Weisbergkevin (38 posts) Profile Journal Send DU Mail Ignore
Most AA oppose gay marriage in Maryland. Most whites support it
From the NYT. 53% of AA oppose it while over 70% of whites support it. That's only Democrats. http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/16/us/maryland-gay-marriage-faces-black-skepticism.html?_r=1&hp
Scootaloo (320 posts) Profile Journal Send DU Mail Ignore
1. This again? n/t
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2. Welcome to DU
Enjoy your brief stay.
Oh, and one more thing: **** YOU!QuoteA Jury voted 5-1 to hide this post on Thu Feb 16, 2012, 08:08 AM. Reason: This post is disruptive, hurtful, rude, insensitive, over-the-top, or otherwise inappropriate. (See Community Standards.)
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2. Welcome to DU
Enjoy your brief stay.
Oh, and one more thing: **** YOU!
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pinboy3niner (17,555 posts) Profile Journal Send DU Mail Ignore
4. We've been through this shit before
We never get it over with if we allow these trolls to keep bringing it back.
Orangepeel (12,412 posts) Profile Journal Send DU Mail Ignore
13. This is about party, not ethnicity
About half of Maryland voters favor marriage equality. The African American population isn't much different.
In general, most white people who favor discrimination against LGBT are already voting for republicans, so they aren't in this poll. A big majority of African Americans vote Democratic, so the African American who favor discrimination are in this poll.
snooper2 (11,802 posts) Profile Journal Send DU Mail Ignore
14. I don't see why this is such a big deal and can't be discussed..
The problem here is religion...
The AA community is heavily acitve in their local church community, more-so per populous than I would say the average white family.
It ties to two things, education and religion---
If we could wipe out religion, you wouldn't have ignorant tools preaching every weeked about how it's a sin. To wipe out religion, we need to dramatically increase education levels. Once we have sixth graders asking if god can withstand the heat inside a supernova 13 Trillion light years away we will be making some progress. Or can god even travel that far? Is god made of matter?
Ya follow?
Liberal_Stalwart71 (10,375 posts) Profile Journal Send DU Mail Ignore
16. You're right. If we're being honest, this is an issue that we must confront in the black community.
...and the Hispanic community. Hell, in ALL communities!
Why the NYTimes and others continue to single out black opposition is odd to me, but there is a larger goal here and that's to sow discord between the black community and the LGBT community.
But what's so infuriating about it is that there are black and brown LGBT who are marginalized, forgotten.
Nevertheless, the religiosity in the black community does factor here, and we should be honest about it.
Homophobia in the black community--a community to which I belong--saddens me deeply. And Republicans have attempted in the past to use this issue to drive blacks out of the Democratic Party. They don't need to win a substantial amount of the black vote. They only need to siphon off about 10% to make a difference.
Very, very sad.
Let's face it: minorities aren't smart enough to have their own consciences.
But that's okay, because DU is perfectly willing to handle that function for them!
:popcorn:
snooper2 (11,807 posts) Profile Journal Send DU Mail Ignore
14.
...If we could wipe out religion, ... To wipe out religion,
What was interesting was response No. 2, from pinboy or whoever he is. DON'T TALK ABOUT THAT, AND **** OFF! The essential DUmmie. Unpleasant issue in the reality-based world? :lalala:
Dear Hispanic Community: Democrats want to wipe out your religion. Madre de Dios!
If we could wipe out religion, you wouldn't have ignorant tools preaching every weeked about how it's a sin.
If we could wipe out religion, you wouldn't have ignorant tools preaching every weeked about how it's a sin.Because that's obviously the government's job. Now put down that cigarette, comrade.
This is why I love that so many DUmmies lurk here: they know that we know what their true racial stance is: "Shut up and drink the KoolAid, Darkie. When we want your opinion, we'll give it to you. See you on Election Day."
Just because someone doesn't tell you something is wrong doesn't automatically make it right? If no one told me arsenic was poison would it not kill me if I consumed it?
Fixed. MLK day was only created by white liberals to appease. Kinda like Black History Month.
In doing so, someone had a moment of sanity by selecting the shortest month.
It shouldn't be any month. Black history is part of American history.
Another DUmp monkey wanting to wipe out religion, wonder why that would be.
It just always floors me that their answer to everything when they don't get what they want is to wipe out religion. How do they think that will improve things? I'm certain there were barbaric cultures through the ages that did not rely on religion for their philosophy and they were far more brutal. This naive view they have about human nature is astounding. Their own words betray what a world would be like without moral constraints; in short oppressive and forced into their small world view.