random3434
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Here is a black judge's opinion on gay marriage:
Judge Penny On Gay Marriage - Black Voices Blogs
Do you think at some point there is going to have to be a federal mandate around gay marriages? If so, when will this happen?
Let me tell you what I see happening with this issue form both a legal standpoint and also a moral standpoint as an ordained Baptist Preacher who is African-American. Overwhelmingly, statistics show that African-Americans do not support gay marriages. It is appalling to me in many respects that the African-American community could stand and protest anyone being oppressed -- and this is what the real issue is. It's not an issue of being right or wrong or whether or not you believe the Bible or if God sanctioned unions between same sex; it's an issue of oppression as I see it, both legally and morally. Whenever you take a right away from someone, you are oppressing them. We were told we couldn't marry outside of our race, who gets to be the arbitrary of what we can and cannot do? We have to decide to stay out of it.
Judge Penny On Gay Marriage - Black Voices Blogs