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Why Gay Is Not the New Black

ca7 Wrote: May 22, 2012 7:52 PM

"if private people don't want to associate with,rent to,hire,or do business with homosexuals,they should not have to." I don't have a problem with this opinion as long as you take it to the next step and agree that we can also do the same with regard to race, religion, national origin, and sex. Personally, if I found out one of my employees was a member of the church in the anti-gay video I saw today I would want to fire him over it but I can't.

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Why Gay Is Not the New Black

Repeating what has been a rallying cry of gay activism for years, the cover of the December 16, 2008 issue of The Advocate announced, “Gay is the New Black: The Last Great Civil Rights Struggle.” Last week, on May 19th, headlines across the nation announced, “NAACP endorses gay marriage as ‘civil right.’” So, is gay the new black?

There are prominent black leaders who say yes, including Congressman John Lewis, who was active in the early Civil Rights movement. There are other prominent black leaders who say no, like Timothy F. Johnson, founder and president of the Frederick Douglass Foundation.

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