{"id":5782,"date":"2008-12-10T01:33:06","date_gmt":"2008-12-10T08:52:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.amptoons.com\/blog\/?p=5782"},"modified":"2008-12-10T01:33:06","modified_gmt":"2008-12-10T08:52:54","slug":"carol-boltzs-blog","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/amptoons.com\/blog\/?p=5782","title":{"rendered":"Carol Boltz&#039;s blog"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A few years ago, Christian music star Ray Boltz came out of the closet to his family; this September, he came out as a gay man <a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonblade.com\/2008\/9-12\/arts\/feature\/13258.cfm?page=4\">publicly<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Ray&#8217;s incredibly supportive ex-wife, Carol Boltz, has a blog and a fascinating perspective. From &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/myheartgoesout-carol.blogspot.com\/2008\/12\/different-view-than-what-is-expected-or.html\">How I came out as a straight ally<\/a>&#8220;:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Some are confused by the fact that I was &#8220;wronged&#8221; by my husband who came out as gay. Some assume that I&#8217;d be angry, not just with him but with ALL gay men. There are those who I used to go to church with that are puzzled when I actually support and affirm loving relationships between gay individuals, and that I openly advocate for gay marriage.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>But the real reason I&#8217;m posting is to <a href=\"http:\/\/myheartgoesout-carol.blogspot.com\/2008\/12\/so-you-think-you-know-better.html\">point out this post<\/a>, which is an <em>absolutely awesome<\/em> response to a concern troll.<\/p>\n<p>Ray Boltz is still making music, by the way, although I doubt his old audience wants to hear what he&#8217;s singing nowadays. You can hear his newest release, &#8220;Don&#8217;t Tell Me Who To Love,&#8221; <a href=\"http:\/\/rayboltzblog.wordpress.com\/2008\/11\/18\/dont-tell-me-who-to-love-the-new-single\/\">on his blog<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Hat tip: <a href=\"http:\/\/feedproxy.google.com\/~r\/BoxTurtleBulletin\/~3\/skFur_hSCyE\/7197\">Box Turtle Bulletin<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A few years ago, Christian music star Ray Boltz came out of the closet to his family; this September, he came out as a gay man publicly. Ray&#8217;s incredibly supportive ex-wife, Carol Boltz, has a blog and a fascinating perspective. &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/amptoons.com\/blog\/?p=5782\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[49],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5782","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-lesbian-gay-bi-trans-and-queer-issues"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/amptoons.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5782","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/amptoons.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/amptoons.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/amptoons.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/amptoons.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5782"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/amptoons.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5782\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/amptoons.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5782"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/amptoons.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5782"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/amptoons.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5782"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}