Another thread about black people and gay marriage

[Anonymous]

...but this one isn't about blaming black people for gay marriage not being legal in most of the US, so if that's what you're interested, you might want to click the back button or close this tab.

Instead, this is a thread to discuss this article:

http://religion.blogs.cnn.com/2012/05/11/complexity-in-black-church-reactions-to-obamas-gay-marriage-announcement-reveal/

According to a Pew Research Center poll conducted in April, 49% of black respondents described themselves as opposed to marriage between gays and lesbians, 14% fewer than in 2008. The percentage of African-Americans in favor of it increased from 26% in 2008 to 39% in 2012.

Progress takes time. Did women earn the right to vote overnight? Was ending racial segregation something that only took a matter of a few weeks? No. Progress takes time, but it is happening.

Another interesting part of the article:

McDonald says more black pastors are talking about same-sex marriage than ever before: “Three years ago, there was not even a conversation about this issue – there wasn’t even an entertainment of a conversation about this.”

Also, the 70% stats in this article in regard to the black vote in favor of Prop 8 were later shown to be more like 58%, which was just the tiniest bit lower than Latino support for Prop 8. http://www.thetaskforce.org/downloads/issues/egan_sherrill_prop8_1_6_09.pdf