Nigerian gay pastor and founder of banned House of Rainbow, Jide Macaulay, has said that the Bible condemned homosexuality because it does not understand it.
According to him, the true full meaning of GAY is ”God Adores You, God Accepts You, God Anoints You and God Assured You ”
In an interview with ‘The Huffington Post’, Macaulay, who was born and raised in Nigeria but is now based in England, said, ”Being a black gay man is never easy. My journey and education started at home. I was raised in a conservative Nigerian Christian Home and it was also around the time I also discovered the bible text on Homosexuality, particularly in Leviticus.
“I struggled with it at the time but it took me years later for me to reverse the biblical or theological misunderstanding of who I am and what the bible says. The challenge for me is being able to communicate my feelings to my parents and also to my siblings. It did not happen until years later. ” he said
”Over the years, Gay has become powerful for me and as a person of faith, I believe that Gay means God Accepts You, God Adores You, God Anoints You and God Assured You.”
The 54-year-old was ordained an Anglican priest by the Church of England last year. He recalled how his marriage to a woman broke up due to his innate connection to homosexuality:
“My mental state during the time of my separation and divorce obviously over the fact that I had just come out as gay at the time, it was very difficult. And also as a black man in England, it was very difficult because at the time I didn’t know many people who were black and gay and also Christians and quite proud about being a person of faith and their sexuality.”
