Outraged & Angry Black Gays Demonstrate
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| Thu, 05-27-2004 - 10:16am |
DALLAS, TX -- (MARKET WIRE) -- 05/17/2004 -- The Abe Lincoln Black Republican Caucus (ALBRC), a civic group of young Black gay, bisexual and "down lo" males is conducting the third day of demonstrations and protest marches against alleged White Gay Racism in Dallas, Texas and America. The protest march for today is being held in downtown Dallas at the site of the Kennedy Memorial. Spokespersons for the ALBRC state that the protest march will begin at 2:00 p.m. central time.
"It is an international disgrace and an affront to every Black man, woman and child in the United States for the Massachusetts' Supreme Court to start marriage for gays on the 50th anniversary of the Brown vs. Topeka Board of Education Decision," stated Don Sneed, the political mentor for the ALBRC and a member of the Presidential Advisory Council on HIV/AIDS (Bush Appointee). "I am sick and tired of seeing the white gay rights movement continue to hijack the Black civil rights movement and make these situations one and the same," stated Anthony Falls, Chairman of the ALBRC and recently elected the first Black openly gay Republican Precinct Chairman in Texas.
Today's protest and demonstration comes on the heels of the first demonstration which took place on Friday afternoon through the heart of the white gay community in Dallas; the Oak Lawn Crossroads area. About twenty Black SGLs marched through the predominately white gay community, shouting. This was apparently in reference to the astounding disparity in AIDS Relief funding in the Dallas area. Black citizens in Dallas County comprise 45% of all AIDS cases yet Black organizations, providing AIDS relief, only receive 7% of the 20 million dollars in federal funds coming into the county this fiscal year. "White gay clubs in Dallas, and throughout America, have the audacity to have 'Negro night' once a week (a designated night when Blacks are welcomed in white gay clubs) in the 21st Century. How much more racist and disrespectful can you be," asked Adrian Harris, Vice Chairman of the ALBRC.
On last Saturday, at a huge rally held in the Oak Lawn area in support of Marriage for Gays and against the constitutional amendment for defense of marriage, the ALBRC staged a highly vocal and visible counter protest and demonstration against what it considers 30 years of unchecked and unbridled racism by the White gay community against Black gays and lesbians. The protest march was again taken through the heart of the Oak Lawn community to the astonishment and amazement of the local gay patrons and shopkeepers. The protesters were met with some racial slurs and threats.
"We are not afraid of the white gay economic and political behemoth that continues to treat us like third class citizens and trash. It is the epitome of hypocrisy for White gays and lesbians to base their claims for rights to marry upon prejudice, discrimination and civil rights violations, when they are prejudiced, discriminatory and disrespectful of Black gay's and lesbian's human rights each and every day," stated Mr. Sneed. "The White gay community is one of America's last strongholds for White Supremacy. We will begin the dismantling of that stronghold today in downtown Dallas," stated Willie Beard, an ALBRC member.
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Gays Rights 'Leads To Obesity'
by Peter Moore
365Gay.com Newscenter
London Bureau
Posted: May 28, 2004 12:01 am. ET
(London) A high ranking Conservative member of the House of Lords says that the push for civil rights by gays is leading to a nation of obese people. Lord Tebbit then compared same-sex marriage to the promotion of buggery.
Tebbit, the former chair of the Tory party and its current Whip in the Lords, was debating the growing problem of obesity with a member of the governing Labor party on a British radio program.
He suggested Labor's ''promotion of buggery'' was ''intimately connected'' to the increasing number of overweight people.
''Families now so seldom eat together. They don't prepare meals properly. Wives are pressurized into thinking they ought to go out to work instead of looking after their children. And it is the breakdown of family that is at the root of it.''
The government, he charged, was doing nothing about this but it was busy promoting gay marriage.
''We not only have an epidemic of obesity, we have a huge problem of AIDS and the Government's attitude is to do all it can to promote buggery.''
Lord Tebbit later attempted to say he was not linking gay marriage directly with obesity. "It is the attack that has been waged on the family and all the pressures of today." But, then said same-sex marriage was directly connected to the breakdown of the family.
British gay rights group Stonewall called from Tebbit to be removed from any position of authority in the party.
"These remarks are extremely distressing," said Stonewall chief executive Ben Summerskill.
"It's incredible that Lord Tebbit manages to shoehorn his extreme prejudices against gay people into a discussion on child obesity. We trust that Michael Howard will take swift action
My younger daughter used to party ONLY at the local gay bars. They had better bands, and for the most part, she didn't get "hit on" unmercifully. She's now happily married with a little boy - meaning that she's straight. Does that mean that she has no VALID opinion on the gay scene here where we live just because she's not gay?
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Also, I said SOME overweight people. SOME Puerto Ricans. SOME blacks. I did not at any point lay claim to knowing exactly what everyone thinks. That was your misconception. And how is it insulting to say that some overweight people laugh and point at obest people, or that some Puerto Ricans hate being mistaken for Mexicans? I merely stated fact based on my experience. I've seen fat people laugh at the morbidly obese. I've mistakenly asked a Puerto Rican if they're Mexican. I worked with a black woman who wouldn't date a man darker skinned than she was, and knew several others who refused to acknowledge any "brotherhood or sisterhood" with other blacks who "acted too black" or who were too dark skinned. How is it insulting to note this?
Edited 5/28/2004 1:55 pm ET ET by nilub
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