Any Michael English fans here?

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Originally Posted by Michael Phelps

First, how many husbands has Amy Grant had? To my knowledge, only two.

And second, I don't think she's the sweetheart of Christian music, how long has it been since she's even recorded any Christian music?

I think the problem that I have with the whole scenario is that when Amy Grant divorced her husband it was pretty much, "Oh well, these things happen" and she has never really suffered a negative impact in the public eye. She may not be making many Christian albums right now, but she definitely still has the persona of a Christian artist in the public eye.

When Michael English came forward with his original situation, he immediately voluntarily surrendered his Dove awards and never behaved (at least publicly) as if he was anything but ashamed by his actions. Yet he was blackballed by the Christian music community for a long, long time, there are still stations that wont play his music. I don't understand why there has been so much fallout for him, yet there are many other Christian artists who have had public issue with immorality (Sandi Patti springs to mind) who have suffered far less censure.

The sad thing is that I think a lot of it comes down to how open and honest a person is about their failings, it seems to be if the artist is up-front with the situation, they suffer more in the public eye.