dcphillygermany, I agree with you wholeheartedly.  And I want to acknowledge that most of the votes from this DC council were cast by black council members.  Only one, Marion Barry, voted against. 

That fact, and the fact they did so in the face of such fierce opposition from ministers of their own community is courageous and commendable.  As a gay man (a white one to boot), I’d like to thank all of them. 

Still, I want to mention that neither mech’elsamberg or hippieforever identifed themselves as gay, so saying, “I find you generalizations about our community to be as dangerous and offensive as generalizations regarding any group… like say, homosexuals…” 

...may not have much affect on them.

LMAO. You don’t need to tell me about the black community.  I live in Oakland.

Marion Berry is still in D.C. politics—wow, that’s longevity. Guess his 12-step program really helped, or not.

African-Americans as a group are extremely homophobic—more than anyone else they voted for Prop 8 here in California. Of course if you write or speak about this it’s very un-PC and you run the risk of being called a racist. Still, the truth persists and when I hear somebody going off about “faggots” or “queers” on the street it isn’t a Joe-the-Bummer type but invariably a young African-American male.

Maybe because so many Black children grow up in broken homes headed by a female, without a strong male role model. These poor kids don’t know what masculinity is, and exagerate its rougher attributes.

Obama by the way does not support same-sex marriage, so this isn’t merely a problem created by lack of education. The POTUS believes fidelity the exclusive perogative of heterosexuals, so he hasn’t a clue about human nature and is apparently a bit stunted.

The ministers are no doubt (at this very moment) preparing their sermons fully loaded with crazy talk. Whatever works to keep people powerless and in their places. They wouldn’t hold power if everyone was free to live their lives openly, and they know it.

Recognize but not legalize?  No wonder our country is going down the tubes with such double talk.  And a coke freak womanizer cast the lone dissenting vote.  As for the ministers, why don’t they attend to religious and spiritual matters and stay out of politics?  Jesus would look down on these bigots.