Blacks and the Gay Marriage Controversy
By Theressa G. Wesley
Gay Marriage
Controversy
Imagine this—In the USA, there are
actually Black people who say they are not going to vote for President Obama,
because he supports gay marriage rights.
And...guess what! Mitt Romney only
recently began supporting interracial marriages. What does this reveal about Romney’s perceptions
regarding blacks?
(Continued below...) Check out the following news release:
(Continued below...) Check out the following news release:
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Romney Finally Embraces Interracial
Marriages...
“This has been a decision that has
been a long time coming. My views on interracial relationships have changed
over the years. I now see them as two individuals just seeking the same rights
and benefits as everyone else. They want the chance to be happy, and it is with
my full support that I now whole-heartedly embrace interracial marriage.” 
Confused, Greta Van Susteren asked Romney why it took him so long to embrace something that has been legal for quite some time now. To which he replied, “I wasn’t sure if all of my supporters were on board, and many still are not, but I need to go with my gut on this because equality should be for everyone… well, except for homosexuals.”
Romney’s evolving viewpoint comes at a critical time in his campaign, and only time will tell if this “bold move” was a wise decision.
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Theressa G. Wesley,
cont’d
Gay Marriage Controversy
The choice of voting
for President Obama instead of Mr. Romney is a no-brainer if I’ve ever heard
one! Let me point out three good
reasons why the recently generated gay marriage controversy is just another of
the conservative politicians’ low down dirty tricks to divide the black vote:
1. Consider the Alternative
2. Consider the concept of
conservativism
3. Consider their Political games...
Consider the
alternative –-Mitt Romney--A rich white man who has a history of
aversion to black issues.
·
Who dogmatically practices a religion (Mormonism) which considers blacks
as inferior, incompetent beings;
·
Who advocates the dismantling of all Civil Rights reforms of the last 50
years;
·
Who, for the last 25 years, has actively been involved in sending
American jobs overseas;
·
Who has aligned himself with an overtly racist political group (conservative
republicans);
·
Who claims that a return to conservative values is the ideal path for America.
·
Who blatantly supports the wealthy one percent at the expense of the poor
and struggling 99 percent.
CONSERVATIVE Values...
First, consider the
root meaning of the word, “conservative.” To conserve means to reverently hold on to past ideas...
to conserve... to keep, to accept, respect, admire, adore, emulate; to
hold on to; to be guided by; to teach one’s
children according to; to fashion one’s
values, principles, morals, customs, beliefs, standards... by the identical
beliefs and value system of one’s (whites’) American ancestors.
Now, what were the
beliefs and values of our white American ancestors? Was it the tradition of SLAVERY and the
despicable RACISM that emanated from this outrageously vicious demonstration of man’s inhumanity to humankind? And... Who were the SLAVES? Who were the SLAVE OWNERS? Have we forgotten the predicament of slaves
in the United States?
I’d be willing to bet
that conservative Republicans have not
forgotten. They were taught to CONSERVE
these traditions. They were taught every
principle and concept of their ancestors’ way of life. They were meticulously drilled on every
detail. They understand what to say, how
to say it, how far to go in their deliberations, and if all else fails, they
know how to “...stand their ground.”
Political
Ramifications...
Conservative
politicians especially know how to intermingle politics with religion, and thus
create political chaos in our midst.
Although most whites are generally not deeply religious people, they
know how to throw a Biblical juggernaut into the equation when attempting to
divide and conquer the black vote. This
technique, learned from their ancestors, works well with “one-issue people.” Therefore, blacks are going to have to learn
to think politically, to avoid the demonic schemes and games that politicians
play.
Conservatives
understand that blacks are basically honest, decent, truthful, forthright
people...and that blacks usually take their theology seriously. Most blacks respect and honor every word of
the Bible and believe that politicians stand on those biblical principles too—no
matter what! most blacks don’t realize
that whites are accustomed to playing political games, especially with blacks;
and since politicians generally have no biblical principles, they merely say
what is expedient for black people’s biblically focused minds.
Then, while blacks are engaged
in theological discussions about which person has the best position on one
single issue—usually an issue that
doesn’t even impact our lives or our people’s well being—these conservative
white politicians are trying to figure out how they can defeat blacks’ best
political advocate (President Obama).
Conservative Republicans have boldly stated that their major objective
is to defeat President Obama and to destroy fifty years of Civil Rights
legislation.
Blacks can’t afford to
allow this to happen to us regarding the gay marriage issue. We don’t have time to play little mouse and
cat games with deceptive politicians.
This is not the time
for blacks to prove what strong, principled,
moral, upright, conscientious biblical scholar they are—not this time! We can do that at our segregated conventions,
etc. When we become engaged in an
important political forum—such as this Presidential election, we’re going to
have to speak the language of master politicians.
The first thing we must
understand is that most white conservative politicians don’t care anything
about gays and gay marriage. President
Obama doesn’t care; Mitt Romney doesn’t care; other politicians don’t
care. Only a few theologically-
challenged people who are trying to prove their convictions are sincerely concerned about this really insignificant issue.
The challenge for
people who sincerely care about liberty, justice, and opportunity for all is to
elect President Obama. We need to put
our theological bickering aside and speak the political language of our
opponents. Otherwise, we are going to
find ourselves stuck with a conservative President who favors only the wealthy
one percent. Then, what???
