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Originally posted by Legal Diva
Yes, you are going to be “attacked”. Let me be the first.
I am insulted by your presumption that Black people should understand gay people. The two aren't the same--never have been, never will be. Do you claim that your religious/ethnic designation as a Jew gives you insight into the lives of Black people? While there are a few Black people who can "pass", we generally do not have the "luxury" or ability to change our name and start life without the stigma of our race. It is not up to us to let people know whether we're Black or not--it's known when we walk into the room. However, let's not get it twisted, I LOVE being Black! It is the very permanent nature of Blackness that has forced us to become the diverse, creative, culture that we are.
If we continue to use the illustration started by Lovespell, it sounds like “you people” (how does THAT feel?) are more apt to identify with homosexuals than Black Americans.
Now, let me give you a very succinct reason why the issue of minority civil liberty is different from that of gay marriage: The government recognizes and rewards marriage for one reason only—it is that, for the most part, within the institution of marriage, children are born and cared for. The government WANTS people to have kids to maintain the population. Two black people can lay down (or stand up for that matter) and create a child as can a black person with a white person, Asian person, or Hispanic person. Gay marriages CANNOT add to the population and is therefore not important to the government.
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Very good points and I am in total agreement with you.
I'm tired of the argument that the fight for gay rights is like the civil rights movement...it's not. There is no way for me to deny my blackness. However, there are PLENTY of gays who deny it to receive the benefits of inclusion granted to straight people. There is no comparison.