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The popularity over the last year or so, she found a lot of success in the mainstream

as well. This has not sat well with some, maybe many of her Christian fans. Then, Degel

went on Ellen a couple of weeks ago. The criticisms from many fans were ramped up even more

because she appeared on Ellen. The woman was basically been ripped to shreds for how

she dresses, for the shows that she appears on, for the way she speaks and so on. Some

people have even apparently watched her on TV giving interviews. They've counted,

they kept track. I guess they have a notepad. They're keeping track of the number of times

that she says the word Jesus. She doesn't say it enough. They've decided so that she's

been criticized for that. That was all leading up to this week. I've been on the record saying

and I'm not, you know, Lauren Degel is, it's not my kind of music, so I'm not really

a fan. I can't call myself a fan of hers. I think she's a good singer, but just not my

type of music. I have noticed some of these criticisms, especially around when she appeared

on Ellen and I've been on the record saying that I think a lot of that is just petty and

it's kind of embarrassing for Christians. It makes us look, it just makes us look petty

and ridiculous. But then this week she was interviewed on a radio show and she was asked

straight up whether she thinks homosexuality is a sin. This was the answer she gave. She

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