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Is the NAACP A Fair Representation of the African-American Community?

Cambermeister Wrote: May 22, 2012 1:22 AM

...we have lots of opinions, but we all agree: Our President didn't change any position about 'rights'. This is all about semantics. The uncertain/miserable segment of the homosexual community will crawl through- broken glass (or write checks) for the straight label. Barack is just another enabler. These people...these folks coveting straight nomenclature can't be placated by this. They're angry at Nature, angry with God and angry at you because you are normal. The temper tantrums won't cease by letting them personalize the straight verbiage. Next week, a new issue will make them angry. Do I blame them?... I'd be angry too. But I won't encourage the self hatred. Obama will have to live with what he's doing.

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Is the NAACP A Fair Representation of the African-American Community?

On Saturday, May 19, the NAACP (National Association for the Advancement of Colored People) officially came out and declared their support for same-sex marriage. According to USA TODAY, the organization saw the issue has comparable to civil rights.

Ironically, this stance fails to comply with a large sector of the African-American population. Roughly 62% of blacks are against same-sex marriage, according to a Pew Research poll conducted in October 2011. This is not surprising. African-Americans overwhelmingly supported the 2008 passage of Proposition 8, which banned same sex marriage in the state of California, providing more evidence that blacks are...

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