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Agreed but they were chosen to begin my study because they are indeed the largest predominantly African American Church in the country. I have found that those that disagree are usually very small bodies. I think it is safe to say that the majority of Christian African Americans do indeed oppose the analogy drawn between homosexual rights activists and themselves.
I'm not so sure you can actually claim that with real facts behind you - I doubt every member thinks exactly the same as the leadership...but I won't argue it any further. However, I WOULD argue that even if it is a majority, it would still only be their opinion. Most of us see plenty of parallels to the civil rights movement of the 60s, even though it's not completely parallel.
If people want to get married, I dont care if theyre the same sex. Not all civil rights are racial. - Charles Cobb - leader of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee in Mississippi from 1962 to 1967. He is also a founding member of the National Association of Black Journalists.
Wait let me guess, hes out of touch.
Predominantly African-American Churches are NOT the only African-American bodies with a right to voice a perfectly valid opinion on this issue.Can you provide a positional statement from a predominantly African American Christian Church that supports the comparison? If so I would appreciate reading them. If not, while your quotes are interesting they only represent the individuals making them.
By the way I want to make this clear especially due to your confrontational style of posting. I don't necessarily oppose homosexual marriage. I am very interested however in why it seems that the majority of African American Christians deny the comparison with homosexual marriage rights.
Can you provide a positional statement from a predominantly African American Christian Church that supports the comparison? If so I would appreciate reading them. If not, while your quotes are interesting they only represent the individuals making them.
By the way I want to make this clear especially due to your confrontational style of posting. I don't necessarily oppose homosexual marriage. I am very interested however in why it seems that the majority of African American Christians deny the comparison with homosexual marriage rights.
Predominantly African-American Churches are NOT the only African-American bodies with a right to voice a perfectly valid opinion on this issue.
I never claimed that they were, but it is the African American Christian opinion that I was researching.
I think this is the reason they are against SS mariage, the same reason many white Christians are oppossed to it.
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You seem to have the opinion that I came into this with an agenda. I did not, nor do I have a set in concrete opinion. If I did why would I be looking at and asking for the opinions of others.
I agree that the opinions of the leaders of this denomination may not represent the entirety of the constituency they represent. The same however can be said of the NAACP and others that have been quoted here. So far every predominantly African American Church body I have found has a similar stance.
If you can show me something different I would be happy to read it but so far it seems that at least a majority of African American Christians disagree with the comparison. That doesn't mean they are right, it doesn't mean they are wrong, but it is certainly a valid voice and an opinion worth hearing.
So far I have seen little offered other than rhetoric that can explain this. Posting things such as "fear" and "scapegoating" are rhetorical and at best is speculation.
You seem like an intelligent and loving Christian man from the posts of yours that I have read. Is it possible you may want to help me understand this issue better or can I count on one more dismissive post from one more person who cannot admit that there is a disconnect here somewhere?
If I have come off in an abrasive or dismissive fashion, I apologize. I am used to getting this a lot, and so sometimes it's an automatic reaction. If your really do want to understand more, I would be more than willing to offer my 2 cents, in hopes that my own experience might add to the knowledge bank.
ETA: When I lived in Seattle, I had a number of African American friends - every single one of whom were completely supportive of my relationship with the same man of 24 years. Now that I have moved to Chicago, I have even more African American friends...and again, there is not ONE...NOT ONE among them who finds our relationship in any way objectionable. SO I am going by personal experience.
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