Aretha Franklin's Family says pastor's eulogy was offensive
Eulogist Rev. Jasper Williams Jr., was criticized for a political address at the Friday funeral that described children being in a home without a father was as "abortion after birth" and stated that "Black lives do not matter unless blacks stop killing each other."After that statement, Singer Stevie Wonder yelled out "black lives matter". Williams even said "there are not fathers in the home no more" and said that a black woman cannot raise a black boy to become a man. Many suggested that was disrespectful of Aretha Franklin, a single mother of four boys.
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It seems like many controversies have surrounded Aretha Franklin's funeral. First Ariana Grande and the pastor, Ariana Grande's dress, and now an offensive eulogy.
ReplyDeleteI think it’s sad this day was suppose to honor a icon there are people at her funeral who are being disrespectful and ruining that day.
ReplyDeleteI don’t understand why someone would have the audacity to say that anyway. Let alone at the funeral of an African American woman that made a HUGE difference in the world. I think Stevie was rightful in his response, and this supposed “eulogist” comes back with even more disrespectful hurtful words. No Sir. ~ Mekinna Knight
ReplyDeleteI think it is incredibly horrifying that someone feels that a funeral for such an esteemed woman is the place to make such politically charged comments. Can this man please learn some respect, or at least the meaning of "time and place?"
ReplyDeleteWhile his heart might have been in the right place, he certainly choose the wrong way to go about it. Aretha Franklin was a hero in our society, and her funeral wasn’t the time or place to get attention for yourself.
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It is disheartening to see people, like the pastor, who has a voice and a considerable amount of power, saying such harsh things. It goes to show how a lot of people still have twisted views.
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