KIRK FRANKLIN has called out homophobic attitudes in the church and said that it has “nothing to do with the Bible.”

The award-winning gospel singer made the comments during an interview on US radio show Sirius XM as he promoted his new podcast.

Franklin told the show that black and LGBTQIA+ people are not monolithic and that they “do not think the same, do not process the same.”

He also said that the Bible should be not be weaponised as a cover up for people’s own homophobic beliefs.

“It’s that you have some LGBTQIA+ people that make decisions like I have some close gay friends who make decisions based on their interpretation of the Bible, and they live out their lives based on whether celibacy, or whatever they choose to do, and they should have the right to do that,” he said.

“A lot of people that maybe profess Christianity, they have views that are not even bibliocentric. It’s their personal views that they do not understand, sometimes maybe the biology of homosexuality, and so they want to find a scripture to try to justify their own homophobic views.”

Franklin also condemned these attitudes as not a representation of practising love and the gospel in the church.

He also weighed in on some white evangelical churches not considering racism and slavery a sin, despite biblical messaging.

He said: “So, we have to stop majoring in the areas that God says that we minor in. The majors are the areas of our heart that need to change, the lack of compassion and empathy for our brothers and sisters does not reflect what God is, and who he is, and the messages that his son taught to us.”