My post on a Yahoo! news story "Many blacks shrug off Obama's new view on gays"

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7. thank you for this post.

i enjoy reading an article where those quoted sound like reasonable and thoughtful people. folk with common sense.
i'm glad also, to know that obama's support for gay marriage is not going to be the driving issue for the black community come november.
i empathize with your frustration over the persistence of archaic attitudes and agree with you that people of color need to be supportive of all those who are oppressed and denied civil rights.
but, i also think that many in our society are, or feel is if they are, in no position to embrace controversial or new ideas. it makes them more vulnerable. they don't have much wiggle room if they want to survive. what is familiar is safe.
living on the edge, barely keeping ahead of the bills (or not) is being oppressed. many americans, and many people of color in america are in this position.
we, you and i and others, who see the importance of supporting those without power in our society need to show compassion for these old farts too.
actually they all sound much smarter than any teabaggers that might be interviewed.
you ought to be proud of them.

thanks again for the post.