Posted on 01/18/2006 8:06:01 PM PST by Chickenhawk Warmonger
Washington -- A leading black civil rights group is releasing a new advertisement that takes on Supreme Court nominee Samuel Alito and Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas on a sensitive gay rights issue. The National Black Justice Coalition announced today that the group is publishing an ad that challenges the influence of religious intolerance on the US Supreme Court. The ad -- which will be published in the Afro-American Newspapers in Baltimore and Washington, and in Roll Call, the Congressional newspaper -- features a photograph of Justice Thomas, who is black, and his wife Virginia, who is white. Noting their interracial relationship, the ad asks, "Offense Before God?" Until 1967, Thomas's marriage would have been illegal in 36 states, said NBJC Director of Religious Affairs Dr. Sylvia Rhue. "Forty years ago, opponents of interracial marriage cited the Bible to justify their discrimination. Today, opponents of same-gender marriage cite the Bible to justify their discrimination," Rhue added. "If Clarence Thomas had been on the Court in 1967, how would he have voted?," the ad asks, referring to the Supreme Court decision that legalized interracial marriage. "If Samuel Alito had been on the court in 1967, how would he have voted?," it continues. The tagline of the ad argues that "using religion to justify discrimination is the real offense before God.
"We see this as a teachable moment when we can draw on the lessons of history to help us avoid some of the pitfalls of the past," said NBJC Executive Director H. Alexander Robinson. The ad is a part of the NBJC’s ongoing public education campaign in support of marriage equality for lesbian and gay couples. "We want to remind those who benefited from our nation's commitment to equality not to deny that right to others." Robinson said his organization has serious concerns about Justice Thomas and Judge Alito and their ability to see the similarities between interracial marriage and same-gender marriage. To see the actual ad, click here.
There are people who just can't get over Justice Thomas' white wife. They should be taken out and flogged in the streets.
They think this ad will help them??
Total apples and oranges, interracial marriages and gay "rights."
There seems to be a disconnect between "black justice" and plain old justice.
This is simply pathetic, how could they even consider this type of attack could help them is beyond my comprehension
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You can't make this stuff up..
This will only resonate in the loony Left. It won't appeal to anyone else. These Leftists have gone completely off their rockers.
American Blacks sink lower and lower each day that goes by. Hispanics and Asian are blowing right by them as they continue to wallow in racism and hate. Problem is, they can't even see the trees for the forest. Fifty years from today, unless they get real, they will be in the same straits they have been in for the past fifty years as slaves of the Democrat Party. What fools!!!
I think they just did.
I fail to see the logic. Are they accusing Justice Clarence Thomas of miscegenation?
Black people, for the most part, are Christians, so accusing Alito of being a Christian isn't going to fly very far, either.
This ad campaign should be about as effective as hitting yourself over the head with a hammer. You would need to be a twisted fanatic to understand what the hell they are talking about.
They are equating two queers getting married to each other to people of different races getting married. They would like nothing better than to reduce the equation to that level.
So, are we going to let ther racists and fags take the country? I think not.
I feel so bad for all the decent, smart, God loving people who are black and who have leaders who are dragging them down into racism. There's so many who are hurt by the few who carry on like this.
I bet the black community will be thrilled by this comparison. Just Damn.
They think this is a "teachable moment", eh? Well, maybe someone should take a moment to teach them that the black community doesn't equate homosexuality with race as a civil rights issue.
This is from their home page:
NBJC is a national civil rights organization of Black lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgendered people and our allies dedicated to fostering equality by fighting racism and homophobia.
We keep seeing evidence of the black racism, and yet no one will point it out....because, it is not possible, in some people's eyes...
Besides, Thomas wouldn't have had to worry about making that decision about whites/black marrying ---he wouldn't have been on the Supreme Court....which shows how far black people have come in the Republicans eyes...
Infact, the black community is the most vocal against homsexual marriage. Equating racism to homsexuality infuriates them. For despite Liberal leanings on FDR's Great Society, socially they are among the most conservative in America tracing straight to their practice of Christianity. This ad will win this group no favors.
"Curious" the timing of this ad on top of Nagin and Hillary. Again the targeting of Thomas, again the depracity of raising issue if Thomas would have voted to make it legal for mixed races to marry. He's not 'really black', remains their implication.
You make a point that confused me...when I first started reading the article...
I thought that black people were even MORE conservative, in a religious way, to abortion and homosexulality....but, in this upside down world we live in now...
I guess I was wrong...
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