The impression the article tries to give is that the black community is uniformly opposed to gay marriage. My point is that they are not so opposed to it that they are willing to do anything about it.
The impression the article tries to give is that the black community is uniformly opposed to gay marriage. My point is that they are not so opposed to it that they are willing to do anything about it.
The truth is that this election will tell the tale.
The vast majority of polled blacks will testify to a vocal opposition to gay marriage.
How this translates into votes will be another matter.
I would suspect that there will be blacks who will be pulled over to Bush solely over the gay marriage issue. But I predict that these numbers won't be anything overwhelming.
I've experienced the same frustration with the black vote versus the predominate black opinion on the issue of abortion.
It's the classic case of having to choose between voting for one's own (presumed) self-interests vs. voting based on principle.
Actually most blacks disagree with it; however, there are greater issues. Doesn't stop the fact that they disagree with it. Doesn't mean they can stop it either, if they could they would be miracle workers.