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ellius101 Donating Member (128 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-08-08 10:04 AM
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Who's blaming African Americans for the passing of Prop 8??
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Why are so many people saying that gays are blaming African Americans for the passing of Prop 8? Gays are not blaming African Americans for the passing of
prop 8… Everyone knows that bottom line it’s the churches that did this!

Many are simply surprised at the large number of African Americans that supported prop 8 are wondering why such a large percentage voted to take away their civil rights, particularly considering the history of abuse that African-Americans have endured in this country. Gays have been fighting for the civil rights of African Americans for years and are wondering why "the favor" wasn’t reversed.

Imagine if a gay President had been elected with the help of African Americans and on that same ballot African Americans were told they couldn’t marry anymore. And from the exit polls it became known that 70 percent of gays had voted to take away their rights? I think African Americans would be pissed off too... and rightfully so.
Or if it were Jews that helped elected a Gay president and on the same ballot had their rights stripped away. Or Catholics. Or any group that had their rights taken away.

Gays are pissed off right now. They feel betrayed. Understandably so.
Quit trying to palm their anger off as racism.
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