Why should black people support black LGBT people on marriage?
As African Americans, we know first hand the experience of discrimination and what discrimination has done to our country. The civil rights movement fought for basic rights in a society that wanted to keep us as second-class citizens. It would be wrong for us to turn our backs on another group in need and to participate in discrimination based on sexual orientation. Gays and lesbians want many of the same things everyone else does: healthy lives, stable families and secure relationships.
