My position is African Americans are people also, we want the same things that all other Americans want, we are a part of this country, we have built this country, so we should be counted also and considered. Our families, our homes have been decimated, and with the things that have happened in our community, do we need to add to it a President where little black boys and little black girls are hearing this great man in the most powerful position in the land say ‘I believe same-sex marriage is the direction that the country ought to go in.’ Then that same little black boy or little black girl looks to the heroes in the black community at the local level which are the preachers and the community leaders and the NAACP leaders and then they see the leaders line up and follow this man. What kind of message are we sending our children? And we’re the most vulnerable.
Wooden asks what kind of message is Obama sending little black boys and black girls? I can answer that question. President Obama is saying that people should be treated equal regardless of sexual orientation.
I happen to love that message. For one thing, it's much better than Wooden's past statements accusing gay men of having so much sex that they wear diapers and butt plugs or that they shove cellphones and baseballs bats up their rears.
But his interview gets even more interesting when he talks about Romney:
The same God of the Bible who will not allow me to vote for the most pro-abortion, same-sex marriage president that we’ve ever had will not allow me to vote for a bishop in a cult.
So basically Wooden is too bigoted to vote for anyone.
I don't know but maybe we should be happy about that.
Hat tip to Right Wing Watch.
‘I believe same-sex marriage is the direction that the country ought to go in.’
ReplyDeleteOwens joins those that try to make it sound like Obama and pro-equality advocates are trying to force or even encourage everyone to get married to someone of the same sex. A more accurate and honest -- though less inflammatory -- statement would be to say that Obama is saying, "I think allowing people to marry who they want regardless of gender is the direction that the country ought to go in."
And again, you can see the whispers of the ugly specter of "recruitment" hiding in Owens' words. Does he really think that children who would otherwise be straight will hear what Obama says and suddenly decide to turn gay instead? It just doesn't work that way, and I suspect that one just about has to bury one's head in the sand to not realize that.