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http://www.npr.org/blogs/codeswitch/2013/05/02/180548388/crunch-the-numbers-on-blacks-views-on-gays?sc=tw (http://www.npr.org/blogs/codeswitch/2013/05/02/180548388/crunch-the-numbers-on-blacks-views-on-gays?sc=tw)
Author: Gene Demby Source: National Public Radio

"A relatively high-profile black man [NBA Star Jason Collins] came out this week. And with it, a hardy old narrative got another moment in the sun."

This article discusses how many people state the homophobia is rampant in the black community (" 'Homophobia in the black community — indeed, even among the leaders of the civil rights movement of the 1960s — was some of the most virulent and stubborn of all, and there are still some who resent the equation of the gay rights movement with their struggle,' wrote Charles P. Pierce at Salon.1"), but the numbers show that this is changing.

"Last year, NPR's Corey Dade spoke to All Things Considered's Audie Cornish just after President Obama's announcement to put the shifting black support on gay marriage into context. "A Pew research poll recently showed that black opposition to gay marriage is now down to 49 percent from 2004 when it was at 67 percent," he said. "And notably, that opposition actually receded more quickly after 2008. And obviously then we had the election of President Obama, and since then, more young voters have come into the electorate who are more open to gay rights." "

Good article.  It's nice to see the views are slowly changing.