Posted on 10/23/2004 10:40:27 AM PDT by Former Military Chick
That's gonna leave a mark.
The problem is, the democrats never seem to go to Black churches except during the election cycle.
Technically, no politican is supposed to "campaign" from a pulpit, as that would risk the tax status of the churches.
There are a host of interracial family members who post regularly on FR.
I'm one of them. A Southern whiteboy/Indian married to a half-Japanese/half white California girl.
Totally agree with you that it's just not that big an issue anymore.
As near as we can figure, Tonto Junior carries the blood of the Choctaw Indian tribe, Japan, Netherlands, England, and Scotland. Maybe some French, but I refuse to acknowledge it.
Star Parker is awesome. I read her book. She gets it, and can have a powerful voice among blacks.
I am cerain that it is here. I used to work with a lot of blacks and a lot of queers and while the blacks were tolerant, they certainly didn't think it was acceptable for them to be allowed to marry and were very vocal about it.
You of course are angry and unable to get the point, my problem isn't with minorities, it is with white liberal politicians who go before minority churches, only at election time and pander to them. I say the same thing to republicans that do it. If minorities like that sort of thing, then fine, they have the right. But, all the minorities that I know, granted most are republican conservatives, feel the same has I do. I guess that is what makes this country great, we are allowed to disagree.
By the way, who said you didn't work for what you have, not I. That comment misses the point. I am glad you have an education and a job/career. But those things were provided by your hard work, not some white guy standing in the pulpit of a black church making promises they can't keep. Which of course is my main point.
Pray for W and Our Troops
Current active military members will not re-enlist when their time is up. That will create shortages in all services, thus requiring a draft just to "stay even" with our current levels (even without reasons 1-4 you mention above).
When Kerry, Clinton, Gore, et.al visit(ed) black churches, their speeches from pulpits were reported and replayed numerous times by TV outlets. On the other hand, media yells "separation of church and state" when Bush (or other conservatives) attempt to speak at churches or private/secular schools.
IMHO, it's not about skin color. It's about partisan media bias.
Why? Why would you support a party that has shown nothing but contempt for you? Why would you support a party that treats you as if you're too d**n stupid to accomplish anything without their help? Why would you support a party whose only regard for you is as a useful political tool? Why would you support a party who think you're so weak and spineless that you can't exercise your right to vote without being intimidated by people who try to keep the elections honest and above board? Why would you support a party who treats you as if you have no capacity to think for yourself or form your own opinions? Why would you support a party who did, and continues to do, everything in its power to assure that you remain an "oppressed" minority?
Thought y'all might find this interesting.
Read post #15.
Part of it, I imagine, is the "crying wolf" factor. The NAACP and the Democrats last time went around openly saying that if Bush won, he would "bring back slavery."
In fact, when he got in, Bush appointed African Americans to two of the three most powerful positions in the government, something no Democrat had ever come close to doing.
The point is, reality has a way of making Democratic promises sound hollow, and more and more people are coming to understand this.
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http://www.thehopeconnection.org/welcome.htm
I got to hear the head of this group, Bishop Harry R. Jackson (no relation to Jesse)
say that he's voting for Dubya, even if not in agreement with Dubya on all points.
(I guess he can say this aloud as a private individual without causing IRS problems).
He's also co-authored a book about African-American churches with George Barna,
the guru on Christian demographics.
I think a lot of blacks being career military has an effect, too.
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