Show 'em my motto!
Posted on 03/08/2004 10:00:49 AM PST by rdb3
While homosexuals are getting married in California, Massachusetts, and sundry other States, proponents of these “marriages” are using civil rights arguments that were rightfully used during the late 1950’s and 1960’s by American blacks. These proponents argue that their plight, the right to marry whom they love even if the loved one is of the same sex, is no different than the struggle for Constitutional rights that black people endured.
President George W. Bush has come out in favor of an amendment to the Constitution that would define marriage as between one man and one woman. Homosexual activists are continuing in their uproar about the President’s position, saying that this amendment would enshrine discrimination in the nation’s founding document.
It’s no secret that the vast majority of homosexual activists are Democrats. But herein lies a problem that the Democrats did not count on. American blacks are the most loyal Democrat constituency. However, a group of black ministers in the Greater Boston area has issued a statement condemning homosexual marriage and lending their support to President Bush’s amendment proposal. While this does not portend a major political shift among American blacks, it does demonstrate that the party they fervently support has gone too far.
In an election year where Democrats are salivating over seizing the White House, this bodes ill for their efforts, especially from their most loyal supporters.
Enter the ousted Haitian president Jean-Bertrand Aristide.
Aristide was reinstated to his position as president of Haiti by former U.S. President Bill Clinton. The people of Haiti wanted him to resign his position as president, which he of course refused. The Bush Administration suggested that he step down and gave him transport to the Central African Republic for asylum. He resigned his post and received the transport.
Upon arrival to the Central African Republic, Aristide phoned U.S. Representative Maxine Waters (D-CA) and told her that he had been kidnapped and was a victim of a coup d’etat and that he did not resign as president. Waters immediately went ballistic and repeated Aristide’s claim that he was indeed kidnapped to a willing media.
Members of the Congressional Black Caucus rushed to join the chorus. U.S. Representative Charles Rangel (D-NY) stated that “the United States is just as responsible for President Jean-Bertrand Aristide's ouster as the rebels who forced him from office.” U.S. Rep. Corrine Brown (D-FL) brazenly told Assistant Secretary of State Roger Noriega, a Mexican-American, that Hispanics and whites “all look alike to me” while criticizing the Bush Administration's position on Aristide. This occurred at a briefing on Haiti with the Florida congressional delegation. U.S. Rep. Henry Bonilla (R-TX), a founding member of the Congressional Hispanic Conference (not the Congressional Hispanic Caucus), asked for the resignation of Brown, a request that he has since rescinded after Brown’s apology and calling out Democrats for their racial double-standard.
Many other members of the CBC are now asking for an investigation into the Aristide debacle. But this begs the question: Why is the CBC so outraged over Aristide’s alleged “kidnapping,” especially since this Caucus was questioning its support for him?
Answer: Homosexual marriage, the black clergy of Boston coming out hard against it which would potentially result in other black ministers issuing similar statements, and lending its support to President Bush on this issue.
The clamoring about Aristide serves as a diversion away from the homosexual marriage issue, and as a means to fire up black voters for the upcoming election due to the perceived racism of the Republicans. Pay no attention to Rep. Brown saying that whites and Hispanics all look alike to her.
The Left overplayed its hand on this issue. The homosexual activists could not wait until after the elections to pursue gay marriage, which would have been the politically smart thing to do whether or not you agree with this issue. Instead, they jumped into 2004's election elements with an issue that distracts attention away from Sen. John F. Kerry, the Democrat presidential nominee. Now the Democrats are scurrying to plug the leaks in its ship because the Boston black clery has frightened them with the black vote. Democrats can not afford to lose this demographic.
As usual, this is too cute by half. Now let’s see who is really paying attention.
--R. DeWynne Brown, III
Show 'em my motto!
Show 'em my motto!
We can hope.
Show 'em my motto!
They said in the link I posted that they are "progressive" in their politics. That's not shocking. I think that their church members were raising a stink about these so-called marriages, so they had to say something.
Show 'em my motto!
I'm not necessarily advocating homosexual marriage (actually, I really don't care since it doesn't impact my marriage), but the civil rights trademark, rather than morals, could be the motivation behind these preachers rejecting homosexual marriage.
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Well, this isn't necessarily a "clarification." This is my gut talking here. I'm thinking that the church members in Boston were raising a fuss, therefore the pastors spoke out on it.
Just my opinion. Your mileage may vary.
Show 'em my motto!
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But it would be best for "this demographic" if they were to lose the Democrats.
I spent much time in Haiti, was one of the primary planners of election security for their first free election in 300 years, served on Aristede's personal body guard detail (He's a weird dude with a lot of Michael Jackson like tastes if you catch my drift)
Even this "diversion" is ill-thought-out by the Democrats.
After all, replacing Black Aristide with an all Black Haitian leadership is hardly the fodder of hysterical cries of "Racism."
President Bush can easily defuse such Democratic nonsense by *inviting* the new Black Haitian leadership to the White House for a photo op...at which point the American liberal Black leadership will be forced to either back the new Black Haitian leadership or to back out-of-power Aristide.
That's true, but let us not minimize the many *other* major internal conflicts within the current Democratic Party.
To wit: Blacks are for school vouchers, Democrats are against them. Catholics are against abortions, Democrats are for them. Rural America is for gun rights, Democrats are against them. Unions want the jobs from drilling in Alaska, Democrats are against drilling for oil in Alaska.
Nor is the gay marriage issue limited only to Blacks. It definitely impacts Hispanics en masse and blue collar Americans in general.
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