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I don't buy that they are so conservative - except for this issue.  Polls show that black attitudes toward abortion are about the same as the national average.  Marriage rates don't reflect an overall conservative view about marriage among the hetero population.  I don't think that blacks are particularly conservative on government spending, medicare, social security, job creation.  I don't think they are particularly conservative on foreign policy.  I really can't think of any major issues where blacks stand out as conservative, except on this one.

Can you identify other areas where blacks are statistically conservative besides gay rights?[/quote]

I think I made sure to mention in both my posts that I was speaking from my experience only. I don't know statistics for what you're looking for and I don't feel like researching. I can continue to speak from my experience because I don't really feel like getting academic right now. You don't have to "buy" it, although I don't think you need to be so skeptical about something I've shared as being personal experience only.

For the group of people I'm talking about (generally women, very religious Christians, very socially conservative), things they frown upon include:
1. Sex outside of marriage 
2. Dating outside of your religion
3. For some, being close friends with people outside of your religion
4. Non-gospel music
5. Abortion

Again, this is from my experience. These people are just like religious extremists of any race. Most people I know (including most black people I know) are pro gay rights. I'm not denying that anti-gay black people exist. It's just that if (as Pew Research Center Stats from 2012 show) 49 percent of blacks oppose gay marriage and 39 percent of blacks of support gay marriage, I'm overwhelmingly around 39 percenters. And the ones I know who are against it are mainly in online communities and they're religious to the point of being against a ton of things. [/quote]

If you are talking about women who do not have sex outside of marriage, then you are speaking about a very thin slice of Black America.  I understand that these strict, churchgoing women exist.  But come on, 3/4 of black children are born out of wedlock!  These women are not the average for the community.  [/quote]

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