I posted yesterday about how in my view the extreme homophobia in black churches causes an increase in self-loathing among gay blacks and also an increase is risky and unsafe sex that then flows back into the wider black community. In addition, the misdirected emergies of black pastors takes attention away from other problems that urgently need to be addressed. Pam Spaulding has a related post today (http://www.pamshouseblend.com/showDiary.do?diaryId=4705#50709) that likewise looks at the wasted time and efforts. Here are some highlights:
This is sad, people, and yet another example of why this hurts the very people hurling the hatred. These ministers are so homo-hate obsessed that they ignored Simmons attempts to tackle serious issues of concern in the black community like crime, education and economic opportunity, and bound together to write a letter about their fixation on gays. Marriage is a done deal in Massachusetts, but here are pastors are wasting precious time and energy trying to heap their disapproval on a mayor reaching out to them. This is a tragic disservice to the black community, and further proves how pathological and deep a problem this is.
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