Right, because I obviously can't count. Blame it on DC schools. LOL

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IntenseDebate Notification <DIV dir=ltr align=left>I am not feeding into stereotypes. I am black and KNOW what blacks have gone through because of white perception. MY opinion is that he will not legalize weed. That's MY opinion and I'm sticking with it.</DIV>
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IntenseDebate Notification <DIV dir=ltr align=left>Here's the problem with not reading the entire thread: You misunderstand the entire point. My comment was directed to one person here for his ignorance and disrespect on this forum, not to the gay community or anyone else. Next time, read for understanding.</DIV>
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Sorry to say, but the whole family is subject to be photographed when they are somewhere that a long camera lens can reach. If they were to go to a private beach with no public access nearby, we wouldn't be seeing pictures. This is just like the pics of stars on beaches or their hotel balcony. Everything is subject to public eyes if you put yourself in the range of the blood thirsty papparazzi. Besides that, as long as these types of pics sell magazines, ie, People magazine, etc., there will be people taking these pictures.

Well I'm an American and I don't get that signal. It's 3 minutes and I don't
care who prays for him so long as somebody does. You or nobody else has the
lock on who gets to pray for Obama. It's not all about gays/lesbians. There
are millions of other people in this country who also don't get that signal
you seem to believe exists. Come Jan. 21, there will be no Rick Warren.
Obama will be President and will begin getting down to business. Rick Warren
saying a prayer is not the do all, end all here. You are giving him way too
much underserved power. He won't get it from me.

I'm not taking anything out of context. There are people in the GLBT
community that have said directly that denying marriage to gays/lesbians is
the exact same as the civil rights withheld from blacks in the 60's. I
didn't make that up, and never would have thought people thought that unless
I hadn't heard it for myself. People here on this forum, on television,
HuffPo, etc., have all said the same thing. It's not the same thing. If you
look a little deeper on this forum, you will see it for yourself.

I wish people would read the entire threads instead of picking one comment
and taking the whole conversation off topic and out of context. The subject
is actually about Rick Warren. I'm not discussing the plight of
gays/lesbians. That is not why I joined the conversation. I am not against
gay rights. I just do not think that Rick Warren is that big of a deal.
That's my opinion, and I'm entitled to it, just like everyone else here.

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You haven't seen me judge anyone, nor have I raised religion as a reason
against gay rights. You lie. The only thing I said nearing religion is that
Atheists don't want an invocation at all, but everybody, including
government officials, totally ignore what they want. They are part of this
country too, and gays and straights ignore them totally. I am a Christian
and I am not against gay rights, so don't start twisting the truth here.

Like I said, all of this ranting and raving about some irrelevant pastor,
who will not be part of the Obama Administration, is not solving any
problems here. THAT's what I said.

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You're looking at it backwards. People rob drug dealers every day, just like
people rob liquor stores AND 7-11's. A man walks into a 7-11, picks up a
bunch of junk food, beer included, then pulls out a gun at the cashier and
takes his money and the junk food.

I think the point in getting "high" is to become impaired. Otherwise, what
would be the point? That's why people drink and that's why people smoke
weed. I've done both so I know the difference in those substances and when
I'm sober. I prefer sober, which I have been since becoming a parent. My
oldest is 28 and it's been that long since I stopped and I'm all the better
because of it.

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No. I wasn't sprayed by water hoses, but I have been denied jobs,
apartments, credit, and equality over the years. Being black didn't go away
with the civil rights movement. There are still injustices every single day,
like when my young, black sons walk down the street and are stopped and
searched by the police, and when they/we walk in a store and are followed,
as if we are going to steal something. Please tell me white men go through
this daily. How about when black men drive at night and are followed and/or
pulled over for "driving while black". How about when we encounter the
criminal justice system, and because we are black, we get more time than
whites convicted of the same thing? Gays are not being systemically
discriminated against BY OUR GOVERNMENT. Oh yeah, and any black military
officer can give you countless stories of THEY were/are discriminated
against in the military because they are black. Why is that we can still
count the number of black Generals but cannot keep count of all of the white
Generals? What about other minority Generals in the military? I understand
full well what civil rights are and I still am offended by the treatment of
blacks to the treatment of gays. Being black has never been an asset in this
country. In fact, there are people who would invite a gay person in their
home long before they would a black person. Let's just keep it real here,
shall we?

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No. I'm not making any comparisons. I'm fighting back comparisons. Many
here, and elsewhere in the gay community, want to blame Prop 8 on blacks and
also compare the fight of gays/lesbians to the civil rights fight blacks
have had for ages, and I disagree with that, and am offended by that
comparison. That's my whole point. When gays/lesbians do that, they turn off
the black community because it's not the same thing.

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