CCM Singer Amy Grant, LBGTQ Icon, To Host Niece’s Same-Sex Wedding
She’s just another one on a long list that’s getting longer
Contemporary Christian Music icon Amy Grant, an artist who has sold over 30 million albums, won six Grammys and 26 GMA Dove awards, has been gay affirming for a long time. Though her position was always couched in just enough plausible deniability, she came out clearly last year, saying in a 2021 interview:
Who loves us more than the one who made us? None of us are a surprise to God. Nothing about who we are or what we’ve done. That’s why, to me, it’s so important to set a welcome table. Because I was invited to a table where someone said ‘Don’t be afraid, you’re loved.’ …Gay. Straight. It does not matter.”
“It doesn’t matter how we behave. It doesn’t matter how we’re wired. We’re all our best selves when we believe to our core, ‘I’m loved.’ And then our creativity flourishes. We’re like, ‘I’m gonna arrange flowers on your table and my table.’ When we’re loved, we’re brave enough to say yes to every good impulse that comes to us,
In a recent interview with the Washington Post, she explains that her and husband Vince Gill plan to host her nieces same-sex wedding on their farm, and she couldn’t be more excited:
Grant recalls her reaction when she learned her niece had come out: What a gift to our whole family to just widen the experience of our whole family.
“Honestly, from a faith perspective, I do always say, ‘Jesus, you just narrowed it down to two things: love God and love each other,’ ” Grant said. “I mean, hey — that’s pretty simple.”
Over the last three years, multiple bands and personalities have come out as Pro-LBGTQ, including Relient K, Jars of Clay, Switchfoot, Five Iron Frenzy, and Kevin Max. She’s just another one on a long list that’s getting longer.