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Anonymous wrote:I just can't understand how a group that has known discrimination solely on the basis of who they are would then turn around and perpetrate the same oppression against another group.

Ok, but is that the only group that has done this? What about the Orthodox Jews? Also many many ethnic minorities who absolutely hate Blacks...and the many gays I know who hate Blacks for no other reason than being Black. I have to deal with one such woman at work every day.

Because we are a people-loving people? We are inclusive and forgiving? We embrace people at the margin?

Basically, we are better than the cheap, petty behavior that accompanies homophobia. That's why.

Blacks in NC came out en masse encouraged by their pastors to vote against gay marriage. Look at the voting trends and maps etc. Places like Research Triangle voted against the amendment and heavily black areas voted for. Hypocrites.

Anonymous wrote:White gays may hate whites, but you don't hear them preaching hate every Sunday while the congregation nods in approval and taking a leading role in institutionalizing discrimination.

What's in your heart is between you and your God. What you do with that is my business.

Before the 1960s, I can guarantee you there were white gays who preached hate every Sunday, while the congregation (with some gay members of the congregation) nodded their heads in approval and took a leading role in institutionalizing discrimination.

Progress takes time. Black civil rights were an accomplishment that was centuries in the making.

Luckily, the tide is turning and more Americans are in favor of same-sex marriage than they were ten or even five years ago.

correction -- some white gays may hate *blacks*

White gays may hate whites, but you don't hear them preaching hate every Sunday while the congregation nods in approval and taking a leading role in institutionalizing discrimination.

What's in your heart is between you and your God. What you do with that is my business.

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Anonymous wrote:I just can't understand how a group that has known discrimination solely on the basis of who they are would then turn around and perpetrate the same oppression against another group.

Really. There are many white gays who do not like Blacks simply because of the color of their skin. Why is that?

Good point. There are racist gay people who hate blacks (for reasons unrelated to the perception that all blacks are against gay marriage).

Why is that? I'm pro-SSM, but the thinking that "because you've been discriminated against, you must love everyone ever" is stupid. You shouldn't discriminate against others because it is wrong, not because your racial/ethnic/social/gender group has been the victim of discrimination.

Women were discriminated against for who they are. Why are some women anti-gay marriage? The first Europeans in what's now America came here because they were discriminated against for their religion. Why are some of the descendants of those people anti-gay marriage?

Anonymous wrote:I just can't understand how a group that has known discrimination solely on the basis of who they are would then turn around and perpetrate the same oppression against another group.

Really. There are many white gays who do not like Blacks simply because of the color of their skin. Why is that?

Pretty good discussion about this very issue on The Ed Show tonight.

Anonymous wrote:It's not that black people can not personally agree with gay marriage.

NC voted to make an amendment to their laws that allows discrimination. The last time that was done was to discriminate against black peoiple.

Please cite the name and date of the discriminatory amendment prior to amendment one.

I seriously doubt no discriminatory laws have occurred between laws that discriminated against blacks and amendment one.

It's not that black people can not personally agree with gay marriage.

NC voted to make an amendment to their laws that allows discrimination. The last time that was done was to discriminate against black peoiple.

Did you have to start a whole new thread to ask this question, OP?

Please, can someone start 5+ threads on what's wrong with another race?
Suggestions:
1. Why is suicide one of the leading causes of death for whites?
2. Why do studies find that white women have low self-confidence?

I think the issue with Blacks this area, at least, is that they have actively fought to deny gay rights -- frirst in DC and now in Maryland. I don't see the same active effort to discriminate from Orthodox Jews or Muslims.

Anonymous wrote:I just can't understand how a group that has known discrimination solely on the basis of who they are would then turn around and perpetrate the same oppression against another group.

Ok, but is that the only group that has done this? What about the Orthodox Jews? Also many many ethnic minorities who absolutely hate Blacks...and the many gays I know who hate Blacks for no other reason than being Black. I have to deal with one such woman at work every day.

I just can't understand how a group that has known discrimination solely on the basis of who they are would then turn around and perpetrate the same oppression against another group.

but White Christians, Orthodox Jews, and Muslims can be against it?
Do Blacks need to remember their place?
The Nazi's killed homosexuals too, so it would stand to reason that all Jews should be out there marching for gay rights.