George Michael Hits Back At Christians For a Moral America Who Prayed For His Death During Pneumonia Battle

George Michael has hit back at a right wing religious group who prayed for his death while he was suffering from pneumonia in an Austrian hospital in December.

The openly gay pop singer, who told reporters last month he nearly died during his battle with the illness, slammed Christians For a Moral America as ""c**ksucking bastards" on Twitter after hearing reports that a member of the group known only as Keith had alleged Michael was actually suffering from AIDS and deserved to die because of his sexuality.

@GeorgeMichael
George Michael

Speaking of which, did you know that while I was fighting for my life in Austria there were a bunch of those lovely American 'Christian' ...

January 3, 2012 7:45 pm via web Reply Retweet Favorite

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George Michael

organisations, who call themselves "Christians for a Moral America",who were actually taking the time to pray for me to die...check this out

January 3, 2012 7:48 pm via web Reply Retweet Favorite

Michael' then admits to having "downed a couple of glasses of vino," before wishing his followers a happy new year.

At the time, Keith wrote on Twitter: "Pray for George Michael's demise. He has chosen a satanic lifestyle and must meet an appropriate end," Then, in a second posting: "Apparently George Michael has AIDS. Figures since he's a homosexual and it goes with the territory. Another sodomite bites the dust?"

Christians For A Moral America members have yet to respond to Michael's proclamations, but recent tweets include an official endorsement of GOP candidate Rick Santorum. "We must continue to elect Christians to the White House. Mormons can't be trusted," Keith writes in an apparent dig at Republican candidates Mitt Romney and Jon Huntsman, who are both of Mormon faith.

Michael, whose pop hits include "Faith" and "Father Figure," previously told the Associated Press that his hospitalization would make him more spiritual and appreciate of his life. "I have an amazing, amazing life and if I wasn't spiritual enough before the last four five weeks then I certainly am now," he said at the time. "I really, really, really, really, from the bottom of my heart, thank everybody who sent messages and everybody in that IC unit that made sure I'm still here today."

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Comments

[Veritas2005]

08:02 PM on 01/13/2012

Why are bible thumpers the ones who always talk about being persecuted and then do hateful things like this?

[kllydenpatkelly]

04:03 PM on 01/13/2012

It's sad when a once popular idol sinks to this deepth for publicity.
I doubt every christian prayed for his death a few radical and somewhat thoughtless people again looking for cheap publicity made some noise to get there agenda in the news very much the same way Kardashians, Lohann even the child killer (Casey Anthony) seeks to keep thier name in the news any way possible, and with explosive headlines to make it all the better.

george micheals has had a blessed musical career but lately...........................

[jimoerike]

08:23 AM on 01/10/2012

George to condemn us all for a bloggers demise is truly short sighted if your gay then you claim it, it's yours i don't it, as far as death goes think you'll be gay there too? Anyways we all are on the road to death from the very moment were were bourne, what we do during our short visit in life on that road to die is what we are, we can change, or not but mostly we have to to be in tune with the host of life.
With all hope we will have done enough good things so that we may be able to come here to mother earth & visit again.

[Albert DeMoya]

07:51 PM on 01/09/2012

How are these people any different than the ayatollahs who rule Iran?

[anne1stoftwo]

12:09 PM on 01/09/2012

Michael, if they prayed for your death they certainly aren't Christians. They are evil mean people who claim religion and Christianity and have no idea what Christ was about

[scrapper7]

03:02 PM on 01/08/2012

Please don't throw out the baby with the bath water. Not all Christians have the tunnel-vision 'Christians for a Moral America' has. To be honest, I've never even heard of them and feel blessed I hadn't. As a born-again Christian, myself, I can't imagine praying for someone's death. The only circumstance I would do so, is if they were terminally ill, and born-again. I praise the Lord that George Michael recovered.

[Veluriel]

02:06 PM on 01/08/2012

It's sad that the radicals have highjacked Christianity. For every person that comments here saying that you can't color all Christians the same, it gets harder and harder to do so as the moderates are drowned out by the fundamentalists. I'm not advocating hatred of all Christians, or trying to paint them all with the same brush, I just wanted to point out that it's not difficult to understand where all those who dislike Christianity are coming from. It's hard to sympathize when all we see are the radicals, and few stories about moderate or liberal Christians condemning them (publicly).

That's not to say that I don't understand why we don't hear about the moderates (if they are indeed speaking out at all, I can't be 100% sure on that as it is).

Moderates are not sensational, they don't do ridiculous stunts to garner attention, and they're not the ones we hear about every day. Our obsession with the extreme is giving credence to people whose beliefs are on the fringe simply because it makes for good entertainment. The radicals are becoming the face of Christianity because the moderates/liberals aren't speaking up loudly enough and because as a nation we're too fixated on the controversial issues.

[vidian6]

11:35 AM on 01/08/2012

God will not like any of these people who claim to be Christians while praying for someones death.

[Paulhaider74]

09:47 PM on 01/07/2012

How can people who pray for the death of another person consider themselves to be Christians? I can safely assume that this is a form of Evangelical Christianity, which has been the worst form of Christianity ever since the political influence of Jerry Falwell and Pat Robertson. I would pray for the death of either Dickhead Cheney or Pat Robertson if I actually believed in God, but I have better things to do with my time as an atheist; I will see Bruce Springsteen in concert instead.
Paul Haider, Chicago

[thomasdep]

01:34 AM on 01/08/2012

Please dont get me going on Pat Robertson AKA Satan.

[majorg1000]

10:22 PM on 01/09/2012

Oh, please do!

[Gerson Bradford]

12:22 PM on 01/07/2012

In my experience, I think the world is getting tired of RELIGION or christianity. All they do is condemn others. I notice that the way they express themselves, shows ANGER. They base their life on a book. Actually, they truly believe that book is the truth and nothing but the truth. In their own little wasted minds, they really believe a god is so proud of them for hating people. HATE and pure HATE out of nothing.

[thomasdep]

01:35 AM on 01/08/2012

Your right. They are a hateful bunch of hypocrites. Thats why I dont go to church.

[PAULETTE WILLIAMS]

02:57 AM on 01/08/2012

I am a believer in the Good Book, and the Love of Christ Jesus. I condemn those who go around claiming Christianity, with hatred in their hearts, wishing death upon people, who's lifestylye is different then theirs. They will be judged! That is not their jobs. Their duties are to LOVE unconditionally(AGAPE), as God does with us. With our sins, He still Loves US. I feel sorry for those who believe they have been appointed, Judge and Jury. They are WRONG!

[BlueGinger]

12:06 PM on 01/07/2012

very, very sad...wish these radicals would mind their own business and accept that people have a right to live their life the way they wish to.

[thomasdep]

01:35 AM on 01/08/2012

They wont. They only know hate and FOX reinforces all that so they hate even more people.

[steveleong]

11:46 AM on 01/07/2012

Christians praying for someone to die???!!! YUCK!
How fast they forget, WHAT ONE SOWS SO SHALL THEY REAP.

[thomasdep]

01:36 AM on 01/08/2012

Lets not even talk about GOD TALKING TO THEM. I mean, GOD TALKING TO THEM??

[mikennz]

10:52 AM on 01/07/2012

Got news. Praying for someone else to die makes you anything but Christian. Second. Anybody voting for someone (or against someone) strictly on religious grounds is as dangerous as any Islamic extremist.

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[fortysixandtwo]

06:55 PM on 01/06/2012

Speaking of George Michael....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GaoLU6zKaws

good for a laugh this vid

[thomasdep]

01:42 AM on 01/08/2012

SO funny!!!!