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LGBT Civil Rights and Activism

SoutherDem

(2,307 posts) Wed May 9, 2012, 02:40 PM May 2012

Why isn't it the same? [View all]

I just heard a caller on Talk of the Nation state something which I have heard many times.

African Americans vote against gay marriage because of religious reason. AND, are offended because the LGBT community equate our equal rights fight to the equal rights they fought for.

Why is fighting for one civil right differ from fighting for another?

How is this any different than the Loving v. Virginia ruling? Wasn't interracial marriage once condemned for religious reason?

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Why isn't it the same? [View all] SoutherDem May 2012 OP

I don't know about Religious reasons JustAnotherGen May 2012 #1

Here in the south it was religious SoutherDem May 2012 #5

I think its more complicated than that. JoePhilly May 2012 #2

And don't forget JustAnotherGen May 2012 #4

Agree completely ... JoePhilly May 2012 #7

Wasn't meaning to through the whole group under the bus SoutherDem May 2012 #10

Have never thought of that. SoutherDem May 2012 #6

Cool ... I'm in the agnostic leaning atheist group as well. JoePhilly May 2012 #9

Loving v. Virginia is similar... onpatrol98 May 2012 #3

Pointless??? SoutherDem May 2012 #8