LE'ANDRIA JOHNSON & SNOOP DOG 2018 GOSPEL/ HIP HOP TOUR (28 CITIES)-(MY IDEA):
***** PROJECT IDEA - FULL MUSICAL TOUR OF GOSPEL/ HIP HOP ARTISTS, HEADLINED BY GOSPEL SINGER LE'ANDRIA JOHNSON & HIP HOP LEGEND SNOOP DOG.
***** DATES: AUGUST THROUGH NOVEMBER 2018
***** OBJECTIVE:
THIS 28 CITY, SOLD-OUT TOUR WILL BE USED TO INTEGRATE GOSPEL AND HIP HOP MUSIC TO REACH ALL AGES, ESPECIALLY PASSIONATE GENERATION Y POPULATION MUSIC LOVERS.
*******GET OUT THE VOTE:
THIS MULTI-CULTURAL MUSICAL TOUR WILL ALSO BE USED TO REGISTER VOTERS FOR THE 2020 NATIONAL POLITICAL ELECTIONS.
****** ELIMINATING POVERTY:
AT EACH LOCATION A CANNED FOOD DRIVE WILL BE HELD TO HELP FEED THE POOR.
CONCERT GOERS CAN BRING ONE CAN OF FOOD EACH TO DEPOSIT INTO LARGE BINS.
THOSE BINS WILL LATER BE TRANSPORTED TO FOOD BANKS IN EACH CITY.
FREE SCHOOL SUPPLIES CAN ALSO BE DONATED.
******* LOCATIONS:
ATLANTA, GA
ATHENS, GA
AUSTIN, TX
BALTIMORE, MD
BROOKLYN, NY
MANHATTAN, NY
CHARLOTTE, NC
CLEVELAND, OH
COLUMBIA, SC
COLLEGE PARK, MD
DETROIT, MI
DURHAM, NC
GREENSBORO, NC
LAS VEGAS, NV
LONG ISLAND, NY
LOS ANGELES, CA
MEMPHIS, TENN
MIAMI, FL
MINNEAPOLIS, MINN
NEW ORLEANS, LA
NEWARK, NJ
ONTARIO, CANADA
PORTLAND, OR
RALEIGH, NC
SELMA, AL
TORONTO, CANADA
TULSA, OK
WASHINGTON, DC
Gospel singer Le'Andria Johnson's pastor, Tim Rogers, says her irreverent criticism of the Church was "misguided passion" and he hopes Christians don't "throw her away altogether" because there is a place for her in the Kingdom.
"The Bible says if a brother be overtaken in a fault, if you're really spiritual, restore such a one in the spirit of meekness considering yourself," Rogers, a fellow gospel singer who leads The Hope Church in Blytheville, Arkansas, told The Christian Post earlier this week.
"A lot of preachers have called me to say she said things that they can't say. And they are sick of the politics of the church. Me and her did have a talk about her passion being guided because that's what I understand that it was the other day. It was misguided passion," he added.
Johnson won the hearts of Christians nationwide with her talent and candor when she won the BET gospel singing competition "Sunday Best" eight years ago.
Her turn in the spotlight has been punctuated by behavior that some Christians say is unbecoming for someone who professes to be a practicing Christian.
Johnson recently slammed the Church and Bishop Marvin Winans in a scathing expletive-laced critique. She also vented her frustrations with a Christian culture she described as hypocritical. Her outburst caused her to lose a booking for the recently concluded Essence Festival in New Orleans.
"You know what I'm tired of though? ... I'm tired of being Le'Andria Johnson that y'all know of," she said. "And Ima tell you like this: I could be on a Kirk Franklin level. I could be on a Mary level. Yolanda Adams, Marvin Sapp, Fred Hammond. All the gospel greats ... all the R&B. Beyoncé, Brandy. ... If I played the game, I could really be on that level. I could, but I'm not 'bout playin' no games, though."
It was after that outburst that Essence organizers reportedly removed Johnson from a slated tribute to Dottie Peoples. She said she wasn't going to pretend to be someone she wasn't just to become a gospel superstar and called out Church leaders for being hypocritical while dismissing the Church as a business.
Johnson apologized on Monday for her delivery but remained unrepentant about her criticism of the machinery behind Christian culture.
"You know Christianity, it's just a lot that's going on. So the way I said it, using the F-bomb, I apologize to the fans of mine that do go to church. I do apologize if I've offended you," she said.
Rogers explained that while he had not seen the videos of Johnson's rants online, he spoke with her about them and said he encouraged the apology.
"She is a member of our church. So she called me and she told me what happened. She told me what she said. She asked me did I look at it. She told me she was coming home to come to church. We had a chance to sit down. I know Le'Andria. I know her heart. A lot of people in the world they only know her by her gifting. And this is something I'm learning about the Church," he said.
"The Church will accept your gifts but they really don't want that person. That's why when the person is singing you ignore the gifts. And the gift is alright. It makes us feel good until we know who you really are. Le'Andria is a nice person. She means well. She just doesn't have a filter. And she has a lot of learning to do," he said.
"I think she is a wonderful person and I still think she has a place in the kingdom. She just doesn't fit well in a box. And you know religion has a way of boxing you in that you can only be this. You can never be anything other than that. In order to be accepted in this circle you can only be this and you can only talk like this. Well Le'Andria is not that person. But she's learning. I just hope the church doesn't throw her away altogether," Rogers said.
WELCOME 2017 - HAPPY NEW YEAR ("PUT A PRAISE ON IT"):
GET READY FOR NEW THINGS; GOD IS WELL ABLE.
GOD BLESS PRES TRUMP, ISRAEL & THE U.S. MILITARY.
THERE IS POWER IN THE NAME OF JESUS.
DON'T LOOK BACK - MOVE FORWARD:
BE AT PEACE AND KNOW THAT GOD IS THE LORD.
Sources: Motown Records, YouTube
"Do not remember the former things,
Nor consider the things of old.
19 Behold, I will do a new thing,
Now it shall spring forth;
Shall you not know it?
I will even make a road in the wilderness
And rivers in the desert."
It is long overdue to publicly address the issues of DOMESTIC VIOLENCE………..CHILD ABUSE……….and SEXUAL ABUSE in the CHRISTIAN Church Community.
I firmly believe that in order for each Church in America to continue claiming its Non-Profit Status, CHURCH Officials must Hire at least one real ABUSE Prevention Advocate on a Full-time basis to deal with these Destructive issues.
Having real ABUSE Prevention Advocates on Staff would greatly REDUCE the rate of DOMESTIC VIOLENCE………..CHILD ABUSE……….and SEXUAL ABUSE in the CHRISTIAN Church Community.
Preventing DOMESTIC VIOLENCE………..CHILD ABUSE……….and SEXUAL ABUSE in the CHRISTIAN Church Community is not an issue for DEMOCRATS or REPUBLICANS to address.
It is an issue for HUMAN BEINGS to address!
It is time for the SECRECY of DOMESTIC VIOLENCE within the CHRISTIAN Church Community to be Exposed so Hurting People can be Helped, not Hidden away.
The issue of DOMESTIC VIOLENCE in American Churches is often more prevalent in the SOUTH due to the SOUTH long being considered the BIBLE Beltway.
CHRISTIAN Churches in the SOUTH are notorious for SEGREGATION........DISCRIMINATION........RACISM.......DIVORCE........CHILD ABUSE.......POVERTY and DOMESTIC VIOLENCE all in the name of CHRIST.
I am a CHRISTIAN and I am not ashamed of professing this truth.
However what I am ashamed of is how the CHRISTIAN Church Community in America has covered up & hidden DOMESTIC VIOLENCE for Centuries.
More so among CHRISTIAN Church Congregations in the SOUTH.
The BIBLE teaches that both the Husband & Wife are to be Submissive to one another.
Unfortunately in the American CHRISTIAN Church Community many Pastors Falsely teach that only Wives are to be Submissive.
Such False Teaching has encouraged many CHRISTIAN Men to think they are Authorized by GOD to Abuse and Disrespect their Wives & Children into Submission.
Many CHRISTIAN Men also have a False sense of Spiritual Security, because these same Men believe they can Beat and Disrespect their Wives, continue working in the CHURCH and yet still arrive in HEAVEN one day.
In many cases PASTORS (especially SOUTHERN Pastors) who are well aware of such DOMESTIC VIOLENCE occurring within their Congregations, turn a Blind eye and a Deaf ear by allowing CHRISTIAN Men who Abuse & Disrespect their Wives and Children to continue Serving in the CHURCH.
This includes positions of CHURCH Leadership!
There are hundreds of thousands of WOMEN within the 21st century CHURCH Community walking around with a SMILE on their faces, yet Hurting deeply inside due to False or Inaccurate Teaching about SUBMISSION.
I have personally read the BIBLE from Genesis to Revelation, but I have NEVER read in the BIBLE where GOD Authorizes or Encourages Men to Abuse or Disrespect their WIVES and Children into Submission.
I have personally read in the BIBLE where GOD tells Human Beings, including CHRISTIANS to "LOVE ONE ANOTHER", but I have NEVER read in the BIBLE where GOD Authorizes or Encourages Men to Abuse or Disrespect their WIVES and Children into Submission.
So how can CHRISTIAN Pastors teach such False information to their Members?
There have even been situations in the CHRISTIAN Community where in a particular Church just because a certain Woman is Disliked by other Women (due to Envy, Jealousy, Strife, etc.,)
the other Church members will CRUCIFY that Woman with SLANDER, Libel or by turning a Blind eye to that Woman being Abused & Disrespected by her Husband.
In fact in many instances those other Church members will encourage the Husband to continue Abusing that Woman, by Approving and Accepting the Husband, while Rejecting his Wife, whom they Dislike.
Of course this Pattern of Behavior often leads to DIVORCE or largely contributes to DIVORCE, which is another HUGE Problem within the CHRISTIAN Church Community.
Especially CHRISTIAN Churches in the BIBLE Belt SOUTH!
Many CHRISTIAN Men who Abuse their Wives are Hurting Men, who most likely experienced CHILD ABUSE or SEXUAL ABUSE during their Childhood.
But does the CHRISTIAN Church Community address or Counsel Men who are CHILD ABUSE and SEXUAL ABUSE Survivors?
NO!
Thus Hurting People Continue To Hurt Other People!
Just telling Hurting CHRISTIAN Men to FORGIVE and PRAY is Not enough.
It is True for Men who were Victims of CHILD ABUSE and SEXUAL ABUSE to Forgive their Abusers.
But after FORGIVENESS then what??
Human Beings were created by GOD to experience EMOTIONS.
If Men in the CHRISTIAN Church Community are Not taught how to properly HEAL and COPE with the after effects of CHILD ABUSE or SEXUAL ABUSE, they will grow into Adults and continue those same Patterns of ABUSE.
Are these examples of GOD'S LOVE?
How can the CHRISTIAN Church Community Criticize and Condemn MUSLIMS when they are Emotionally and Socially Killing their Own Members?
Many CHRISTIAN Men are also U.S. Military Veterans who are still Suffering from PTSD.
When those CHRISTIAN Men who are also U.S. Military Veterans visit their local V.A. Hospitals, the V.A. Hospital Doctors often prescribe a bunch of PILLS for them to ingest daily.
Those CHRISTIAN Men who are also U.S. Military Veterans are NEVER required to seek or be Counseled.
They are just prescribed a bunch of PILLS which they ingest like Candy, while receiving NO Mental Health Relief.
This is the reason why I Support Pres OBAMA and JOHN MCCAIN'S efforts to offer U.S. Military Veterans the option to seek Medical Care from PRIVATE PHYSICIANS.
Pastors within the CHRISTIAN Church Community REFUSING to provide Counseling to Men who are Victims of CHILD ABUSE and SEXUAL ABUSE is a huge Mistake, which continues to Fracture the American Church Society and contributes to Broken Homes.
Perhaps this explains the high number of DIVORCES in CHRISTIAN Churches.
Broken Homes equals Broken CHILDREN.
Broken Homes equals Broken WOMEN who must Struggle to Financially Start their lives over without a Second Income, or in many instances NO Income at all!
Many BLACK Men within the CHRISTIAN Church Community have had Several DIVORCES because it was widely accepted to just find another Wife.
Many BLACK Men within the CHRISTIAN Church Community, including BLACK Church LEADERS, are encouraged and allowed to "Try On Women" in the same manner Women try on Shoes in a Shoe Boutique.
Unfortunately many Pastors (BLACK & WHITE) do Not want to take time to deal with the Destructive Epidemic of DOMESTIC VIOLENCE in the CHRISTIAN Church Community for Fear of their members leaving the Church and taking their MONEY with them.
Unfortunately many Pastors (BLACK & WHITE) also do Not want to take time to address ANY pertinent Socially Destructive Crisis in the CHRISTIAN Church Community such as SEGREGATION........DISCRIMINATION........RACISM.......DIVORCE........CHILD ABUSE........and POVERTY.
Why?
For Fear of their members leaving the Church and taking their MONEY with them!
I am Confused.
How can such Selfish, Mean-Spirited acts demonstrated towards other Human Beings be examples of GOD'S LOVE?
How can DOMESTIC VIOLENCE be an example of GOD'S LOVE?
How can SEGREGATION........DISCRIMINATION........RACISM.......DIVORCE........CHILD ABUSE........and POVERTY be examples of GOD'S LOVE?
Again I ask, how can the CHRISTIAN Church Community Criticize and Condemn MUSLIMS when they are Emotionally and Socially Killing their Own Members?
I could go on in this post but it's obvious I've written enough or maybe too much on the issue of DOMESTIC VIOLENCE within the CHRISTIAN Church Community.
I just want DOMESTIC VIOLENCE widely addressed on the National stage during the 2016 Elections.
I just want Women, Men & Children who need to HELP to have ACCESS to Counseling, Mentoring and Financial Assistance (JOBS & Affordable Housing) if necessary.
Look around.
There could be someone within your CHURCH who is a Victim of DOMESTIC VIOLENCE.......CHILD ABUSE........or SEXUAL ABUSE.
It could be YOU.
It could be ME.
Please don't turn a Blind eye or a Deaf ear.
Let's Please STOP The Cycle Of DOMESTIC VIOLENCE.......CHILD ABUSE........or SEXUAL ABUSE.
Especially within the CHRISTIAN Church Community in America.
Together We Can Save Lives!
Together We Can Build Or Rebuild Lives!
Talk Is Cheap!
Let's Put Forth Some ACTION!
It Is Cheaper To Help Someone Than To Bury Them.
It Is Cheaper To Help Someone Than To Incarcerate Them For Years & Years.
GOD IS LOVE.
Let The CHURCH Say "AMEN"
Sources & Statistics: Christian Post; Christianity Today; Youtube
Yesterday, I spoke at the Sojourners Summit at Georgetown University in Washington D.C. It's a diverse gathering focused on engaging the faith community in different aspects community engagement and service.
My role at the Summit was to present research we have recently completed, sponsored by IMA World Health and Sojourners around an important issue: how the church is responding to domestic and sexual violence.
Sojourners explained it this way:
Violence against women was named as a "significant public health issue" by the World Health Organization in 2013, which reported that 35 percent of women around the globe have experienced sexual or physical abuse by a partner or non-partner. And according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control, the chance of a man experiencing abuse at the hand of an intimate partner was one in four.
What makes this poll unique is that there is not much data on how pastors view and address the issues of domestic and sexual violence. According to Rick Santos, President and CEO of IMA World Health, "there is little information out there about what is actually happening in the U.S. faith community on this issue."
Despite the poll's major finding — that pastors underestimate the pervasiveness of sexual and domestic violence in their congregations — the report offers some hope. Of the pastors polled, 81 percent reported that they would "take appropriate action to reduce sexual and domestic violence if they had the training and resources to do so."
Sojourners recently published I Believe You: Sexual Violence and the Church , a study edited by its president and founder, Jim Wallis, and Catherine Woodiwiss, Associate Web Editor.
The study features three essays about women, sexual violence, and their experiences in dealing with their abuse in their churches.
It is a step forward in the effort to bring light to an issue that is often cloaked in darkness and to give voices to victims who often feel silenced by the church's failure to understand the prevalence of sexual and domestic violence.
"This is a conversation the church needs to be having but isn't," Wallis said. "We cannot remain silent when our sisters and brothers live under the threat of violence in their homes and communities."
Wallis was joined by Rev. Amy Gopp, Director of Member Relations and Pastoral Care at Church World Service who said "I hope this report will educate faith leaders about the importance of reaching out to domestic violence programs in their communities and creating strong partnerships so that survivors are served in the way they deserve."
The Christian Post shared details about the gap between occurrence and awareness:
Monica Taffinder, a Christian counselor who specializes in trauma recovery, depression, anxiety, and sexual abuse recovery, argues that many pastors tend to be somewhat naïve when it comes to the probability that both victims and perpetrators exist within their church.
"I really think people don't think that it happens in their congregation," Taffinder told The Christian Post. "I mean, [pastors] know these people. They see these people. They go to dinner with these people. They worship with these people. I know they're savvy enough to realize that there's just as much as they don't know people in their congregations as they do, but still."
The study also found that 65 percent of pastors had spoken one or fewer times about domestic and sexual violence, with 22 percent indicating they addressed it annually, while 33 percent mentioned it "rarely." Ten percent of pastors said they had never taught on it.
"Based on the number of times they speak to their congregations about sexual or domestic violence each year, the majority of pastors do not consider sexual or domestic violence central to larger religious themes such as strong families, a peaceful society, pursuing holiness, social justice, etc.," the report states.
You can find the full release from IMA World Health including a downloadable report.
It's an important issue and I encourage you to educate yourself and engage more fully on the subject.
Pres OBAMA is either a MUSLIM or a CHRISTIAN but he can't be both.
America is still primarily a Nation that WORSHIPS the LORD GOD Almighty & JESUS CHRIST.
I know the American Mainstream Media is trying to take CHRIST out of CHRISTMAS, and trying to Attack CHRISTIANS, including U.S. Soldiers & VETS who are CHRISTIANS but…….
America is still primarily a Nation that WORSHIPS the LORD GOD Almighty & JESUS CHRIST.
This is why the “DUCK DYNASTY” Won their recent Media War.
Even TWITTER & GOOGLE tried to Block “DUCK DYNASTY” Petitions Supporting PHIL ROBERTSON, but in the end FREEDOM OF SPEECH & FREEDOM OF RELIGION Won!
If a Human Being (including Pres OBAMA) can NOT Confess the LORD JESUS CHRIST as his or her Personal Savior, then neither he nor she is a true Born again CHRISTIAN.
Just being able to say the name "JESUS" is Not enough because GOD'S word states that even DEMONS can speak the name "JESUS".
However NO DEMON will ever Confess that JESUS CHRIST is their LORD.
Why??
Because SATAN is their LORD Not JESUS CHRIST!!
Nevertheless I question Pres OBAMA’s Faith.
Why??
How can he stand by and watch the State of CALIFORNIA & OAKLAND Coroner's Office Murder JAHI MCMATH (for her ORGANS), without intervening or saying anything??
After all he is President of the ENTIRE United States of AMERICA!
This includes BLACK Children.
Did JAHI MCMATH'S Parents Vote for Pres OBAMA in 2008 & 2012??
President Obama celebrated a low-key Christmas in Hawaii this year. He sang carols, opened presents with his family, and visited a nearby military base to wish the troops “Mele Kalikimaka” — the Hawaiian phrase meaning “Merry Christmas.”
But the one thing the president and his family did not do — something they have rarely done since he entered the White House — was attend Christmas church services.
“He has not gone to church hardly at all, as president,” said Gary Scott Smith, the author of “Faith and the Presidency: From George Washington to George W. Bush,” adding that it is “very unusual for a president not to attend” Christmas services.
Historically, watching the nation’s first family head to church dressed in their Sunday best, especially around the holiday season, was something of a ritual. Yet Mr. Obama’s faith is a more complicated, more private, and perhaps — religious and presidential historians say — a more inclusive affair.
And his religious habits appear to be in step with a changing America, with fewer people these days reporting that they attend church on Christmas Day or Christmas Eve. According to a Pew Research Center study released this month, 54 percent of adults said they planned to attend Christmas religious services, while 69 percent said they traditionally did so as children.
Mr. Obama has gone to church 18 times during his nearly five years in the White House, according to Mark Knoller of CBS News, an unofficial White House historian, while his predecessor, Mr. Bush, attended 120 times during his eight years in office.
But those numbers do not reflect the depth of Mr. Obama’s faith, said Joshua DuBois, the former head of the White House Office of Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships. “President Obama is a committed Christian,” said Mr. DuBois, who sends the president a daily devotional by email, and is the author of “The President’s Devotional.”
“He has a serious practice of faith even though he doesn’t necessarily wear it on his sleeve,” he said.
Mr. Obama’s religion first garnered national headlines during the 2008 campaign; after sermons by the Rev. Jeremiah A. Wright Jr. — Mr. Obama’s spiritual mentor — included inflammatory remarks, Mr. Obama was ultimately forced to renounce the minister and sever ties with the Trinity United Church of Christ in Chicago, which he and his family had attended for 20 years.
But rumors that he was a “pretend Christian” or a Muslim Manchurian candidate — fueled by his Kenyan background and the boyhood years he spent in Indonesia — dogged him. A 2010 study by the Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life found that nearly one in five Americans thought the president was a Muslim, and 43 percent did not know what his religion was.
“I would argue that Obama’s faith has been one of the most misunderstood of any president out there,” Mr. Smith said.
People close to the president say that Mr. Obama’s spiritual beliefs are profoundly held. In addition to the daily devotional he receives — which contains lines of Scripture and quotations from people as wide-ranging as Nina Simone and Johnny Cash — Mr. Obama regularly speaks to spiritual leaders on a variety of topics. Every year on his birthday, Mr. DuBois said, the president convenes a phone call with ministers “to thank God for the year that was and pray for the year ahead.”
He has turned to his faith during difficult times, and is comfortable invoking Scripture; his speeches and remarks are peppered with the phrase “I am my brother’s keeper,” echoing the Old Testament phrase.
His vision of faith is also an inclusive one, perhaps an outgrowth of his own eclectic upbringing. He spent several childhood years in Indonesia, with its predominantly Muslim population, but attended a private Catholic grade school for much of that time; he later lived in Hawaii, a melting pot of cultures.
Mr. Obama set his own inclusive tone early, declaring during his first Inaugural Address, “We are a nation of Christians and Muslims, Jews and Hindus, and nonbelievers.” He was the first president to hold an Easter prayer breakfast, and he also held the first Passover Seder at the White House, traditions he has repeated.
“He’s very conscious of the fact that this is a pluralistic nation,” said Randall Balmer, the chairman of Dartmouth College’s religion department and the author of “God in the White House: A History.”
Yet the public rituals of religion have proved tricky for Mr. Obama. When he arrived in Washington after his election in 2008, many of the city’s churches began furiously vying to have him and his family join their congregation. As president, he has attended services at several of the city’s African-American churches, as well as St. John’s Episcopal Church, which is across the street from the White House. But he ultimately opted against choosing a spiritual home in the nation’s capital.
“I think part of the reason he’s been wary of affiliating with a church in Washington is that he got so burned by the Jeremiah Wright situation, and he’s kind of backed away from that,” Mr. Balmer said.
The public has long cared about the religion of its president. President Dwight D. Eisenhower, for example, was not a regular churchgoer before he entered office. After he was elected, at the urging of the Rev. Billy Graham, he joined the Presbyterian Church, and was baptized, becoming a diligent member of the faith.
Part of Mr. Obama’s decision to largely opt out of religious services reflects a desire to avoid disruptions by his Secret Service detail and security requirements, echoing concerns of Ronald Reagan, who presidential historians say rarely went to church.
“The important thing to President Obama isn’t where you worship God, but how you serve God by serving other people,” Mr. DuBois said.
Mr. Balmer put it more bluntly: “If the calculus is, ‘Do I spend two hours going to church Sunday morning or do I get to watch college basketball Sunday afternoon?’ If he had to choose between the two, and knowing Obama, he’d probably choose college basketball.”
He added, with a laugh, “And that’s a calculation many Americans make on a weekly basis.”
This article has been revised to reflect the following correction:
Correction: December 29, 2013
An earlier version of this article misstated the number of times President Obama and his family attended a Christmas church service since moving into the White House. They did so at least once, in 2011; it is not the case that they never attended Christmas church services during that time. An earlier version also misstated the number of years Mr. Obama has been in the White House.
The good folk of Winfield, Ala. have been very upset by the news of an annual pastors conference taking place near their town.
Not because of any animosity towards religious gatherings, but rather to the stipulation that only white Christians are invited.
Tyler Cantrell, the manager of Norris Music in downtown Winfield, discovered a flier for the conference earlier this week. “It was put up throughout the town in the middle of the night. When everyone was asleep and without the permission of the business owner[s],” he told WBRC news.
Despite the fact that the three-day conference in neighboring Lamar County was reportedly festooned with confederate flags and banners bearing Ku Klux Klan and white-supremacist slogans, and that it was scheduled to end July 6th with a “Sacred Christian Cross Lighting Ceremony” — not unlike the kind performed by the Klan –organizers denied that his organization was a hate group.
“The white race is God’s chosen people,” William C. Collier, the organizer of the event, told WBRC. “We don’t have the facilities to accommodate other people.
We haven’t got any invitations to black, Muslim events.
Of course we are not invited to Jewish events and stuff.”
The Christian Identity Ministries, which is running the event along with the Church of God’s Chosen, also claims on its website that the “Europeans and their descendants are the chosen people of God.” Ministry founder Mel Lewis spoke with a reporter from WAFF TV and claimed that the town’s mayor was violating their right to free speech and religious freedom.
“We are not breaking any laws. We’re not violating any ordinances. We’re bringing the Word of God to people who want it, obviously, or they wouldn’t be here,” said Lewis.
However the town’s Mayor, Wayne Silas, sees it differently. He told WBRC that “Business people are upset.
This Does NOT Mean That I HATE Gay People Because I Don't Hate Them.
I Can Love Gay People With The LOVE Of GOD While Choosing To Disapprove Of Their Gay Lifestyle, Of Which I Believe Is Nothing More Than A Personal Lifestyle Choice Versus Natural Genetics As Skin Color & Ethnicity Are.
Yes I Do Believe What God's Holy Word Says about Homosexuality.
He Condemned It! FOREVER!
Please Don't Argue Or Debate With ME Regarding GOD's Views On Homosexuality.
Instead Go Directly To GOD And Debate With Him!
If Anyone Thinks They Are More Intelligent Than GOD & Can Win A Debate Against GOD, Please Be My Guest And Step Up To Him.
I Can Assure You That The Lord GOD Almighty Will Always WIN!
GOD Will Always Have The LAST WORD! NOT Mankind Whom HE Created!
If Other People Within The 21st Century BLACK American Community Choose To Accept Gay Rights Or Gay Marriage As A Civil Right, That Is Their Choice.
I Respect Their Choice Even If I Do NOT Agree With Them.
If My Refusal To Accept Gay Rights Or Gay Marriage As A Civil Right Causes National 21st Century BLACK Leaders To Ostracize Me, Then I Will Just Pray For Those Leaders & Continue To Trust In GOD.
Jesus Christ Is My Lord & Savior. He Is Also The Author & Finisher Of My Faith! It Is In Him That I Live, Move & Have My Being.
I Personally Do NOT Accept Gay Rights Or Gay Marriage as a Civil Rights Issue.
Excuse Me But What About JOBS, Black-Owned Small Businesses, Quality Education, Protecting Voting Rights, Racial Profiling, Student Loan Debt, Reducing BLACK Recidivism & Affordable Housing?
I Don't Mean To Sound Redundant But I Would Like Someone To Please Logically Explain To Me How Legalizing Gay Marriage Is Going To Heal What Ails The Collective American BLACK Community?
Will Gay Marriage Lower the BLACK Community's Unemployment Rate?? For 3 Years it has hovered between 16 to 55% depending upon Demographics. The BLACK U.S. Unemployment Rate fell to 13% in April. However the WHITE U.S. Unemployment Rate is 8.1%. Its Still Much Higher for BLACK Men. Up to 55% depending on Regional Demographics.
Will Gay Marriage Repeal GOP-Sponsored, 21st Century Jim Crow Voter ID Laws? New Voter ID Laws threaten to Deny the Voting Rights of Millions of U.S. Citizens.
Will Gay Marriage Improve the Quality Of Public School Education for Millions of BLACK Children? Many BLACK Students in the U.S. are Performing 30 Years Behind White Students!
Will Gay Marriage Reduce Recidivism In the American BLACK Community? In case the NAACP has forgotten, there are currently more than 846,000 BLACK Men housed in U.S. Prisons like Slaves. Included in those disturbing statistics are a growing number of BLACK Fathers & Their Sons Both being Sentenced for Crimes & Incarcerated at the SAME time!
Will Gay Marriage Increase the number of BLACK-Owned Businesses or Help BLACK-Owned Businesses to Expand so they can become Job Creators? Many BLACK-Owned Businesses Lack the Capital to Expand. Less than 1% of Funding for BLACK-Owned Businesses was included in the Stimulus Bill.
Will Gay Marriage ease the Affordable Housing Crisis plaguing many BLACK Communities? Or Help Prevent Foreclosures for Millions of BLACK Homeowners Hurt by the Wall Street Crash & Underwater Housing Crunch? Many States are using Federal Funding allocated for Affordable Housing & Mortgage Assistance to plug Budget Deficits. For Troubled BLACK Homeowners Hurt by the Wall Street Crash, its about to get Worse because of the BLACK Unemployment Crisis.
Will Gay Marriage help Hundreds of Thousands BLACK College Students/ Grads Burdened by Student Loan Debt? Due to the High BLACK Unemployment Rate, many BLACK College Grads are experiencing great Financial Difficulty Repaying their High Interest Loans.
Will Gay Marriage End Racial Profiling In America For BLACK & Latino Men? Especially in Large Metropolitan Regions like New York City. Trayvon Martin's MURDER was a Direct Result of George Zimmerman's Racial Profiling.
YES The American BLACK Community is in Peril! Even Young BLACK Children Learn At An Early Age That The American BLACK Community Is In TROUBLE.
So What's the NAACP's Solution?
Just Legalize Gay Marriage!
I guess JOBS, Black-Owned Small Businesses, Quality Education, Protecting Voting Rights, Racial Profiling, Student Loan Debt, Reducing BLACK Recidivism & Affordable Housing are NO longer on the NAACP's list of 21st Century Priorities.
Dear GOD Help Us!
1 Corinthians 6:9-10 (NIV): "Do you not know that the wicked will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: Neither the sexually immoral nor idolaters, nor adulterers nor male prostitutes nor homosexual offenders nor thieves nor the greedy nor drunkards nor slanderers nor swindlers will inherit the kingdom of God."
Leviticus 18:22 (KJV): "Thou shalt not lie with mankind, as with womankind it is abomination."
Leviticus 20:13: "If a man also lie with mankind, as he lieth with a woman, both of them have committed an abomination: they shall surely be put to death; their blood shall be upon them."
Romans 1:24-32: "24 Wherefore God also gave them up to uncleanness through the lusts of their own hearts, to dishonour their own bodies between themselves: 25 Who changed the truth of God into a lie, and worshipped and served the creature more than the Creator, who is blessed for ever. Amen. 26 For this cause God gave them up unto vile affections: for even their women did change the natural use into that which is against nature: 27 And likewise also the men, leaving the natural use of the woman, burned in their lust one toward another; men with men working that which is unseemly, and receiving in themselves that recompense of their error which was meet. 28 And even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, God gave them over to a reprobate mind, to do those things which are not convenient; 32 Who knowing the judgment of God, that they which commit such things are worthy of death, not only do the same, but have pleasure in them that do them."
The NAACP announced Saturday the 103-year-old black civil rights group is supporting same-sex marriage.
The group's board of directors made the decision at a meeting this weekend, saying it was a "continuation of its historic commitment to equal protection under the law."
The decision follows President Obama's recent support of gay marriage, a move that threatened to divide key parts of the Democratic voting base -- the gay and black communities.
"The mission of the (National Association for the Advancement of Colored People) has always been to ensure political, social and economic equality of all people," said Roslyn M. Brock, chairman of the board. "We have and will oppose efforts to codify discrimination into law."
Black religious leaders -- who traditionally have opposed same-sex marriage -- originally opposed the president's recent decision but appear to have softened their position in recent days.
Pastor Emmett Burns said on the Sunday following the president's May 9 announcement that he opposed the decision but this week reportedly said he would vote for Obama.
Burns, a delegate in the Maryland state legislature, was among the lawmakers who strongly opposed a same-sex marriage bill that passed in the Assembly this year.
He helped defeat the bill last year.
Conservatives think the issue could still split the president's base.
"He's on the wrong side of this issue," Deneen Barille, a black conservative told Fox News earlier this week.
"He's going against the values of black Americans voters. … He's splitting his base. He's going for the gay community versus the black community where he has thrown them under the bus."
However, the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force hailed the NAACP's decision Saturday.
"This is truly a historic moment," the group said in a statement. "The National Gay and Lesbian Task Force could not be more thrilled."
This gay marriage issue marks the second time in the last year that a decision by the Obama administration has threatened to split the president's base.
The administration has withheld federal approval on the Keystone XL oil pipeline over environmental concerns.
The decision has pleased environmentalists but has upset some union members who say construction of the pipeline, from Canada to the Texas Gulf Coast, would create thousands of jobs.
Should the administration grant the permits, Obama could arguably lose the environmental vote.
Democratic strategist Ben Tulchin said earlier this week the question of whether either issue will hurt the president's re-election efforts must be viewed in the context of the 2012 election cycle.
"Two years ago, with the president not having a named candidate, this might have been an issue," said Tulchin, president of the San Francisco-based Tulchin Research. "But is the president's base going to flock to Mitt Romney, absolutely not."
He said the Keystone issue further illustrates the point, considering that states run by Republicans are pushing anti-union legislation.
Democratic voters are saying "we have guys who are trying to protect union rights versus guys who are trying to screw workers."
Minutes after President Barack Obama endorsed gay marriage on May 9, Colorado's Democratic governor choked back tears as he ordered state lawmakers to reconsider a civil-unions measure defeated the day before by Republicans.
In the week that followed, the debate over equal rights for same-sex couples consumed the Capitol. Republicans succeeded in killing the measure, but lawmakers from both parties say the issue could play an important role in White House race in Colorado.
"Go back to your communities, go back to your neighborhoods, go back to your churches and let them know that the fight continues," Republican House Speaker Frank McNulty told gay-marriage opponents gathered outside the Capitol last Tuesday.
Colorado Democrats predict that their loyalists, as well as independents, will rally behind Obama, given his support of same-sex marriage.
"That will have a positive impact on the chances of the president being re-elected and winning Colorado in November," said Democratic Rep. Mark Ferrandino, a gay lawmaker who co-sponsored the civil unions legislation and said that its supporters would be "very active" in the fall on the issue.
Obama plans to give the commencement address Wednesday at the U.S. Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, before attending fundraisers in Denver.
Since 2008, equal rights for same-sex couples -- either through civil unions or gay marriage -- has flared in a few of the most contested presidential states.
Two of those, Iowa and New Hampshire, now recognize gay marriage.
North Carolina recently took the opposite stance, voting to strengthen its ban against gay marriage.
But the fight in Colorado has proved especially bitter, and feelings on both sides are raw.
So Republicans and Democrats are bracing for social issues such as gay marriage and civil unions to factor into voters' calculations about whether to back the Democratic incumbent or likely GOP nominee Mitt Romney, who opposes allowing gay people to get married.
The economy is certain to dominate the race in the state. Colorado's unemployment rate is 7.9 percent, lower than in some swing states and marginally lower than the national average of 8.1 percent. But with joblessness falling, social issue could well become more of an issue in voters' minds.
Colorado has nine electoral votes, and the state is evenly divided among registered Republicans, Democrats and independents.
Look no further than the state's evolution on same-sex partnerships as evidence of its swing nature.
Just six years ago, Coloradans overwhelmingly voted to change the state constitution to ban gay marriage after a campaign largely funded by Focus on the Family, a conservative group based in Colorado that's influential across the nation.
By this spring, though, there was enough bipartisan support in the state Legislature to approve civil unions. Yet GOP leaders twice used legislative maneuvers to stop same-sex recognition, most recently last Monday.
Republicans accused Gov. John Hickenlooper of taking marching orders from the White House by pushing the civil union measure in hopes of diverting attention from the sluggish economic recovery.
"Make no mistake about it," McNulty said. "It's absolutely clear to me that Gov. Hickenlooper is reading straight from President Obama's campaign playbook." Democrats said Colorado Republicans filibustered equality.
Some conservatives insist that Obama's position on marriage will hurt him in Colorado.
"Six years is not a long time," said Carrie Gordon Earll of CitizenLink, the public policy arm of Focus on the Family. She was referring to the state passage of its gay marriage ban. "I would think a majority of voters would say, `That does not align with my views."'
Others counter that Colorado's views may be changing as quickly as the nation's.
Consider that a handful of Republicans in the House said they'd support civil unions, meaning the measure would have passed if GOP leaders hadn't maneuvered to prevent a vote.
Senate Democrats have passed civil unions two years in a row, both times joined by Republican women in the Senate.
Some Republicans fear that the GOP's civil unions stand in Colorado could harm the party with independent voters.
"The truth is we may have not only sacrificed our razor-thin House majority, but we also may have permanently impaired Republican prospects in Colorado at all levels, including for the presidential race," said Alexander Hornaday, president of Colorado Log Cabin Republicans, a gay rights organization.
Then there are those who doubt the issue's potency come the fall. Among them is Kirk Fordham, the executive director of the Denver-based Gill Action Fund.
The political organization is funded by Tim Gill, a nationally prominent gay rights activist credited with helping fund a Democratic takeover of Colorado's legislature in 2005.
"By the time we get to November," Fordham predicted, "the attention will largely have shifted back to economic issues."
Its Official! It Appears The 2012 Obama Re-election Campaign Has Officially Replaced BLACK Voters With Gay & Latino Voters!
If I'm Wrong on this Political Teory please prove me wrong.
It also appears Pres. Barack Obama's Endorsement of Gay Marriage has Officially Split the BLACK Vote, the American BLACK Community & some BLACK Churches.
The Mainstream Media & Hollywood wants the American BLACK Community to believe We are Stupid or NOT Intelligent for Refusing to Accept Gay Rights as Civil Rights.
The Mainstream Media & Hollywood also wants the American BLACK Community to believe We are Stupid for Refusing to Accept the Gay Lifestyle as Natural Human Behavior from God when its NOT.
To the Contrary!
The Mainstream Media & Hollywood is Stupid for trying to Force such Idiotic Theories about Human Beings & Human Behavior on the 21st Century American BLACK Community.
More than 50% of American BLACK Voters do NOT Believe Homosexuality is Genetic.
Nor do they Believe Gay Rights is Equal to Civil Rights because Human Ethnicity is NOT a Personal Lifestyle Choice.
The Ethnicity of Human Beings is due to Natural Genetics.
Human Babies don’t have the ability to choose their Natural, Biological BLACK, White, Latino, Asian, Indian or Bi-Racial Genealogy.
But.......
Adults Can have Sexual Intercourse with anyone they choose, Male or Female.
Thus the Gay Lifestyle is a Personal Lifestyle Choice.
Gay People Are NOT Born Biologically Gay!
No Human baby exits the Womb of a Natural Born Woman GAY!
To state such a thing is Ludicrous & beyond Logical, Human Reason!
God’s Word states he Created Male & Female Human Beings to Marry, Become One and Reproduce.
For Example: Adam & Eve.
NOT Adam and Adam or Eve and Eve!
At some point in their Young Lives Gay People were either Exposed to Homosexual Behavior or Inappropriate Touching, which Confused them and perhaps later caused them to Prefer Sleeping with Members of their Own Gender.
I repeat!
More than 50% of American BLACK Voters do NOT Believe Homosexuality is Genetic.
Nor do they Believe Gay Rights is Equal to Civil Rights because Human Ethnicity is NOT a Personal Lifestyle Choice.
So now that Pres. Barack Obama, America’s FIRST BLACK President, has Publicly Endorsed Gay Marriage how will such an Endorsement affect Pres. Obama’s Relationship with BLACK Voters during the 2012 Election?
It will most certainly Hurt him!
Why?
Because Most BLACK Voters although We Like Pres. Obama, We do NOT believe he has Invested as much into the American BLACK Community as he has in the WHITE Community, Asian Community, Latino Community & Gay Community.
Its almost as if Pres. Obama has completely Abandoned the American BLACK Community
Unless……
We Completely Embrace & Accept Gay Rights As Civil Rights.
NO other Ethnic Group was asked to Substitute Gay Rights for Civil Rights.
Only the American BLACK Community!
Why?
I would really like to know why.
So instead of helping to Uplift the Collective American BLACK Community, it appears Pres. Obama’s 2012 Re-election Campaign has just decided to basically Abandon us & Replace BLACK Voters with Gay Voters & Latino Voters.
In November BLACK Voters will have 3 Choices to make at the Polls:
1) Hold Your Nose & Vote For Pres. Barack Obama’s Re-election anyway. 2) Choose NOT to Vote for a Presidential Candidate. 3) Vote for Mitt Romney
After the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. first gained wide public recognition in the mid-1950s, he made a special request to evangelist Billy Graham.
King was poised to join Graham on one of his barnstorming crusades, but he would do so only on one condition. He asked Graham to publicly speak out against segregation, a request Graham declined, says San Diego State University historian Edward Blum.
“What Graham feared was losing all of his influence,” Blum says. “For him, personal salvation was primary, justice secondary. For King, justice was primary.”
After President Obama this week became the first sitting president to endorse same-sex marriage, black clergy and churchgoers could be facing a question that's similar to the one that fractured King and Graham: Should my ideas about personal holiness trump my notion of justice?
The answer to that question is evolving – just as Obama’s views on gay marriage have been. Poll numbers and interviews with black clergy suggest it’s simplistic to say that the black church is anti-gay marriage and may desert Obama, as some pundits have suggested.
Equal rights for some people?
Some black pastors take the approach of Graham, who recently came out in support of a successful drive to amend North Carolina’s constitution to ban same-sex marriage and domestic partnerships.
For them, personal salvation is primary; homosexuality a sin, and so is gay marriage. Their enthusiasm for Obama will be diminished, Blum says.
“It will be, ‘I’m going to vote for him, but I’m not going to talk about him much,’ ” Blum says. “It’s the difference between voting for him, or voting for him and putting out a street sign and making sure your neighbor gets to the poll.”
Others in the black church say their approach centers on justice.
The Rev. Joseph Lowery, who was a part of King’s inner circle, says Obama had to support gay marriage because he believes in equal rights.
“You can’t believe in equal rights for some people and yet not believe in equal rights for everybody,” Lowery says. “That includes the right to marry the person of your choice. Equal rights for some people are an oxymoron.”
Lowery says Obama’s announcement was “more revolutionary” than the moment that President Lyndon Johnson went on national television during the heyday of the civil rights movement and called for racial equality, declaring, “We shall overcome.”
Obama’s “We Shall Overcome” moment will force Americans – black and white – to reexamine positions on same-sex marriage, Lowery says.
“A lot of white people didn’t believe in desegregation until the Supreme Court declared it unconstitutional,” says Lowery, who presided over Obama’s inauguration. “And then they began to rethink it and basically came to the same conclusion.”
Pastor or President?
At least one black minister in North Carolina captures another neglected dimension to the debate. He opposes same-sex marriage but doesn’t like the energy Christians devote to opposing it.
“He’s the president of the Untied States, not the pastor of the United States,” says the Rev. Fred Robinson, who lives in Charlotte. “America is a democracy, not a theocracy. I’m not going to vote on one issue.”
Robinson says some Christians are better at being against something than for something. Christian divorce rates are just as high as those for secular marriages, he says.
“Our witness is stronger if we actually show that we believe in marriage and lived in and honored it,” he says. “That would be a greater witness than running to the polls to enshrine discrimination in the state constitution.”
The Rev. Tim McDonald, founder of the African-American Ministers Leadership Council, says he opposes same-sex marriage, but he is more concerned about issues like health care, education and jobs.
He's interested to see how black pastors handle Obama’s announcement when they step onto the pulpit Sunday.
“I don’t see how you cannot talk about it,” he says. “I have to. You can say I’m opposed to it [same-sex marriage], but that doesn’t mean I’m against the president.”
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.”
Polls show that black opinions on same-sex marriage are changing.
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.
In 2008, Californians voted on Proposition 8, a measure that would make same-sex marriage illegal in the state, at the same time that they cast ballots for president.
Black pastors who preach in favor of same-sex marriage know they may pay a price if they take Obama’s position, says Bishop Carlton Pearson.
Pearson is a black minister who says he lost his church building and about 6,000 members when he began preaching that gays and lesbians were accepted by God.
“That’s the risk that people take,” he told CNN. “A lot of preachers actually don’t have a theological issue. It’s a business decision. They can’t afford to lose their parishioners and their parsonages and salaries.”
Pearson navigates the tension between the Bible’s call for holiness and justice this way:
“I take the Bible seriously, just not literally,” he says. “It’s more important what Jesus said about God than what the church says about Jesus.”
Contrary to what Lawrence O'Donnell & many Hollywood Celebs think Jesus did NOT Endorse Homosexuality! 1) And it came to pass, that when Jesus had finished these sayings, he departed from Galilee, and came into the coasts of Judaea beyond Jordan;
2) And great multitudes followed him; and he healed them there.
3) The Pharisees also came unto him, tempting him, and saying unto him, Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife for every cause?
4) And he answered and said unto them, Have ye not read, that he which made them at the beginning made them male and female,
5) And said, For this cause shall a man leave father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife: and they twain shall be one flesh?
6) Wherefore they are no more twain, but one flesh. What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder.
7) They say unto him, Why did Moses then command to give a writing of divorcement, and to put her away?
8) He saith unto them, Moses because of the hardness of your hearts suffered you to put away your wives: but from the beginning it was not so.
The Washington Post today digs into voter registration numbers that should leave the Barack Obama campaign a bit worried: among black and Hispanic voters — especially in key states and districts — voter registration is trending sharply down.
Consider these numbers: Registration among Hispanics nationwide is down 5 percent. But even more troubling is in key swing states like New Mexico and Florida, where registration is down 28 and 10 percent, respectively.
The decline in minority registration “is obviously an area of concern,” said Democratic strategist Simon Rosenberg, president of NDN, a left-leaning think tank.
But he predicted the Obama campaign “will have enough money and enough focus to mitigate the problem. . . . They have five months to get the electorate looking the way they want.”
But this is why the Obama campaign and Democrats should be severely concerned: According to that Pew Research Center survey, the 2008 electorate "was the most racially and ethnically diverse in U.S. history, with nearly one-in-four votes cast by non-whites."
Pew Research Center
The voter registration for both black and Hispanic voters rose by a combined 7.6 percent in the 2008 election.
Now this:
That shows how voter registration affected turnout. And in overwhelming numbers, those voters picked Obama. He won the Latino vote 67 percent to John McCain's 30 percent, and only 5 percent of black voters picked McCain.
But in a twist, this could also provide the Republican Party, led by its first national Director of Hispanic Outreach, Bettina Inclan, with an opportunity to pounce with its never-before-seen strategy to appeal for the Hispanic vote.
“I think the more we talk about the issues and the more we have Republicans going into local communities and saying, ‘This is what Republicans believe in. This is what Democrats believe in,’ Hispanics are going to make decisions for themselves," Inclan told Business Insider.
On May 8 North Carolina residents will Vote "Yes" or "No" to a Ballot Initiative on Legalizing Gay Marriage in that State. How will I Vote on this issue?
YES! I Support North Carolina's Marriage Amendment!
I will Vote NOT to Legalize Gay Marriage in N.C. because I believe what God says about Marriage: One Man; One Woman standing before a Licensed Minister or Justice-of-the-Peace, saying "I Do".
NOT Couples who are Shacking Up!
Adam & Eve; Male & Female
NOT Adam and Adam or Eve and Eve!
Thus I will Vote to Protect Marriage as being Legally Defined between One Man & One Woman.
Why?
Because I am tired of NAACP Leaders & Democrat Politicians Diminishing the REAL Civil Rights Movement by mixing this very important issue with Gay rights.
Before there was any talk EVER about Gay Rights, BLACK People were Fighting for Equal Justice & Civil Rights because we were being Discriminated against due to Our Natural Born Ethnicity NOT Our Chosen Sexual Orientation!
By mixing Gay Rights with Civil Rights it appears that 21st Century Politicians, including Democrats, is telling the American BLACK Community We are NOT Worthy of Equal Justice as Human Beings unless we accept Gay Rights as part of the BLACK Experience.
So while I do Love Gay People and see them through the eyes of God (My Niece is a Lesbian), I refuse to accept this Theory that Gay Rights is the Same as Civil Rights because it isn't!
Furthermore Mixing Gay Rights with Civil Rights is NOT being Forced on any other Ethnic Group. NOT Whites! NOT Latinos! NOT Asians! NOT Native American Indians! ONLY BLACKS!
Why is it that ONLY BLACK people are being Forced to accept Gay Rights as Civil Rights?
Does this mean that BLACK People can’t have BLACK Pride unless we accept Gay Rights as Civil Rights?
Does this mean the American BLACK Community is just "too Stupid" or too Antiquated to understand the Difference between Gay Rights & Civil Rights?
I think NOT!!!
I've seen quite a Few Poor, BLACK People riled up about Gay Marriage. Especially when Gay people are demanding Federal Protection from Employment Discrimination while BLACK Unemployment remains at 16% to 55% depending upon the Demographics.
Thus I will Vote NOT to Legalize Gay Marriage in N.C. because I believe what God says about Marriage: One Man; One Woman standing before a Licensed Minister or Justice-of-the-Peace, saying "I Do".
NOT Couples who are Shacking Up!
Adam & Eve; Male & Female
NOT Adam and Adam or Eve and Eve!
I will Vote to Protect Marriage as being Legally Defined between One Man & One Woman.
This is My Personal Opinion. You don't have to agree.
A proposed amendment to the North Carolina constitution to define marriage in the state appears likely to pass, according to a new WRAL News poll.
SurveyUSA polled 1,127 likely voters between last Thursday and Monday and found that {{a href=document-1"}}sizable numbers still favor some type of legal recognition for same-sex couples{{/a}}.
The amendment calls for the state to not recognize any domestic arrangements other than marriage between a man and a woman. Fifty-seven percent of those polled support the proposal, while 37 percent oppose it.
The poll has a margin of error of plus or minus 3 percentage points.
Most demographic groups favor the amendment, including men and women, young and old, black and white, poor and affluent. The only groups where opposition to the amendment leads are Democrats, independents and people who identify themselves as liberal.
When people were asked if same-sex couples should have any sort of legal recognition, however, the majority favored some recognition, such as domestic partner benefits or civil unions. Only 39 percent of respondents said they oppose all legal recognition, according to the poll.
Meanwhile, both sides of the issue continued to lobby for support Tuesday, focusing on claims that passage of the referendum would weaken domestic violence protections.
With a week until the state primary, amendment backers called those claims "misinformation" and "scare tactics."
"This amendment will have no impact on domestic violence prosecutions, and the citizens of this state should not be deceived into thinking otherwise," said Phil Berger Jr., Rockingham County's District Attorney and the son of Senate President Pro Tem Phil Berger.
"What (amendment opponents are) doing is they're using scare tactics and a parade of horribles in an effort to get voters to decide something or to make a decision on something other than the facts," the younger Berger said.
He appeared with a handful of other current and former court officials at a news conference organized by House Majority Leader Paul Stam's office. Several of the officials said there was "no chance" that domestic violence protections would be eroded by the amendment.
The Coalition to Protect All NC Families has aired two television ads in recent weeks that unmarried couples of all genders stood to lose domestic violence protections if the marriage amendment passes. The group has cited legal commentary from law professors across the state as well as Amily McCool, a Wake County prosecutor who specializes in domestic violence cases.
McCool, who is featured in one of the ads, said Tuesday that the amendment is worded ambiguously by proposing that marriage between a man and a woman would be "the only domestic legal union" recognized in the state.
"That phrase, domestic legal union, it has never been defined in North Carolina statutes. It has never been defined by North Carolina courts," she said.
State domestic violence laws apply to "a spouse or former spouse or a person with whom the defendant lives or has lived as if married," McCool said, adding that unmarried people could argue that the amendment bans the state from recognizing any abuse charges they face as domestic violence.
"Those statutes that give additional protection to unmarried couples could be argued to be unconstitutional and found unconstitutional, leaving those victims without that protection," she said.
That happened in Ohio, she said, noting that it took three years before the Ohio Supreme Court clarified the issue.
Jeff Hunt, the district attorney for Henderson, Polk and Transylvania counties in western North Carolina, said the confusion over the issue points out the need for the amendment.
"The very fact that somebody can do the legal analysis, in quotes, to arrive at that conclusion points up the muddled thinking that is at the very base of the need to have this constitutional amendment passed," Hunt said.
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