Claymates aka Clay Atkins fans react to the shocking news.

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Wed Sep-24-08 10:58 AM
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Claymates aka Clay Atkins fans react to the shocking news.

A friend of mine cut and pasted these from a Clay Atkins fan site.

Here is a sample of their SHOCK that Clay is GAY!!!

please tell me I'm not the only one who is shocked beyond belief! I
feel numb I'm so upset. This can't be real!! How can you guys say
this won't change anything? This changes EVERYTHING. I don't even
know what to think right now.

<3

This is a gut wrenching day for The ClayNation. Somebody wake me up,
I hope its a dream.

<3

Okay, i'm going to come right off and say that when I saw it, I did
cry. and I probably will if and when it is confirmed. Which will be
tomorrow morning hopefully. I'll probably be late for my first class,
because i'll be surfing the internet in the library. I knew in my
heart for awhile that he was-...but my head was having nothing to do
with it. I knew it might come eventually, but again my brain denyed
it.

<3

I am very very sad.

<3

I don't understand how anyone can say that this changes nothing. It's
as simple as this for me: Clay is NOT the person I thought he was. I
can't look at him the same way again and this is killing me. I want
SO bad to feel the same about him but right now I just can't. And the
funny thing is I have NO problem with gay people. But it's just that
he lied about it and I can't forgive him.

<3

I feel like I've been kicked in the stomach yet again. This isn't the
way I expected to see Parker presented to the world. Some sort of
forewarning to the fans would have been nice IMO. Can't think much
past that right now.

<3

I've cried a river of #%!+* and truthfully do not know where I stand
right now. I am envious of those who can take this news and continue
to state their unconditional love and support for Clay. Right now all
I can think of is that he is a fantastic entertainer but I took him
at his word and it appears that his word isn't what I thought it was.

<3

Well I cant say that im not shocked because I am! When I first read
this over at the CH I was shaking.
Have calmed now.... His sexual orientaion does not change a thing for
me. He is still the man I fell in love with back in 03. He will
continue to be the man I travel half way around the world to see in
concerts and support 100%

<3

As a Christian and a believer in Jesus Christ, just as Clay has
stated on more than one occasion, this news is very difficult for me
to understand. Just the other day I watched the YouTube tape of Clay
stating he wanted to be married. He didn't just say yeah, I want to
be married, he said I really, really , want to be married, and
have.....twins! Another show, he told what sort of woman he wanted to
marry. Maybe I'm being selfish because I "really, really, REALLY"
wanted to see the type of woman he married. I'm not ready to make
jokes of shipping Clay with any man!

<3

I just feel rather silly now having spent the last 5 years drooling
over and being fan girly for a singer I thought was straight and now
finding out he is gay. It does change my perception of who he is and
how I see him. We always called him our boyfriend and that won't be
happening anymore. I just am sad, disappointed, and because he is not
what I thought he was in terms of his sexuality and how he portrayed
himself. He still is a great singer and humanitarian but my "crush"
on him is over and that hurts.

<3

OMG, I'm speechless about this annoucement. I speculated during
American Idol 2, but I defended him to my family and freinds, even my
husband, because Clay blogged and talked about things that REALLY
HAPPENED. I just wished it was already 2009 and all the nayslayers
would have gotten it out of their systems saying "I told you so".

<3

In the back of my mind I always wondered. Now I know for a fact and I
don't want to know. He lied to everyone. I just feel sick. If he
would have been honest from the start, I wouldn't have a problem with
it, but after stating things so emphatically, I really feel he lied
to everyone.

<3

I am surprised and shocked to hear the news. Clay mislead his fans
and that is wrong. I personally cannot condone someone who
lies/misleads. I always believed that one of the things that set Clay
apart from Hollywood was his honesty. If Clay had admitted to his
sexual preference from the beginning this would be a non-issue. Clay
is just another typical Hollywood personality. I am disappointed and
out of here.

<3

I cannot continue to support him financially now that I know he has
chosen this lifestyle

<3

My dad was the first person to break the news to me when I came home
from an errand this evening. As soon as the news reached my ears, the
blood drained from my face and a literal rush of shock surged through
my body. My face fell. For a few milliseconds I felt...nothing. Not
long after that, I shut myself up in my room and wept silently, my
heart breaking. This has all happened during a rough time in my life
so that makes it all the more painful for me.

I just...I don't know what to do. I'll probably never hear the end of
it from my dad. Part of me still thinks this is all a dream, yet the
whole of me knows it isn't. I will be withdrawing any financial
support of him, as my beliefs do not condone his lifestyle. However,
I will continue to pray for him and await further details on the
situation.

<3

Clay has lied to me for five and a half years, telling me he is not
gay, letting me think that lies were told about him in tabloids,
etc.on and on. I loved Clay very much; but as hurt as I am right now,
I do not like people who betray me, so I am gone, which will make
some people happy, but I can no longer support a man I no longer
admire. I think it is disgusting that Clay is having a "coming out"
at the same time as announcing his son. Very poor timing -- just
disgusting. Someday his son will see the cover of that magazine and
find out how he was introduced to the world. Very sad. -- well,
goodbye all.

<3

Because I, who have a certain set of values, state what I believe
about gay sex (that its wrong), that makes me judgemental? Its not
ignorance on my part at all. I didn't just decide 5 minutes ago that
this is what I believe. I know others disagree with me, but I can't
change my understanding just because people don't agree with me. I do
not believe that I am judgemental or ignorant. Someone quoted "judge
not lest you be judged" earlier. I believe that with my whole heart.
Yet the same book that says that also says, "judge righteous
judgement". We all have to make judgements about various things in
our lives, and we do so from experience, nature, study, etc. Even
those of you who say I am judging, in saying that, are judging me.

IF homosexuality is not a choice, to have gay sex still IS a choice.
So I would say that a person can be gay, that is, be attracted to
other men, and still choose not to have sex. If Clay does say in his
interviews that he is gay, I hope and pray he chooses that route --
abstinence. But its his decision, of course.

I am a long time strong supporter of Clay...I started supporting him
because I saw him giving God the glory for where he was on American
Idol. Why would anyone be depressed over the fact that, though I
still love Clay, I must stand by my convictions first and foremost,
unless proven wrong. I love Clay and would die a thousand deaths for
him I suppose, but he does not come before my convictions. No one
does. I don't know what else to say except please don't accuse those
who feel as I do of being second rate fans.

Jan