You are right in that gays should not be blamed for bigotry in ANY community. It is blaming the victim.

However on the other hand you stereotype African Americans in your article considerably.

If you honestly mean when you say “I am most concerned in figuring out how to succeed in the future.” I suggest you watch Marlon Riggs’ (a famous African American gay poet/filmmaker) documentary “Black is… Black Ain’t”. This should give you the CORRECT background information for why such a large percentage of African Americans voted against Prop. 8.

I just don’t see the logic behind blaming gay people for anti-gay bigotry within the African American community. Talk about blaming the victim. So it’s gay people’s fault because of rampant bigotry within the Mormon and African American communities? Huh?

Everyone knows those Gays up in Weho are some of the most “racist” group of people unless it benefits “them”. Here’s some advice West Hollywood Group or Gay’s. How about trying to treat people the way you want to be treated.

If you all want Prop 8 passed one day and get the support — how about getting the support of these other “groups” and help them understand why they should support your cause.

Calling people names and using the “slave derogatory word” won’t get you anywhere. If anything it will make people vote against you. Final word, take “no one’s vote” for granite.

Hatred and ignorance has no place in America anymore! If you want “America” to change — you have to start in your own house first.

I just do not see that we can change the minds of all those who believe otherwise than pro-gay, and I cannot wait for a new generation to grow into civility. Were it not for the courts, the “Negro” people as we called them in the 1960’s would still be facing fire hoses, a place at the back of a bus and separate schools and restrooms. I never saw any Hispanic people till I went to California when I was 27, so I don’t know what they had to face in their dioscrimination, but I surely got tired of the Latino graffiti all over the place in the 1970’s and 1980’s. And today here in Florida, we hear of gang-related killings all the time.

So if not by the court, how long till we get our rights by vote? I hate to think I will be dead and long gone before that happens. I have perhaps 15 to 20 years left in my life, at best. When you are young, life is eternal; when old, death is just around the corner. I feel I need the benefits of CIVIL marriage now, not later. Sorry to be selfish about this, but is that not what this marriage issue is all about?

The truth of the matter is no amount of trying to educate any one will change their mind on things. Desegregation came through the courts. Try to convince the white power brothers to accept black people, yea right.

We should start a petition to tax the church, they invested much money in prop. 8 and have crossed the line in the separation of church and state by financial political campaigning.

If religious organizations can be political, and tax exempt, we, as their political targets should be tax exempt as well, after all that’s the reason the patriots threw the tea in the Boston Harbor, taxation without representation.

I believe we have to be more radical, how long are we going to turn the other cheek? When they asked Jesus how many times shall I forgive my brother, seven times. Jesus seventy times seven, we have gone way beyond that mark, It’s time to radicalize.