{"id":2451879,"date":"2025-06-25T14:02:46","date_gmt":"2025-06-25T18:02:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/lgbt-pride-concert-held-at-trumps-kennedy-center-weeks-after-christian-official-was-fired-for-biblical-beliefs\/"},"modified":"2025-06-25T14:05:13","modified_gmt":"2025-06-25T18:05:13","slug":"lgbt-pride-concert-held-at-trumps-kennedy-center-weeks-after-christian-official-was-fired-for-biblical-beliefs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/lgbt-pride-concert-held-at-trumps-kennedy-center-weeks-after-christian-official-was-fired-for-biblical-beliefs\/","title":{"rendered":"LGBT Pride Concert Held at Trump&#8217;s Kennedy Center Weeks After Christian Official Was Fired for Biblical Beliefs"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">34<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Flgbt-pride-concert-held-at-trumps-kennedy-center-weeks-after-christian-official-was-fired-for-biblical-beliefs%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2451879&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The article discusses a recent event at the kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, where a &#8220;Love Is Love&#8221; concert celebrating LGBTQ+ pride was held shortly after the dismissal of a Christian executive due to his beliefs about homosexuality. The concert, organized by Democratic Senator John Hickenlooper and Broadway producer Jeffrey Seller, featured performances by artists including Javier Mu\u00f1oz and Andrew Lippa, and served as a protest against the leadership of Richard Grenell, who was appointed by President Trump. Despite Grenell&#8217;s stated commitment to welcome all voices, his management saw the firing of Floyd Brown over past comments reflecting traditional Christian views on marriage. This situation has sparked controversy over accusations of hypocrisy regarding the treatment of differing viewpoints within the arts community.The concert represents a <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >broader cultural clash<\/a> around LGBTQ+ rights and conservative beliefs in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/backlash-against-disney-grows-after-liberal-actor-in-show-with-gina-carano-made-similar-posts-still-has-job\/\" title=\"Backlash Against Disney Grows After Liberal Actor In Show With Gina Carano Made Similar Posts, Still Has Job\">current political climate<\/a>.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_0)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_2)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>Just weeks after the Kennedy Center fired a member of its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/embattled-stacey-abrams-group-could-be-fined-for-missing-financial-disclosure-it-doesnt-seem-to-care\/\" title=\"Embattled Stacey Abrams Group Could Be Fined according to Missing Financial Disclosure. It Doesn no Seem To Care.\">leadership team due<\/a> to his Christian beliefs regarding homosexuality, the venue permitted a LGBT &ldquo;pride&rdquo; concert to take place.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/06\/23\/arts\/music\/kennedy-center-pride-concert.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The New York Times<\/a> reported that &ldquo;five Democratic senators staged a gay pride concert at a small theater at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts on Monday night as a form of symbolic protest against President Trump&rsquo;s takeover of the institution.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Those who participated included Broadway artists like Javier Mu&ntilde;oz, a &ldquo;Hamilton&rdquo; alum who sang &ldquo;Satisfied&rdquo; from the musical, and composer Andrew Lippa, who performed the song &ldquo;I Am Harvey Milk&rdquo; alongside the Gay Men&rsquo;s Chorus of Washington.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The 90-minute concert was called &lsquo;Love Is Love,&rsquo; a slogan used by the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/progressives-capture-the-rainbow-flag-for-transgender-politics\/\" title=\"Progressives Capture the Rainbow Flag for Transgender Politics\">gay rights movement<\/a> and quoted by the &lsquo;Hamilton&rsquo; creator Lin-Manuel Miranda when his show won at the Tony Awards in 2016,&rdquo; the Times noted.<\/p>\n<p>Jeffrey Seller, the lead producer of &ldquo;Hamilton,&rdquo; put together Monday&rsquo;s Kennedy Center show at the invitation of Democratic Sen. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/ap-hot-mess-hickenlooper-stumbles-democratic-primary\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">John Hickenlooper<\/a> of Colorado.<\/p>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"stnvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} else { \t\t\t\tdocument.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\", function() { \t\t\t\t\tfunction loadScript(src) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst script=document.createElement(\"script\"); \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.src=src; \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.async=true; \t\t\t\t\t\tdocument.body.appendChild(script); \t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\tfunction findPreviousParagraph(selector, x) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst targetElement=document.querySelector(selector); \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!targetElement) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.warn(\"Target element not found.\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\treturn null; \t\t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Get all <\/p>\n<p> elements in order as they appear in the document \t\t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphs=Array.from(document.querySelectorAll(\"p\"));  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Find the index of the last <\/p>\n<p> before the target element \t\t\t\t\t\tlet targetIndex=paragraphs.findIndex(p=> p.compareDocumentPosition(targetElement) & Node.DOCUMENT_POSITION_PRECEDING);  \t\t\t\t\t\tif (targetIndex===-1 || targetIndex <x) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.warn(\"Not enough paragraphs before the target element.\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\treturn null; \t\t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\treturn paragraphs[targetIndex - x]; \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Set up IntersectionObserver \t\t\t\t\tfunction observeElement(element) { \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!element) return;  \t\t\t\t\t\tconst observer=new IntersectionObserver( \t\t\t\t\t\t\t(entries)=> { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tentries.forEach(entry=> { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tif (entry.isIntersecting) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.log(\"Paragraph is now visible:\", entry.target.textContent.trim()); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tloadScript(\"https:\/\/embed.sendtonews.com\/player3\/embedcode.js?fk=s28Az7AY\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.disconnect(); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t}, \t\t\t\t\t\t\t{ threshold: 0.5 } \/\/ Adjust threshold as needed \t\t\t\t\t\t);  \t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.observe(element); \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Find the 1st paragraph before #stnvideo and observe it \t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphToObserve=findPreviousParagraph(\"#stnvideo\", 2); \t\t\t\t\tobserveElement(paragraphToObserve); \t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Mr. Hickenlooper reached out to Mr. Seller a few weeks ago, asking if he wanted to engage in some &lsquo;guerrilla theater,&rsquo; Mr. Seller said in an interview before the event. It was meant, Mr. Seller said, &lsquo;to celebrate gay characters, gay culture, gay music and gay pride,&rsquo;&rdquo; according to the Times.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;This is our way of reoccupying the Kennedy Center,&rdquo; he said. &ldquo;This is a form of saying, &lsquo;We are here, we exist and you can&rsquo;t ignore us.&rsquo; This is a protest, and a political act.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Thank you to the cast and crew for giving their time and talent. Thank you to Jeffrey Seller, a true visionary and artistic force.<\/p>\n<p>Thank you to my fellow Senators who came together to make this Pride celebration at the Kennedy Center happen.<\/p>\n<p>To the LGBTQ+ community, you&rsquo;re not&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/n0JO9Ir3kL\">pic.twitter.com\/n0JO9Ir3kL<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Senator John Hickenlooper (@SenatorHick) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SenatorHick\/status\/1937645428670861423?\">June 24, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>In February, President Donald Trump named Richard Grenell as interim director of the Kennedy Center, writing on social media, &ldquo;Ric s my Vision for a GOLDEN AGE of American Arts and Culture, and will be overseeing the daily operations of the Center. NO MORE DRAG SHOWS, OR OTHER ANTI-AMERICAN PROPAGANDA &mdash; ONLY THE BEST. RIC, WELCOME TO SHOW BUSINESS!&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>In other words, no more woke.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">I am pleased to announce that Ric Grenell will serve as the Interim Executive Director of The Kennedy Center. Ric s my Vision for a GOLDEN AGE of American Arts and Culture, and will be overseeing the daily operations of the Center. NO MORE DRAG SHOWS, OR OTHER ANTI-AMERICAN&hellip;<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Commentary Donald J. Trump Posts From  (@TrumpDailyPosts) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TrumpDailyPosts\/status\/1889074850817519905?\">February 10, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/if-grenells-supposed-to-make-kennedy-center-wholesome-why-is-he-firing-christians-who-believe-in-traditional-marriage\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Grenell<\/a> has been a Trump loyalist dating back to the president&rsquo;s first term, when he was acting director of national intelligence and ambassador to Germany. He also identifies as homosexual and has a male partner.<\/p>\n<p>Seller had previously cancelled a planned 2026 run of &ldquo;Hamilton&rdquo; at the Kennedy Center, saying he did not want to support Trump&rsquo;s vision for the venue.<\/p>\n<p>The Kennedy Center released a statement from Grenell on X amid Monday night&rsquo;s show, saying, &ldquo;I&rsquo;m disappointed to learn that Hamilton Producer @jseller and Hamilton Creator @Lin_Manuel are working with Democratic Senators and the New York Times to boycott the Kennedy Center, refusing to perform for audience members who don&rsquo;t  their personal politics, and cosplay as victims of intolerance.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Earlier this month, Senator @Hickenlooper staff asked to rent space at the Kennedy Center for what his team billed as a first annual Talent show. We were pleased to welcome them to the Kennedy Center in this capacity,&rdquo; Grenell added.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We were only later notified by the New York Times that Senator Hickenlooper&rsquo;s event was instead an invite-only political stunt where, once again, the Kennedy Center was being used by political operatives to larp as victims of intolerance in order to get a story in the Times,&rdquo; he said.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Statement from Ambassador Richard Grenell, President of the Kennedy Center:<\/p>\n<p>I&rsquo;m disappointed to learn that Hamilton Producer <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jseller?\">@jseller<\/a> and Hamilton Creator <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Lin_Manuel?\">@Lin_Manuel<\/a> are working with Democratic Senators and the New York Times to boycott the Kennedy Center, refusing to perform&hellip;<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; The Kennedy Center (@kencen) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/kencen\/status\/1937293399524278608?\">June 23, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Grenell next asserted, &ldquo;No one has been cancelled by the Kennedy Center; we welcome everyone who wants to celebrate the arts, including our compatriots on the other side of the political aisle.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>But that statement is not true. Last month, the Kennedy Center, reportedly at the direction of Grenell, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/christian-fired-trump-admin-beliefs-exposes-really-went-got-receipts\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">fired<\/a> Floyd Brown, who had taken a position recently as vice president of development.<\/p>\n<p>The removal came immediately after <a href=\"https:\/\/edition.cnn.com\/2025\/05\/29\/politics\/floyd-brown-kennedy-center-kfile-dg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CNN inquired<\/a> about past statements Brown had made regarding homosexuality and so-called same-sex marriage. The outlet appeared to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/western-journal-founder-fired-kennedy-center-cnn-prodded-christian-beliefs-refused-recant\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">take credit<\/a> for getting him fired &ldquo;just hours after CNN reached out with questions about his past statements.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Some of those statements were in a 2011 syndicated <a href=\"https:\/\/www.registercitizen.com\/news\/article\/Reflecting-on-our-Founding-Fathers-and-their-12072525.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">column<\/a> Brown wrote with his wife, lamenting the loss of the Christian worldview regarding sexual mores, including the once universally held belief that marriage could only be between a man and a woman.<\/p>\n<p>CNN also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/watch-video-got-christian-leader-fired-kennedy-center-vp-position-views-homosexuality\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">highlighted<\/a> statements Brown made in 2023 at a Christian event, during which he recounted his time working in Washington on Capitol Hill early in his career and the prevalence of homosexual staffers, even among Republican offices in Congress. Brown argued that this was a reason legislation supporting traditional values does not move forward.<\/p>\n<p>He made the remarks at a Christian meeting called &ldquo;Fire and Glory&rdquo; in Ocala, Florida, in March 2023, hosted by Christian speaker Lance Wallnau.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">This is the speech that triggered it all. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/floydbrown?\">@floydbrown<\/a> told us exclusively that he was fired for these 2023 remarks at a Christian event.<\/p>\n<p>He described GOP hypocrisy&mdash;how pro-family policies are blocked by staffers hostile to Biblical marriage.<\/p>\n<p>4\/16 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ilbgkaUiKI\">pic.twitter.com\/ilbgkaUiKI<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Next News Network &#127482;&#127474; (@NextNewsNetwork) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NextNewsNetwork\/status\/1928358724915068964?\">May 30, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Brown explained on Wallnau&rsquo;s podcast earlier this month that after CNN made its inquiries to the Kennedy Center about his past remarks, he was told that he would have to renounce them if he wanted to keep his job.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I just described a situation, and I just described it accurately,&rdquo; Brown said regarding his observation about Capitol Hill staffers. &ldquo;I wasn&rsquo;t going to disavow it, and I wasn&rsquo;t going to disavow any of my Christian beliefs around traditional marriage.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The Bible teaches in the book of Genesis in the Old Testament &mdash; and Jesus <a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=Matthew%2019%3A3-5&amp;version=ESV\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">affirms<\/a> in the New Testament &mdash; that marriage is between a man and a woman. That&rsquo;s to say nothing of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gotquestions.org\/homosexuality-Bible.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">multiple passages<\/a> in the Bible which identify homosexuality as sin.<\/p>\n<p>The bottom line is that Grenell &ldquo;cancelled&rdquo; Brown at the Kennedy Center for his Christian beliefs about homosexuality, but permitted &mdash; perhaps originally unknowingly &mdash; a pro-LGBT concert at the same venue.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\"> \t\t\t \t<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* Name<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* <\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<label>* Message<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t<textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\"> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> \t\t<script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey==typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts={ \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs=[ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i=0; i <inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! 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