The not-so-secret secret is out: a lot of black Americans have never been happy with homosexuals equating their struggles for acceptance with that of civil rights. Part of the reason is that many, if not most black Americans are very religious; Christian and, increasingly, Muslim, for the most part. The other reason is this: many black Americans just aren’t that “open-minded” about certain things. Homosexuality is one of them. From the Washington Times:
Several black pastors are gathering today in San Francisco for the first of several rallies to denounce same-sex "marriage." Others are planning rallies in Boston on March 11, when Massachusetts lawmakers reconvene to consider an amendment upholding traditional marriage. [SNIP]
"We find the gay community's attempt to tie their pursuit of special rights based on their behavior to the civil rights movement of the 1960s and 1970s abhorrent," Bishop Andrew Merritt of Straight Gate Ministries and several other Detroit pastors said recently in a statement supporting traditional marriage. "Being black is not a lifestyle choice." [SNIP]
Black Americans have been liberal on many social issues, "but not this one," according to Star Parker, a California-based conservative leader.
The homosexual "marriage" issue "is where we get off the bus," she said.Jesse Jackson won’t even climb aboard this particular bus.
The Rev. Jesse Jackson also has said homosexual rights are not the same as civil rights.
"Gays were never called three-fifths human in the Constitution," he recently told Boston-area students.(I wonder if anyone has told him that homosexuals have a higher average income than everyone else. We’ll see if he changes his tune.)
Religious considerations aside, here’s the difference: a homosexual can hide his/her orientation. He/she can even change it, according to some Christian ministries existing for that purpose. Michael Jackson notwithstanding, a black person cannot hide or change his/her “blackness.” Ever hear of DNA?
I think that homosexual activists, in their zeal to get what they want right now have been quite short-sighted in this matter. There are too many black evangelical Christians out there that won’t “put their color before Christ,” as Star Parker put it.
Will this matter have an effect on the coming election? You bet. I can’t wait to see how.
(Thanks to Laura Ingraham)
