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Blacks and Same Sex Marriage

LeishaC Wrote: May 21, 2012 6:36 PM
Unfortunately, for many blacks, race comes before religion.
Realist4U Wrote: May 21, 2012 9:57 PM
Then they should take their prayer out of the churches and into the voting booths. Oops! They already have, haven't they. Hypocrites.
Aura Wrote: May 21, 2012 6:52 PM
And for some blacks, the US Constitution comes before either, and they support equal legal rights for gays and lesbians.
Dreadnaught011 Wrote: May 21, 2012 6:55 PM

Homosexuals have equal rights now.

Scott4616 Wrote: May 21, 2012 7:15 PM
Aura wrote: “And for some blacks, the US Constitution comes before either, and they support equal legal rights for gays and lesbians”

Aura,

Do you claim the Constitution supports polygamist marriage too?

If not, why not?



Perhaps history will show that the first black president’s biggest contribution to black America was forcing this community to come to terms with its own identity and priorities.

By formalizing his support of same sex marriage, President Obama has pushed blacks to decide what is most important to them. The Biblical message they hear in church every Sunday, or the big government liberalism that they regularly vote for on Tuesday of Election Day.

I’ve often talked about what I call the “Sunday-Tuesday Gap’ in black America.

The black church has always played a central role in black American life. Blacks...

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