Amy Grant receives Kennedy Center Honors, will host same-sex wedding
The Daily Article
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🗓️ 28 December 2022
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Summary
In a televised special tonight, Amy Grant will become the first contemporary Christian music star to be recognized at the Kennedy Center Honors. However, she is also in the news today in that she and her husband, Vince Gill, are planning to host her niece’s same-sex wedding at their farm, which will be her family’s “first bride and bride” nuptials.
Author: Jim Denison, PhD
Narrator: Chris Elkins
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| 0:00.0 | It's Wednesday, December the 28th, 2022, and this is the Daily Article podcast. I'm Chris Elkins |
| 0:10.8 | with the Denison Forum, narrating today's article written by Dr. Jim Denison. In a televised special |
| 0:16.7 | tonight, Amy Grant will become the first contemporary Christian music star to be recognized at the |
| 0:22.5 | Kennedy Center honors. This distinction is well deserved. Her total career album sales have exceeded |
| 0:28.9 | 30 million with over one billion global streams. She has received six Grammy Awards and 26 |
| 0:36.7 | Dove Awards, including four Artist of the Year awards. |
| 0:41.1 | I have followed her career since it began and have been grateful for the way she brought contemporary Christian music to the attention of the larger audience. |
| 0:49.8 | However, she is also in the news today for a less positive reason. |
| 0:53.9 | She told the Washington Post that she and her husband, Vince Gill, are planning to host her niece's same-sex wedding at their farm, |
| 1:01.5 | which will be her family's first bride-and-bride nuptials. |
| 1:05.8 | She explained, honestly, from a faith perspective, I do always say, Jesus, you narrowed it down to two things. |
| 1:14.3 | Love God and love each other. I mean, hey, that's pretty simple. |
| 1:19.1 | In other news, thousands of flights have been canceled this week as a major storm has stranded travelers around the country. |
| 1:26.3 | A doctor who has practiced for three decades in China says he has never seen anything |
| 1:32.3 | like the crisis confronting the nation as the COVID-19 pandemic is overwhelming their hospitals. |
| 1:38.3 | And the United Nations is warning that nuclear war is back within the realm of possibility. |
| 1:45.1 | Russian state television announced that the Pentagon, Camp David, Jim Creek Naval Radio Station |
| 1:51.7 | in Washington, Fort Ritchie in Maryland, and McClellan Air Force Base in California would |
| 1:57.6 | be their first targets. These disparate stories illustrate a common theme when I will explain by illustration. |
| 2:05.3 | According to Amy Grant, we are to love each other, a biblical command that, in her view, includes |
| 2:11.9 | same-sex marriage. |
| 2:13.2 | Her position is more or less relevant to you, depending on whether, like her, you care for someone |
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