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"Sleeping" With the "Enemy"

Started by Natasha, November 18, 2008, 05:39:09 PM

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Natasha

November 18, 2008, 05:39:09 PM
"Sleeping" With the "Enemy"

http://www.bilerico.com/2008/11/sleeping_with_the_enemy.php
Prince Gomolvilas
November 18, 2008 3:00 PM

After I posted a temperate and somewhat optimistic response to the disappointing news of Proposition 8's passage (which eliminates same-sex marriage in California), a friend of mine e-mailed me, insisting that I tap into my inner righteous indignation. "Foster some good, old-fashioned rage," he wrote.

I also suspected that, once the initial dust of outrage settled, we all would get a better view of what was really going on. And I was right. After the initial backlash the African-American community received for its overwhelming support of Prop 8, many of my peers came to their senses and backed off. After all, while 70% of blacks did vote in favor of the ban, they only accounted for 9% of the "Yes" vote. Additionally, it became clear that their disapproval of gay marriage was less a product of race and more a product of religion. As Mark Morford put it in the San Francisco Chronicle, "It's God's fault."
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