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It was a cool night in New Hope, PA in late 2004 or 2005 and I was waiting for a concert at a local school auditorium.  I was scared out of my mind.  Arriving several hours earlier, alone, I wandered throughout the quaint gay-friendly tourist town of scarcely a few thousand residents an hour north of Philadelphia.  Jason & deMarco were giving their Spirit Pop concert in a tour of smaller venues throughout the U.S.  Now, you may wonder why I was terrified.  The main reason is because I was alone and going to an intimate concert given by my favorite gay music artists.  I had just found out about them a month or so earlier on the radio (you know what station).  I can only date the concert by these facts: it was after they released their CD Spirit Pop and before their article in XY and appearance on Derek & Romaine.  I think they had already had appeared in The Advocate in an issue I didn’t read until after the concert.  The XY magazine article had a hotter-than-hot picture of them.

I wrote about that day at the time but unfortunately cannot find how I described that day.  There were scarcely 50 people in the auditorium and they gave one hell of a show.  I can only wish that the “straight” pop stars can sing that good.  Jason & deMarco are partners in business and life, gay, and Christian.  I was first drawn to their Christian music but found their “pop” album to be just wonderful.  Every one in a while I check out their website and today found that they had a documentary filmed about them last year that is playing on ShowTime now.  According to the site, it describes their struggle in breaking into the music business.  I guess it covers their rejection from both the LGBT and Christian music communities which I find just dreadful.

Rarely do we find people who are this talented who just happen to be gay.  Is that hampering their career?  Sure.  Is being gay and Christian a problem?  Sure.  It’s a damned shame.  I own all the CDs of one group, these guys.  The Ave Maria on their Christmas album makes me quiver every listen.  Please check them out and go to a concert if they come near you.  It is certainly worth it!

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