Marriage Equality Fails in Maryland

The bill to legalize Gay Marriage in Maryland has been sent back to committee where it will most likely die a quiet death.

A black bishop, Harry Jackson by name, is saying that credit for the defeat of the bill resides with the black churches of Maryland which had warned African American legislators that there would be price to pay if they supported the legislation.

So again we see blacks standing firm against Gay Marriage.

And why is that?

It’s a question that Gay Marriage supporters really need to grapple with. The black community has consistently opposed Gay Marriage by a wide margin.

Some of that, I would guess, is driven by a conservative Christian outlook and some of it out of pure ignorance. No one has ever accused the black community of being the sharpest tools in the shed.

Back in the day when blacks were fighting for their rights, the unions forgot for a while what it was like to be on the outside looking in and now blacks appear to have forgotten what it’s like to have to fight for simple equality under the law.

I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again, the same people who are spearheading the fight against gays are the spiritual descendants of those that spearheaded the fight against integration and, if given the chance, would like nothing better than the return of Jim Crow.

You think I’m exaggerating? The Zeitgeist never stands still. Either it moves forward or it moves back. If they can restrict the rights of gays today, they can restrict your rights tomorrow. You are being used by those who will have no use for you after your usefulness is over.

Dear Bishop Harry, when them good old boys come looking for your black ass with a rope, don’t come running to me for help. I fought that battle once, and if you’re going to voluntarily give up what was won, then you’re just flat out of luck the next time around.