Posted on 12/10/2012 5:17:43 AM PST by COBOL2Java
Same-sex marriage opponents counted black voters among their allies leading up to November’s election, expecting them to help overturn legislation allowing same-sex couples to marry in Maryland.
Polls in the months before November’s referendum on same-sex marriage seemed to back them up, with black residents showing less support than whites. But as the months wore on, opposition softened, especially in the face of endorsements from President Obama and prominent entertainers, as well as a media campaign that included clergy, athletes and other public figures.
By Election Day, voters in the state’s large, predominantly black jurisdictions — Baltimore and Prince George’s County — joined to support same-sex marriage by a 4-percentage-point margin. In Baltimore, same-sex marriage got 57 percent of the vote. In Prince George’s, where opposition was expected to be very strong, it got 49 percent of the vote.
Statewide, 54.2 percent of voters supported same-sex marriage.
Those results did not surprise many in the black community.
(Excerpt) Read more at washingtontimes.com ...
“Those results did not surprise many in the black community.”
The black community doesn’t stand behind their principles, they are easily swayed by trinkets.
And OJ Simpson was innocent too. Facts and truth be damned ay for tribal unity.
Maryland “Freak State” PING!
I’m not surprised in the least. They sold their souls years ago for food stamps and a sense of revenge. Let them wallow in it.
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