Black Bashing Barak: PC

Earl Ofari Hutchinson: Obama Got it Right and Wrong on Gay Bashing - Politics on The Huffington Post:
Mr. Hutchinsn has challenged Barak to "disown much of the organized Black church, " given the depth of homophobia among many mega black ministers, and many of those in their congregations. Obama desperately wants and need their votes in his fight with Hillary Clinton, who continues to widen the gap over him in the political life and death struggle to win over black voters. "

"The hard core black evangelical ministers loom bigger and bigger in the battle to slice away at Clinton's black support. That's even more crucial in South Carolina. An Obama win in the state would propel him skyward in his march toward the presidential nomination. Black voters make up more than forty percent of the Democratic vote in the state, and a significant percentage of them are evangelical leaning, and openly hostile to gay rights. Many are strict Bible constructionists and take literally passages that condemn homosexuality as a sin against the almighty. In 2004, Bush adroitly tapped into that sentiment. It paid huge political dividends for him with an aroused throng of conservative black Christian church goers particularly in the Bible Belt of Northern Florida. They were not inherently hostile to Bush. They were incensed at gay marriage."

This kind of litmus test making is inane. No one imagines that BHO is anything but open minded on the gay agenda. Provoking this sort of confrontation is idiocy.

For other ideas by Mr. Hutchinson, try clicking here.

John Ridley: Donnie McClurkin and Perfecting Gays - Politics on The Huffington Post: "To paraphrase -- the only thing worse than a bigot is a black bigot... And to take it a step further would be to include a black bigot who drapes himself in the cloth and hates in the name of the Lord. And, yet, there is Donnie McClurkin who's planning an SRO three day stand with the brother who would be president, Barack Obama. A lot of folks are calling McClurkin anti gay or a gay hater or a straight out homophobe 'cause he says that he's in a 'war' against homosexuality, and homosexuality is a choice and gays can be fixed. A lot like, I'm sure, Ann Coulter would tell you Jews can be perfected -- and while we're on the subject of the absurd, the Patriots can be beaten because their passing offense really can be stopped. Anyway..."

Just a thought:

IF being gay is a choice, then that seems pretty fine. Some choose cheeseburgers some choose to be vegan. That is a choice with little opporobrium, regardless of "normality."

IF being gay is biologic, then that could be fine too. Just as being tall or black or blond. BUT somehow when a biologic property is controversial, we make a big deal about what is dsease and what is normal. Sickle is a disease, blue eyes are normal. So, maybe the differenc eis if a porperty "hurts you." So alcoholism is a disease but vegetarianism is normal.

What if, as many assert being gay IS genetic and we find the gene and .. can a parent decide not to have a gay child??? or to have a gay child?? After all many of us feel a parent can choose or not choose to have sickle child or a deaf child ..though there those who feel being hearing deprived is normal too.

And .. what happens when someone finds the pill. You know the one that determines sexual preference? Can children under 16 decide t take the pill that makes them gay? or the pill that makes them straight?

CNN.com - CNN Political Ticker Obama supporter: ‘God delivered me from homosexuality’ «: "COLUMBIA, South Carolina (CNN) — The controversial Gospel singer at the center of a gay and lesbian backlash against Sen. Barack Obama’s presidential campaign struck back at his critics Sunday night, saying that he has been 'vilified' and declaring that 'God delivered me from homosexuality.' Rev. Donnie McClurkin, who headlined the final installment of the Obama campaign's 'Embrace the Change' Gospel concert series, did not comment on the controversy until the just before the concert's finish, when he told the crowd of about 2,500 African-Americans: 'I'm going to say something that's going to get me in trouble.' 'They accuse me of being anti-gay and a bigot,' McClurkin said. 'We don't believe in discrimination. We don't believe in hatred, and if you do you are in the wrong place at the wrong time. That's the whole premise of God. That's the whole premise of Christ is love, love, love. But there is a side of Christ that deals in judgment, and all sin is against God.' McClurkin has said that homosexuality is a choice and that he overcame homosexual desires through prayer, comments that drew fire from gay and lesbian activists and caught the Obama campaign, which has been using faith to reach out to African"