Just got done reading Field Negro today. and Yeowch!
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"Obama’s invitation opened the door for positive communication between the conservative movement and the civil rights movement. " Really? Does the term oil and water mean anything to anyone? Talk about strange bed fellows. I am sorry, call me stubborn, but there are certain groups in this country --the religious right/ christian conservatives being one of them-- that I will never see eye to eye with. And I am all for civil rights, which is exactly why we can't come together for anything. They are not. Civil rights means civil rights for all citizens, not just the ones who happen to fit into their strict Christian dogmas and who obey Christian laws as they interpret them. But field, by refusing to reach a common ground with them, aren't you guilty of doing the exact same thing that they are? Yes I am. It's called taking a principled position on an issue and not wavering, even if it means meeting a popular preacher halfway. If you believe in human rights and civil rights for all A-merry-cans without compromise, you cannot "open the door" for communication with bigots.
I am in awe. That is what I call a smackdown, and full of righteous justice to boot!
http://field-negro.blogspot.com/
I rarely quote other people, so I'm hoping this one might get frontpaged like the last time. Won't happen, but still...
As for me, I don't have a dog in this fight, so I'm rooting for the gay one. Because equality is better than not. I also hope that the good pastor can get better, and if I believed that prayer would fix him, I would pray.