African Americans in Maine overwhelmingly rejected gay marriage

[apples and oranges]

De ja vu all over again...

[ensho]

1. its the black churches in the state that is promoting ignorance

nt

[EFerrari]

63. Well, last time I looked, it was the Catholic Church that was mobilizing

against gay marriage, not the baptists.

[FLAprogressive]

2. you're gonna get a lot of heat for that here....we're constantly told be tolerant of bigotry in the

black church because it's "just part of their culture". Which I call bullshit on because there are plenty of African Americans who are allies.

[hlthe2b]

48. Cultural indoctrination... misplaced machismo....

I think the church is a convenient excuse, but, just that... an excuse. Seen in segments of all races and ethnicities, however... I can't see singling out only African Americans.

I have faith (real faith) in upcoming generations of all races and ethnicities, however.

[MountainLaurel]

3. Probably, but

I'm sure that all 10 African Americans in the state didn't make much difference to the thousands of Catholics who were told to vote yes on 1 and who contributed to the effort.

[ensho]

yes the vatican is complicit in spreading hate

nt

[jonnyblitz]

7. there's only 9, one moved back to Boston. nt

[joeybee12]

12. And only 7 are of voting age, and of those, 3 are actually registered...n/t

[KittyWampus]

20. and those 3 were too busy working to go vote on this.

[joeybee12]

22. And that leaves...help me with this, I'm awful at math!

[jonnyblitz]

73. seriously, it would be quite the stretch to blame this on the 6

black folks that live in Maine. BUT there IS a dicussion on homophobia in the black community to be had.

[eShirl]

9. +1

[eShirl]

4. link?

[VMI Dem]

5. Link?

I would like to see evidence of that.

[jonnyblitz]

6. this is a topic we are not allowed to discuss here on DU , nt

[Captain Hilts]

8. A young black guy at the FedEx office on Cap Hill yesterday equated it with beastiality.

He and his co-workers had been listening to the radio - ugh! - and were discussing the issue when I walked in.

The black women disagreed with him. The Hispanic guy was on the fence, but the young black guy was all in a lather over gay marriage and the example it will show kids. Equated it with beastiality. He really did.

[apples and oranges]

18. I suspect that's common thinking in that community

[izzybeans]

30. I'm interested in knowing which community that would be?

[Raineyb]

I suspect you have your head up your ass.

Because you don't seem to know shit about what thinking goes on in the black community and you're basing it on what some anecdote you read on a message board?

Fortunately, for you, not everyone is as dim witted as you as to assume they know how a community thinks based on some third had information they read on a message board. Otherwise people would be inclined to think that the GLBT community was filled with clueless bigots who like to stir shit. And that's not the case. Although you are showing yourself to be the exception to the rule.

[fascisthunter]

10. where's your evidence for accusing a race?

and what were you trying to accomplish by doing so, because I think it's rude and over-the-top racist BS.

[dionysus]

11. growing up in maine, i would suggest that by playing the statistics, there are more gay people in

maine then african americans.

[d_b]

13. The whole 38 of them

[Vickers]

14. I spent quite a bit of time in Maine, and I don't recall very many black people.

Anecdotal, but hey. It would be interesting to see the racial makeup of the state.

Blaming this shit on anything other than Maine's bigots, regardless of their race, is pretty farfetched.

[KittyWampus]

15. Welcome to DU, Newbie. Do you have actual statistics or just trying to stir up shit?

[apples and oranges]

23. exit polls

[eShirl]

31. there weren't any exit polls

now what would you like on your pizza?

[Kahuna]

33. Exit polls are public information. Surely you have a link to provide...

[CreekDog]

39. let's see them

why won't you post them?

you don't get to claim evidence you don't present.

[cali]

43. LIAR.

[cali]

16. I noticed you simply made a claim without any evidence

In any case, less than 1% of Maine citizens are AA.

[izzybeans]

17. All of 3/4 of 1% of the population of Maine.

de ja vu all over again indeed.

Sounds like you may want to go around blaming a few tens of thousands of white people first. But by all means have at it. Pick out the least consequential voting block in a state of white people.

This post is a distraction from the problem of bigotry.

[Soylent Brice]

19. ...

[Cali_Democrat]

21. oh boy

[apples and oranges]

25. Bigotry amuses you?

[cali]

36. It doesn't amuse me, so take your shit stirring, troll, and shove it right

back up there.

[Cali_Democrat]

40. When you make a post like this, perhaps you should provide some evidence

links would be nice.

Otherwise it will turn into a flame fest. That's why I whipped out the popcorn.

[WhollyHeretic]

45. Your bigotry really isn't amusing.

run along

[gatorboy]

46. You seem to be getting a hardy har har out of it.

Just sayin'...

[CreekDog]

71. you are posting bigotry

[EFerrari]

24. I'd love to see your evidence. Thanks.

[sinkingfeeling]

26. Only the African Americans who are regular church goers and how many are there in Maine?

[bertman]

27. Jesus was against gay marriage, doncha know. He railed against it ALL the time.

[Gedankenaustausch]

38. yeah

the true text of the sermon on the mount has been hidden and kept by a secret enclave to protect jesus's true intentions, which was to eradicate the world of homosexuality....

anyone wanna see if we can kick this idea to dan brown for another book?

[Kahuna]

28. Piss off. There are not enough AAs in Maine to make a difference. nt

[Gedankenaustausch]

29. as some once said

file this under the DUH category.

[bermudat]

32. Are you trying to start some mess?

Blacks make up only .5% of the population of Maine. I doubt if the

African Americans in Maine made any difference.

[Lost-in-FL]

34. IBTL!!

[CreekDog]

35. Of the 1.3 million people in Maine you are blaming 10,000 black folks for this election result

you are pretty sad.

[cali]

37. just an ugly little piece of shit troll.

[apples and oranges]

42. one vote makes all the difference

[CreekDog]

49. you presented no evidence

[cali]

50. It'll be fun to see your repulsive bigot shit stirring ass, tombstoned.

[apples and oranges]

54. The truth hurts

Why does the truth bother you so much?

[Raineyb]

66. Truth my ass this is racist shit stirring.

Feel free to piss off.

[gatorboy]

41. Didn't your momma tell you not to lie?

[Blue-Jay]

44. Proof or shut the fuck up.

[KamaAina]

47. All of one percent of Maine is African American

More Mainers claim Asian ancestry than African.

Did you know? Quite a few African Americans support marriage equality passionately, because they remember it wasn't all that long ago they weren't allowed to marry "outside their race" (see under Loving v. Virginia; cf. recent events in Hammond, La.)

[bluestateguy]

51. How many black people live in Maine?

Are there even enough to show up in an exit poll?

[gatorboy]

55. 0.77% of the population.

[Lost-in-FL]

58. Every vote count.

[slackmaster]

59. US Census Bureau estimates 1.0% for 2008

http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/23000.html

[gratuitous]

52. Makes sense

Just about as much sense as the naked bigotry against people of faith that I see here all the time. Curiously, though, there isn't nearly the stampede of folks to defend people of faith as there is to defend people of color. Some prejudices are more equal than others.

[Lost-in-FL]

57. Actually, AA and GBTL suffer from "real" acts of discrimination and bigotry.

So please, spear us the outrage of feeling percecuted for belonging to a majority religion.

[gratuitous]

72. Make sure you use the real broad brush

I gotta tell ya, after dealing with the hide-bound conservatives, it's a real pleasure to get out amongst the so-called progressives and hear the same nonsense out of the left side of the bigot's mouths. But thanks for telling me that it isn't "real" discrimination or bigotry. I guess they feel exactly the same for some other reason, but I'm not very intelligent so I don't know why that is.

[Peacetrain]

53. IBLT!

..You just cannot make this stuff up.. must have been a meeting of our "admirers" on the other side last night, going through all the old ops.. "lets see if we can get this stirred up".. yep.. clear as day

[Neecy]

56. This is total bullshit

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60. I read it was French-Canadian voters that were the deciding factor.

[TxRider]

61. Call it a civil union instead of marriage and it would pass.

This is all name game, really.

[EFerrari]

69. Not really. It's a equality game. n/t

[Raineyb]

62. Deja vu all over again indeed.

Less than 1% of the population turned the vote in Maine? I find that extremely hard to believe. But I guess it's easier to blame the small percentage rather then the large numbers in the higher percentage groups right?

[JVS]

64. Mmmmm, scapegoating!

[kid a]

65. I made about 50 GOTV calls to Maine residents...you might blame the millions of LGBT who didn't pick

up the phone once.

[Brewman_Jax]

67. No links, no evidence

I call bullshit.

[Starbucks Anarchist]

68. Both of them?

[CreekDog]

70. you are making this up...also known as lying

and you are doing it to harm African Americans.

[geek tragedy]

74. Race-baiting troll nt

[cbayer]

75. Locking

This is race baiting and will do nothing but cause divisiveness.

cbayer
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