Obama Takes On The Black Community's Homophobia

While the media concentrates on the verbal slaps between the Obama and Clinton camps, there hasn't been much traction on what Barack Obama said to a black church in Atlanta on Sunday.

Via The Politico:

"If we are honest with ourselves, we'll acknowledge that our own community has not always been true to King's vision of a beloved community," Obama told 2,000 worshippers Sunday at Atlanta's Ebenezer Baptist Church, where King once preached.

"We have scorned our gay brothers and sisters instead of embracing them."

That's a pretty strong stand to take in a community, and in a church no less, where homophobia is considered rampant.

Read on ...

While the bipartisan love fest Obama has been talking about may grate the ears of hardcore Democrats, no one can accuse him of triangulation on this issue of tolerance and equity.

Continue reading The Guardian.

Comments

[Trace8089]

Didn't Saint Obama travel with a homophobe a few months ago during a trip in South Carolina. http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/salon_on_obamas_homophobic_buddy

Maybe he should give himself a good speech tomorrow in the mirror.

[Quaoar]

Better late than never.

[JohnFromCensornati]

Good for Obama.
The Dems may not be good for much, but they are a step above the GOP.
No sinister homophobes like Huckabilly or RuPaul.