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*Beyonce shared her support for gay marriage on Tuesday, the first day of the Supreme Court hearings on California’s Prop 8, a ban on same-sex marriage. In a short handwritten note posted to her Instagram and Facebook pages, Bey wrote “If you like it you should be able to put a ring on it,” Jay-Z’s [...]
*Morgan Freeman has been hired to narrate a series of same sex marriage commercials. He’s done quite a bit throughout his career and personal life, but this is certainly different. The Human Rights Campaign hired him for his soothing voice to promote support for same sex marriage. It could be the first of its kind, [...]
*The Coalition of African American Pastors (CAAP) called on President Obama and the NAACP to repudiate a recent ad by same-sex marriage supporters in Maryland urging Black Christians to ignore their own pastors’ teachings and vote for the same-sex marriage ballot initiative. “The Black church has been the conscience of not only the Black community [...]
*Jesse Jackson is a fair man and supports gay rights. The reverend has been an outspoken civil rights activist for decades and is a strong proponent for the union of homosexual couples. He’s decided to perform a same-sex marriage ceremony. During the Democratic National Convention, he said he had “no problem” with the party’s pro-gay [...]
*Dianna Hobbs, President & CEO of Empowering Everyday Women (EEW) Online Magazine, the nation’s leading web publication for Christian women of color, is hitting back after an article she viewed as disrespectful to black Christians was published on NBC’s black news site, theGrio.com. The piece written by Kirsten West-Savali titled, “Blacks supporting Chick-Fil-A: Is eating chicken [...]
*Chick-Fil-A made an incredibly bold move when the corporation made a public stance on gay marriage, which possibly resulted in lost revenue. But Antoine Dodson, the quite gay “hide yo’ kids, hide yo’ wife” gentleman continues to support the restaurant, saying there isn’t a real reason to discontinue patronizing the chicken shack. He is well [...]
*Back in 2008, the world was focused on the promise of a new POTUS that might just be an African American. A young woman by the name of Amber Lee Ettinger that called herself ”Obama Girl” immediately went viral with tens of millions of hits for her sensual song dedicated to Barack Obama called “Crush [...]
*After President Barack Obama announced his support of gay marriage, the expected outrage dwindled down quickly. His endorsement generated a new movement among traditional blacks. According to a Washington Post-ABC survey, more African Americans now support same-sex marriage. RELATED: Colin Powell Approves of Gay Marriage [Video] Some 59 percent of blacks (who took the poll) [...]
*(Via AJC.com) – The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People’s board voted at a leadership retreat in Miami to back a resolution supporting marriage equality, calling the position consistent with the equal protection provision of the U.S. Constitution. “The mission of the NAACP has always been to ensure political, social and economic equality [...]
*President Obama has everyone talking with his endorsement of same-sex marriage. But emphasis has been given to what the African American community thinks about his decision. Pastors in the black church are being increasingly vocal about withdrawing from the president because of his decision, but major black leaders and the hip-hop community are standing behind [...]
*Count Jay-Z among the celebrities backing President Obama for his support of gay marriage. “I’ve always thought it as something that was still holding the country back,” the rapper told CNN, referring to bans on same-sex marriage. “What people do in their own homes is their business and you can choose to love whoever you [...]
*Just days after Time magazine’s controversial breastfeeding cover, Newsweek’s May 21 issue declares Barack Obama the country’s “first gay president” – complete with a rainbow halo over his head. The accompanying cover story was written by openly gay political blogger Andrew Sullivan. His cover story is not yet online, but in a blog post published [...]
*The world must stop and stand still a moment … Sarah Palin’s daughter is speaking. Yeah right? The Palin family does more to stay in the news than the Kardashians. But, the latest attempt to advise the President on family values is going a bit too far. Bristol Palin blogged about her concern over President [...]
*In the first 90 minutes after news of President Obama’s support of gay marriage Wednesday, his campaign banked $1 million in spontaneous contributions, according to BuzzFeed. “This is beyond unifying — it’s electrifying,” said Eugene Sepulveda, a former fundraiser for Obama who withdrew to take a non-political job early this year. “This man stands for [...]
*In an interview with ABC News, President Barack Obama says he now supports same-sex marriage, ending months of equivocation on a subject with powerful election-year consequences. Obama has always believed in “civil unions,” but stopped short of supporting gay marriage, saying his view on the subject “is evolving.” The stance was a source of frustration [...]
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