Why the black church opposes gay marriage Whose Dream?

village voice ^ | 5/25/2004 | Keith Boykin

[Southack]

Why the black church opposes gay marriage
Whose Dream?
by Keith Boykin
May 24th, 2004 4:20 PM

Reverend Peter Gomes attributes black social conservatism to assimilation
(photo: Kris Snibbe/Harvard University News)

Maybe it was destiny. As the nation commemorated the 50th anniversary of the Brown v. Board of Education decision on May 17, gays and lesbians launched a new chapter in their own struggle for equality. But the black clergy that lit the fire for change half a century ago is now out to dampen that flame, at least where same-sex marriage is concerned.

"If the KKK opposes gay marriage, I would ride with them," Reverend Gregory Daniels, a black minister from Chicago, announced from the pulpit in February. A few eyebrows were raised, mostly in the gay community, but that reaction was overshadowed by the disappointment with a much more prominent Chicago minister, Reverend Jesse Jackson. In a speech at Harvard Law School in February, Jackson spoke out against same-sex marriage and rejected comparisons between the civil rights and gay rights movements. "Gays were never called three-fifths human in the Constitution," he said, and "they did not require the Voting Rights Act to have the right to vote."

[Southack]

[Texas Eagle]

Jackson spoke out against same-sex marriage and rejected comparisons between the civil rights and gay rights movements. "Gays were never called three-fifths human in the Constitution," he said, and "they did not require the Voting Rights Act to have the right to vote."

Even a blind squirrel finds an acorn once in a while.

But, when you're right, you're right.

[cyborg]

This is bizarre. I don't get comparing a lifestyle choice to someone's skintone.

[longtermmemmory]

May 17th was selected intentionally by the Mass SJC justice who wrote the opinion in secret. May 17 has been in the works as a celebration by various lawyer groups around the country. IT WAS NOT A COINCIDENCE it was intentional.

Remember only homosexuals vote for the Democrat Party.

[Southack]

You must have hit the "Post" button before you edited your above comment...as statistics alone wouldn't bear out your claim as written.

[taxesareforever]

The homosexual movement will use any contrivance to push its cause, even if it is asinine. They never seem to have a problem finding judges to hear their asinine lawsuits.

[thoughtomator]

They have convinced themselves that homosexuality is a genetic and/or an otherwise inherent quality of a person (even though this argument has long since been debunked).

[little jeremiah]

Homosexual Agenda Ping - back on the job, I'm gone for a few hours and look what happens!

I'll read them all later tonight -

Open for comments!

Let me know if anyone wants on/off this pinglist

[EdReform]

Bump

What We Can Do To Help Defeat the "Gay" Agenda

Homosexual Agenda: Categorical Index of Links (Version 1.1)

Myth and Reality about Homosexuality--Sexual Orientation Section, Guide to Family Issues"

[AD from SpringBay]

Maybe the black church (and don't you just love that sweeping overgeneralization????? - only liberals are allowed such so don't even think about it you evil white-man readers) opposes gay marriage because the Bible opposes gay marriage. And maybe that's just another indication that you can either be a Christian or a satisfied sodomite - but you can't really be both.

Sort of like a thief who sees nothing wrong with stealing and who wants to be accepted as a known thief by his church and who ignores the fact that the Bible clearly shows stealing is wrong, is, himself, wrong. Then, Mr. Village Voice would write an article explaining how the black church is still opposed to stealing and pin it on the civil rights issue.