Blacks Betrayed Gays

I'm sure some will not like the title of this post but it's the sad truth of what happened on Tuesday in California as detailed in a Washington Post story. Personally, I cannot understand the mindset of a minority that has suffered greatly throughout the history of this nation which feels free to turn around and discriminating against another long abused minority. I sometimes thing the black community thinks it has a monopoly on being victimized and that no one is supposed to discriminate against them, but they can screw over whoever they wish.

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The article also reveals the pernicious and sick mindset of those who don't give a rat's ass about the concept of freedom of religion and feel free to try to impose their religious beliefs on others by how they dole out CIVIL legal rights. Jasmine Jones who is quoted in the article shows herself to be a particularly ignorant ass. I hope the next time she is mistreated due to her race she stops to think she and other black voters have alienated those who otherwise would be their allies. As for the black business owners quoted, I hope their gay clients abandon them and make a point of telling them why they business is going elsewhere. Hit them where it hurts - their checkbooks. Bigoted and discriminatory actions need to have negative consequences. Am I bitter? Damn right I am. Here are some story highlights:

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The same voters who turned out strongest for Barack Obama also drove a stake through the heart of same-sex marriage. . . . Seven in 10 African Americans who went to the polls voted yes on Proposition 8, the ballot measure overruling a state Supreme Court judgment that legalized same-sex marriage and brought 18,000 gay and lesbian couples to Golden State courthouses in the past six months.

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The outcome that placed two pillars of the Democratic coalition -- minorities and gays -- at opposite ends of an emotional issue sparked street protests in Los Angeles and a candlelight vigil in San Francisco. To gay rights advocates, the issue was one of civil rights.

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"I think it's mainly because of the way we were brought up in the church; we don't agree with it," said Jasmine Jones, 25, who is black. "I'm not really the type that I wanted to stop people's rights. But I still have my beliefs, and if I can vote my beliefs that's what I'm going to do. "God doesn't approve it, so I don't approve it. And I approve of Him."

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The overwhelming rejection of same-sex marriage by black voters was surprising and disappointing to gay rights advocates who had hoped that African Americans would empathize with their struggle.

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But Kesha Young, 32, called religious arguments a cover for persistent prejudices rooted elsewhere. Taboos against homosexuality are exceptionally strong in Africa, McCoy acknowledged. "I'm going to tell you something about the black race: We love to pass judgment. I think that's just a smoke screen about the church thing," said Young, a licensed vocational nurse.

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I don't discriminate against people," he said, with a wave at the rows of lipstick and makeup. "I have a lot of customers who are homosexuals, transsexuals and bisexuals. I'm not against these people." He added: "But I'm a traditionalist. I come from a traditional family. People can do whatever they want in their own life, but I have to protect my family."