the benefits of marriage but isn’t called marriage… or isn’t done in a church. I don’t feel that the majority of people want gay people to not have the financial benefits, it more has to do with marriage being sacred. people who get prenups and the like aren’t treating marriage as sacred either but that is a whole other conversation. and i think gay people can get common law, which has a lot benefits too so atleast that is some acknowledgment and a step in the right direction.

  • http://www.facebook.com/takakupo Joshua Kaanaana

    You don’t realize the feelings of the woman going through the procedure. They are attached to that baby and to give it up is not an easy or frivolous pursuit. They know that one just like it will never be bared again. They know that missing this baby will effect them. They also know that the reasons behind getting the procedure that outweigh having the child. These are things that you or I or no one else knows and why a woman MUST have a choice in what she does with her own body and her own life.

  • Jennifer

    It’s about inflicting one’s own beliefs and making choices for OTHER PEOPLE. People who are not in a situation and not affected can’t know the realities of another person’s life and should BUTT OUT. A woman has the right to make her own personal health choices – not a choice I would make – but hers to make, nevertheless. Gay people are PEOPLE. Discriminating against a group of Americans because of choices they make within the confines of their own bedrooms, because of sexual preference that does not affect anyone but them? Unconstitutional. Marriage is a man-made institution, btw. I find it annoying that so many so-called Christians are so judgemental and in people’s faces about things that are none of their business. MYOB.

  • Crazydaysandnights

    Marriage is sacred? Yeah, and Kim Kardashian actually didn’t enter a publicity marriage with Kris Humphries.

  • Neenee050808

    Ok, as much as I love Miley, I totally disagee. To be a Christian is to be Christ like. If ppl would read His Word instead of making their own judgment of what is right va what is wrong, there’d be no confusion. First of all, God IS love. With that said, He requires certain things. One is to not live in sin. And His Word says that man shall not lay with man (homosexuality); it is an obomination. It is sin. This doesn’t mean that God doesn’t love the person. But let me remind you that NO SIN SHALL ENTER TH KINGDOM OF GOD. Agree with me or not, ultimately we will all be judged by Almighty God. There were no gay couples represented in biblical times…..because they would have stoned you. Our society has become more tolerant of sin. And some wonder why the United States of America is in the shape we’re in….? One word, SIN!

  • I_forgot

    It really doesn’t matter. We can tell these people this but they have the right to choose what they want to believe. Soon the governments will turn against Christianity and its most Christians won’t even care because they so many have picked and chosen the bits they want to believe anyway.

    And when they face judgement they won’t be able to say “but we didn’t know!!”

  • VANESSADUNCAN85

    Fornicators, adulters, liars and theives arent to enter the kingdom of heaven also…… No one mentions that part!!! Jesus says if you fornicate, commit adultary, etc in your heart it is the SAME as committing the sin! Therefore, no one will EVER enter the kingdom of heaven!

  • Emily

    Our Blessed Mother says Satan will come out of Hell and be in human form and pretend to be the pope. This is not a joke people! Hell is literally going to break loose if we don’t change our ways. Time is running! Out repent for your sins, and pray for those that don’t have anybody to pray for them.

  • Staceykim

    Punctuation and Spell Check are your friends…..

  • Girmeyou

    ok, that’s b.s. there is this thing called an all loving God who FORGIVES people there sins. so saying that no one will ever enter heaven is not true. if you were being sarcastic it was completely lost on me…

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Diane-Martinez/690992464 Diane Martinez

    I do not agree withthe re-defintion of marriage however I do believe that civil unions should provide the same benefits as those provided to a married hetrosexual couple. Also, Americans have to remeber that the FIRST AMENDMENT gives all of us the freedom of speech. It means we should all be able to express our opinions without being threatend or cursed at, etc! Come on people, a little respect & civility.
    Have a good evening!

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