In California, Tackling Homophobia in the Black Church
http://www.bilerico.com/2008/10/in_california_tackling_homophobia_in_the.php (http://www.bilerico.com/2008/10/in_california_tackling_homophobia_in_the.php)
October 31, 2008 3:30 PM
Editors' Note: Guest blogger Peter Montgomery is Vice President for Communications and Research at People For the American Way Foundation. His first foray into LGBT activism was on the DC local organizing committee for the 1987 March on Washington.
As California's very public debate over marriage equality heads to the November 4 showdown, a separate longer-term project to challenge homophobia in the Black Church and wider African American community began running radio ads across California urging African Americans to oppose anti-gay discrimination. And forums and workshops on marriage equality and homophobia in the black church sparked passionate conversation at the state NAACP convention last weekend.