she was so real. always stood in her truth, but kept an objective understanding of humanity, society and our collective history as her moral compass as well.

She's right and she knows. Thank you, Anne Rice and thank you for writing the best novels. I am one of your biggest fans.

Hello Mrs Rice You are one of my favorite writers and I love you immensely. I'm from Poland, a country in eastern Europe which is extremely catholic- partly due to the fact that there was a Polish pope. I'm gay and I was growing up in a rural environment where the religious values were placed before everything else. It didn't matter that the vicar, who actually ruled the town, was a super greedy man whose only aim in life was gaining power and profit, he was also a gambler and active alcoholic

Gay people ARE NOT immoral, they ARE NOT an abomination! Why would anyone think that? I really love and admire Anne for stating this and for having the courage of saying what's wrong with the Church...not everyone would do that.

I used to be a Catholic and I quit it because of the same reasons Anne did.

I stopped being a catholic because I realized that it was making me a hateful person, and when I stopped being religious I started to have more empathy with my fellow human beings. I know for some people religion works, it makes them better people but it didn't worked for me, it only made me hate on minorities and judge others on their actions and beliefs. I'm a much better human now, I have more empathy.

She quit organized religion not Christianity.

I love you, Anne. Thank you for this.

Oh she knows the bible very closely, considering the vast amount of research she must have had to do for chronicles, especially Memnoch the devil.

I am Christian but not in a "conventional" way I believe that religion is firstly about love, acceptance, about questioning our choices to become a better version of ourselves, for the sake of us and the others. For me love is love no matter what and love is also understanding that others have to make their own choices and that is not our business. What we can do is encourage the others in the things that makes them happy. That's why I "pratice" my religion alone, because I want it to be personnal, like a precious tresure that I'd keep with decence. I like churches but the small and old ones where you can be alone, enjoying the smells, the lights and serenity of the place, where you can pray like you'd make a confidence to a friend. I'm Christian in my heart but my beliefs are not as extreme as certain. I truly believe in the fact that if you do bad things, one day you'll be punished, and that judging your action isn't my place, because I am far from perfect myself. And you know what ? I am not even afraid to go to hell, because if I go there one day it would mean that I deserve it and I then will have to face the consequences of my actions. Anyway that my conception of my beliefs and your points are more than fair and valid !

Brave woman.

I so agree with you, Anne! As a Catholic myself it was a hard choice, but since I am gay I had to bale. I did find a catholic church that was everything I needed, it was an Episcopal Church! It was Catholic in every way, but welcomed LGBT people. It has both men and women priests and bishops, some are even LGBT . I needed this place to heal from the conflicts of living in a Church that hated me just for how I was born. Now I don't need anyone or church to tell me this. I love what Jesus stands for and the Buddha too! Everything you have said means so much to so many! Thank you!

True Christianity would NEVER say that Gay people are an abomination. Christianity does say that the only sexual expression of love is a life giving act that is open to life. If the sexual expression is not life giving(something less than a committment for life) or not open to life than it is an immoral act. The person however is never called an abomination. We always retain our human dignity and are infinitely loved by God.

It shows that you are a thinking person.

Try the Episcopal Church. We ordain women, we not only have openly gay priests, we have some openly gay bishops. One does not have to be Roman Catholic to be Christian. We have been described tongue in cheek as "Catholic lite - All the pomp and ritual, but only one third the guilt and no Pope". We support women's rights too. Please come check us out.

I also used to be a "Christian", though now I am a disciple of Jesus, big difference, The Bible is a mixture of the words of men and the words of God. Once you separate the two the word Religion becomes meaningless. Reading only the four gospels as "gospel" is what the instructions state.

yay anne! you;re awesome!

Love you Anne!

First I was disappointed that a woman who wrote so beautifully was actually a christian. Then, when she quitted christianity I knew that she was always looking for the right thing about christianity, though she found out that there were things that werent right about it. I understand her in both ways, christian and not christian. She is just looking for what is right and if you read her books, you know that is all she thinks about. Right and wrong.

Anne, you're so right about the church picking on gays. They should be picking on every one else too. Take a look at 1 Cor 6 begining with verse 9. It reads: "Or do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived; neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor homosexuals, 10nor thieves, nor the covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor swindlers, will inherit the kingdom of God. 11Such were some of you; but you were washed, but you were sanctified, but you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and in the Spirit of our God." So it's not just homosexuality that is the problem but also adultery, drunkeness, and swindling....I hope you will agree.

To be honest, it's interesting to hear others opinions about religon, BUT who honestly cares about what your religon/beliefs are? A religon shouldn't be your judgement of a person. If you don't like the religion than don't like it. :) I don't blame from stepping away from that church. I am christain, but I don't believe me going to church makes me a christain. Also, I really don't always agree with what they say. I stick to what I believe in. I'm glad you do to! :)

i think that there is a huge difference between faith and religion. i say this has a gay male. i am not downing any religion and whether you are a into catholic or morman or whatever that's your choice and i think its great that people go to church and put their trust in god. however i think the most important thing is to really believe in god. honestly i don't like to go to church because i feel like some churches really tell you one thing but then turn around and say another so i just kind of lone it and put my faith in GOD the one true power. recently i just finished a novel about a detective whos foster parents were murdered by a demon when he was a child. His guardian angel Carlos saved him and now the main character jack who has always been able to see angels and demons for how they truely are hunts them for a living and he gets into a gay relationship with carlos later on the book. now i'm sure i will recieve alot of negative critism for that but anne rice's words have really helped me to stay strong in my writing. what people dont realize is that she is just speaking how she feels and we do that has human beings everyday. just like how i write what i want to write

anne i love you and miss your old ways of writings, dont bend your talent to push your : beliefs, the rwader feals it, if its amoral lecture, or preach, see im with you in the fact, you can beleave in what ever you want but please dont bent your talent for it

really sad to see how many people think that clinging to their own morals is the right answer. A murderer thinks it's ok to kill people, that's his morals. Who are u to tell him he is wrong? That's exactly why it is only GOD and His holy standards that matter. And we cannot reach this standard, that's why God sent His Son to die for the sins of those who would believe.

I dont think you can read her books and think she would think about the gay issue any other way than she does. I dont really care one way or another. What another does is none of my business. Wish more people thought this way. And would stop using the Gov to push us one way or another. Let people do what they want as long as theres no harm to another. Thats real freedom

the power of denial should never be underestimated, don't you think?

My comment is not removed, god, what are you talking about? are you drunk? I see my comment, and it says: 20 minutes ago. I'm soooo sure about what I'm talking about that I have repeated myself several times, insisting in the same idea, but your responses are not addressing the problem I just expressed.

Matthew 23:10 Nor are you to be called instructors, for you have one Instructor, the Messiah. That's why Jesus must return, we do not understand the message. you are not leaving the church but the catholic religion. people do not understand the difference between temple, church and religion. Very sad. keep looking for the wisdom of God, that's the true kingdom of God. It is a seed that becomes tree, is a transformation.

I support you Annie. Christianity stifles your mind with their inability to see things from a different perspective and the indirect way of trying to control other people.

@1spoon1fork "there's no persecution of gay people" BS. I can't get married partly because, as instructed by Pope Benedict himself, thousands of Catholics vote against gay marriage every chance they get. If that isn't religious persecution, what is? You can't condemn an act without condemning the people associated with it. It's as ridiculous as saying "Jewish people are okay, but we just find Jewish traditions immoral".

Or do you not know that wrongdoers will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: Neither the sexually immoral nor idolaters nor adulterers nor male prostitutes nor practicing homosexuals nor thieves nor the greedy nor drunkards nor slanderers nor swindlers will inherit the kingdom of God

Yes, God loves all of His creatures, but He is HOLY and can't STAND any sin, so nobody can say their morals are right and that's it. Morals come from God. Abortion is a murder, for example. Watch the '180 movie' here on KZfaq. All that matters is whether u are right with God, and u can only be right with Him by accepting Christ as your Lord and Saviour, not by doing 'good deeds' and being a 'decent person'. If God says it's sin, it IS SIN.

@RevolutionaryWind Key word she says here is "...what I believe is wrong". Her views are independent from the truth of God. Basically calling Him a liar. That's contradictory. How can she believe at one time "God is good" and yet turn on Him and declare "no you're not good". True faith doesn't believe part of God. You might as well throw Christ out altogether, which is what she's done. P.S. I never asked your opinion on Christ.

Seems like there is a trend among christians who have "Qoute on Qoute" gay children...they end up becoming sympathetic to the gay lifestyle. This is the reason God told the Israelites to completely slay their enemies...so they would not be partakers in the sins of the rest of the world. Anne seems like shes skirting the issue, saying she cant find biblical basis? The bible is pretty straight forward on homosexuality chiefly Leviticus 18. But Paul says the same thing in the NT...

As a Christian (Roman Catholic) you believed in the Creed. Have you also forsaken these beliefs? I hope not.

Once you receive The Holy Spirit you can't walk away or take off The Holy Spirit like a jacket. Catholic worships The Virgin Mary . . . Excellent ministry and outreach however. Her son identifies himself as being gay. The Holy Spirit transcends All Flesh.

So, from what I gather from this video it's not Christianity that you have a problem with, it's the people who claim to be Christians. Is that right? I think you may know that Christian means 'like Christ' - and Christ showed nothing but love to people. So, while I disagree with you about some things, I can completely understand your outrage at some people who are really only in it for themselves. I do hope you'll stay close to God though. Christianity is not a religion - it's a relationship. :]

What God didn't agree that you were the most deserving creature created ?

So, you're saying you stepped away from Christianty once more? but did you step away from organized religion as you say, or bothe that and God Just curious :)

Ultimately you can only have two beliefs. Believe the truth or believe a lie. Who is the truth, the way and the life? JESUS, Our Lord.

Good, I see that in your last comments you haven't responded to any relevant idea to the main discussion or my critique. It seems you're not able to identify the atheistic perspective in which I'm presenting my arguments. You just keep attacking religious traditions and garbage that don't have anything to do with this conversation. My view on organized religion is similar to Anne's but different in some ways. And yes, I can read, in three different languages.

You should have been more focused on Jesus and what He taught rather than the religious people that profess to know Him.

That is because you have Christianity confused with sentimentality and luurve!

Well, it seems you'll keep avoiding my critique. My brother, who the fck is saying fetuses are conscious? I'm just saying: I ONCE WAS A FETUS, AND IF I WOULD HAVE BEEN ABORTED I WOULDN'T BE HERE NOW. Fetus=future person(if you kill the fetus, you avoid a person's existence). What is soooo hard about that to understand? The atheistic view is to emphasize the idea that IF YOU KILL A FETUS, YOU'LL PUT TO ETERNAL OBLIVION STATE THAT PERSON WHO NEVER EXISTED. I'm going to sleep, good night,or morning

I think she left organized Christianity in favor of disorganized Christianity.

She is a good author but completely ignorant of what True Christianity actually is - the Catholic Church is not Christianity as she seems to think. That's why there was the reformation over 500 years ago.

She's typical who wants a smorgasbord religion-pick and chose what they want and dismiss what they don't like.

Oh no, no more 1% rallies!!!

So, as long as Christianity suits her, she's Christian; but when it doesn't she quits again?

Keep away from the Catholic Church and go to a Presbyterian one. They know what it's all about and can teach you. But to knock the Christian faith because you don't believe in what it teaches is really Anne's personal problem, not the faith's problem. You cannot be a Christian and not believe in God's word.

Well, Anne, that's what you get for serving and worshipping the creature more than the Creator.

Anne, if you were a Christian, then how can you be deeply offended by what the Lord teaches? His word says that no homosexual will inherit the Kingdom of Heaven. You're either with Christ or you are against Him. Now Catholicism does pervert Christianity by adding and omitting from the Word. I think she needs to separate from the Catholic church but not from the clear teachings of Christ.

blah blah blah...offended, immoral, blah blah blah. Everybody needs to just suck up their egos and quit being slaves to their emotions.