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Will Gay Marriage Force Black Churches to Reconsider Democratic Party?

Earl29 Wrote: May 18, 2012 6:27 PM

The answer to the title question is no. Voting for Democrats is so thoroughly imbedded in the black psyche as to nullify reason and logic. That is why black conservatives deserve our profound respect and admiration. When anyone, regardless of race, manages to overcome pervasive conditioning, they should be honored. As for Jimmy Carter, he does not give sufficient weight to the humanity of the victims of abortion.

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Realist4U Wrote: May 23, 2012 7:07 PM

Yes, but their loyalty to the DNC cannot trump their own intelligence, and what they say to God.

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Don39 Wrote: May 19, 2012 5:28 AM

Again, AMIN!

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Will Gay Marriage Force Black Churches to Reconsider Democratic Party?

President Obama's affirmation of gay marriage threatens to undermine the near-monolithic black support Obama enjoyed in 2008. Several members of the black clergy now say they intend to sit out the presidential election. One poll from last November found black opposition to gay marriage at 58 percent, higher than the rest of the country, which is about evenly split.

The real question is this: What took black church leaders so long to reconsider their near blind support for the Democratic Party?

The historical strength of black churches has been that of a moral and spiritual refuge in a once-hostile country...