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So two people (entertainers no less) say insensitive things about gays and that constitutes that the black community is homophobic?
Whatever...Anyway, blame the slavemasters for forcing Christianity on us. Some now have a very strong belief system that has explicit views on homosexuality.
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Originally Posted by AnUnidentifiedMale
At least they're not as anti-gay as white Republicans.
LOL When you drop **** in the kitchen to you guys blame evil straight white people?
Oh, I know..It's just funny and quite honestly pathetic that people really believe and quote that story. As a black man, I hear this foolishness regurgetated all damn day long by family members. They never stop to question their own beliefs which is why the homophobia just keeps spreading. They never leave "da lawd" bubble.
The OP poses a legitimate question. Exit polls in Prop 48 in CA show that blacks are clearly more homophobic than other races/ethnicities. This is why you have more black men on the "DL" bringing HIV and AIDS home to their black wives. Black married women have been getting this disease at an alarming rate in recent years. So the question remains WHY? Is it a religion thing? Is it poor education levels?
I don't see why it's so difficult for some to understand that many of us do not see it as a perfectly acceptable natural phenomenon like alot white people generally do. It has nothing to do with religion, education or the lack there of. Many of us are just not drawn to the idea same sex intimacy and marriages. Others of us are more "tolerant" of such behaviors but DO NOT believe that such tolerence is a substitution for endorsement.
A lot of black people simply see the acceptance of homosexuality in a tandem with other devient white related strange behaviors such as "thrill seeking" or allowing dogs to lick their faces. Being "gay & proud" and/or flamboyant is just something viewed as a "behavior" that many associate with as being "white."
I don't see why it's so difficult for some to understand that many of us do not see it as a perfectly acceptable natural phenomenon like alot white people generally do. It has nothing to do with religion, education or the lack there of. Many of us are just not drawn to the idea same sex intimacy and marriages. Others of us are more "tolerant" of such behaviors but DO NOT believe that such tolerence is a substitution for endorsement.
A lot of black people simply see the acceptance of homosexuality in a tandem with other devient white related strange behaviors such as "thrill seeking" or allowing dogs to lick their faces. Being "gay & proud" and/or flamboyant is just something viewed as a "behavior" that many associate with as being "white."
The reason why married women of color are getting AIDS is because there is a higher percentage black married men on the DL as compared to other races. They feel family pressure to get married, even when they know they are gay. Because they're in the closet, they do not seek education to protect themselves, bringing HIV and AIDS home to their wives. This is also why black gay men have a much higher AIDS rate than other races. The root of this problem stems from homophobic environments.
If you are not "drawn" to the idea of same sex intimacy and marriage, don't be intimate/get married to someone of the same sex. Let other people live their lives already. I still don't understand why in 2012, people are still so weak and insecure about their own sexuality. It's not about you. Get over it. BTW, being "tolerant" still means you are homophobic because it implies that there is something wrong with being gay, and there isn't. So, if being "tolerant" is the best you can do, then you have just proved the OP's point. Thank you. Game over.
Africans who practice traditional religions are not afraid of gays so we are not homophobic. How did that term become popular anyway?
Many Africans who practice traditional religions (ATR's) just don't like gays or consider homosexual lifestyles as valid/longterm expressions of human existence. There are some ATR's were homosexuality is ok and some where it is not. In some ATR's homosexual behavior is acceptable in certain contexts and completely unacceptable in others. And within each ATR it still boils down to how individual people feel. Yup....millions of different brains functioning independently of one another. We are not a monolith.
As far as I can tell is as long as an individual eventually gets or is married and has kids, homosexual acts are more or less tolerated in Ghana although illegal.
I think the difference is that in much of Africa as you point out the idea that someone's identity is gay is completely foreign. Frankly the idea that being gay as an identity is a recent Western idea.
Between Tracy Morgan's "comments" and Roland Martin's latest "statement", what the hell is wrong with blacks and homosexuality?
Then of course there's Detroit, which is 85% black and a supposed major city yet it doesn't have any type of gay community (one councilman now is techncially "gay", but he was only elected because he was a well-known news anchor).
It's just blacks? And I'm here thinking Whites, Latinos, Arabs, Asians were the homophobes!
Oh, I know..It's just funny and quite honestly pathetic that people really believe and quote that story. As a black man, I hear this foolishness regurgetated all damn day long by family members. They never stop to question their own beliefs which is why the homophobia just keeps spreading. They never leave "da lawd" bubble.
This is the written account of Adam’s family line. When God created mankind, he made them in the likeness of God. He created them male and female and blessed them. And he named them “Mankind” when they were created. When Adam had lived 130 years, he had a son in his own likeness, in his own image; and he named him Seth. After Seth was born, Adam lived 800 years and had other sons and daughters. Genesis 5:1-4
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