I wonder how the Queen of Soul is feeling with the entire man-made backlash that came out during her funeral. The Atlanta pastor who delivered Aretha Franklin’s eulogy offended her family with his controversial speech. Rev. Jasper Williams Jr.’s remarks during the homegoing ceremony were “distasteful” and offensive, Franklin’s nephew told the Associated Press on Monday (Sept. 3).

“He spoke for 50 minutes and at no time did he properly eulogize her,” said Vaughn Franklin, who told AP that he was speaking on the family’s behalf. Vaughn added that Williams’s eulogy “caught the family off guard,” as there had been no prior discussions on what he would be speaking about. Williams, a pastor at Atlanta’s Salem Bible Church, also spoke at Franklin’s father’s funeral in 1984.

Instead of keeping the focus on The Queen of Soul’s legacy, Williams’s eulogy quickly morphed into a diatribe of his views on the black community.Williams declared that single mothers (like Franklin) are not equipped to raise black men, he also made erroneous claims about black-on-black crime (a talking point that has been disproven time and again) and declared that black lives “don’t matter” — the latter of which drew the ire of Stevie Wonder who swiftly hit back during his performance tribute to Franklin. Before wrapping up, Williams encouraged bi-partisanship, and ended his speech by calling for the “gays” and “straights” to learn to love each other. The eulogy was widely criticized as homophobic, mysogynistic and anti-black