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In reply to the discussion: My post on a Yahoo! news story "Many blacks shrug off Obama's new view on gays" [View all]JI7
(89,248 posts)109. not sure but probably has to do with slavery and other history of blacks in the US
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My post on a Yahoo! news story "Many blacks shrug off Obama's new view on gays" [View all]
johnlucas
May 2012
OP
As a matter of fact, he was addressing economic inequality before he was murdered
johnlucas
May 2012
#38
not sure but probably has to do with slavery and other history of blacks in the US
JI7
May 2012
#109
it's the same as white people who oppose gay marriage, what's so hard to understand?
HiPointDem
May 2012
#30
Good to know that some forms intolerance are superior to others. "A rose by any other name"
Tarheel_Dem
May 2012
#103
I certainly hope this isn't your face to face approach to people. If so, that could explain a lot.
Tarheel_Dem
May 2012
#106
I wouldn't TOS you over this. You do have a point, even if it is expressed with rage.
Zalatix
May 2012
#24
I'm glad I don't do juries, but I think I would've voted just as you did. It's the "F ALL OF YOU"..
Tarheel_Dem
May 2012
#28
I would have voted to leave alone despite the anger and the one incorrect statement, which has been
yardwork
May 2012
#34
You say: 'I have no doubt that there were some gays that played a role in the civil rights movement"
Bluenorthwest
May 2012
#54
"I don't recall gays coming to the aid of blacks during the 1960's civil rights movement, at all!"
Hissyspit
May 2012
#29
it's not ignorant at all. bayard rustin certainly wasn't out to the world, because those things
HiPointDem
May 2012
#32
Then it would be better to point out that fact rather than point to Bayard Rustin & say he
HiPointDem
May 2012
#39
Excuse me, but you are becoming offensive. Bayard Rustin was openly gay. So were many other people.
yardwork
May 2012
#42
Were you alive then? I was. He was closeted until he got arrested for having sex in a car.
HiPointDem
May 2012
#43
of course individuals may have known gay people. that doesn't mean they were "openly gay".
HiPointDem
May 2012
#45
That's largely because gay people weren't open about it because they didn't want to land in jail
ruggerson
May 2012
#61
which is my *point*. today "openly gay" means you are out to the world. not just to your friends,
HiPointDem
May 2012
#90
Where did i ask them to? OTOH, being gay was just as illegal in 1969 as in 1963, yet they made
HiPointDem
May 2012
#104
Lots of Gay Americans were part of the Civil Rights Movement, including White ones
obamanut2012
May 2012
#84
"Every time something bad happens to gay people, everybody blames the blacks!"
ProudToBeBlueInRhody
May 2012
#98
In North Carolina, not all predominately black precincts voted for the amendment.
yardwork
May 2012
#31
It can't be overturned as unconstitutional. It is an amendment TO the state constitution.
yardwork
May 2012
#37
Proposition 8 is a completely different thing. NC just amended its constitution.
yardwork
May 2012
#48
Post Prop 8 story that never got noticed much....fraud a real possiblitiy,
Bluenorthwest
May 2012
#57
Maybe so, but the vote in NC was real. 61% of North Carolinians added hate to the constitution.
yardwork
May 2012
#58
SCOTUS is the key I think, and for that we need to replace 2 conservative justices
stevenleser
May 2012
#51
That would be wonderful. SCOTUS is always one important reason to vote Democratic.
yardwork
May 2012
#53
You're in good company - Julian Bond said many of the same things you're saying
ruggerson
May 2012
#60