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And, I'm tired of White Homosexuals & Progressives thinking that they're going to shame those Black churchgoers into submission.
The complete disrespect towards the Black Church that I have been reading since this all began has made my blood pressure rise.
Riddle me this, how does ANY Democrat, let alone Obama, WIN without the Black Church Vote.
Don't be ridiculous and think that Jasmyne Cannick, Keith Boykin and Michael Eric Dyson speak for the average Black churchgoer, because they do not.
The average Black churchgoer has views more akin to Mr. McClurkin.
These are the facts where Black folk and Gays are concerned:
Question: Do you believe that there should be discrimination in JOBS and HOUSING against homosexuals/lesbians?
Answer: NO - in the high 60's.
Question: Do you believe Gays should be allowed to marry?
Answer: NO - in the high 60's.
Question: Do you believe that homosexuality is a sin?
Answer: YES - in the high 60's.
These are the basic positions of the Black Community, as verified in polling.
These positions are rooted deeply in the Black conservative religious tradition.
Obama's problem, after the idiot staffer who didn't vet McClurkin, and he issued the statement that he didn't agree with McClurkin's views, was that he didn't tell the White Gay Groups to go somewhere and sit down.
There is NO WAY, IN HELL, after he had disrespected his pastor, Dr. Wright, that Barack Obama could be viewed, by the Black Community, as allowing OUTSIDERS to dictate what happened at that concert, especially in a state like South Carolina, where 83% of Black folk go to church twice a month, and 74% believe that the Bible is the literal word of God. He could have hung it up.
If you White Progressives believe that ANY Democrat can win WITHOUT the Black church vote..
You are the epitome of DELUSIONAL.
