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Blacks don't believe gay rights are the same as civil rights: poll

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WASHINGTON, D.C., April 1, 2013 ( LifeSiteNews.com ) – By a two-to-one margin, blacks reject the notion that homosexual rights compare with the civil rights struggles of the 1950s and '60s, according to a new poll commissioned by Robert Johnson , the  founder  of Black Entertainment Television . The  poll  found that more blacks oppose redefining marriage and believe clergy are right to denounce homosexuality. In all, 55 percent of blacks deny the idea “that equal rights for gays are the same as equal rights for African Americans .” Only 28 percent believe they are the same. Despite the endorsement of prominent black leaders including the president, 42 percent of blacks still believe marriage should be “restricted to a man and a woman,” more than those who believe gays should be able to marry (40 percent). Also, more blacks believe “ministers who oppose homosexuality” are right (34 percent) than wrong (31 percent). However, the survey found the black com

Jesse Jackson: Yeah, I’d marry homosexuals

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CHARLOTTE, September 4, 2012,– The Reverend Jesse Jackson has said he would have “no problem” performing a same-sex wedding ceremony, “if I was asked to.” Jackson made the remarks to reporters in Charlotte , where he had arrived for the Democratic National Convention . “Beginning with the Voting Rights Act of 1965 , to the inclusion of blacks, Hispanics, 18-year-olds, and women, opportunities are now unlimited,” he  said .  Both Jackson and the Democratic Party platform wholeheartedly support same-sex “marriage.”  “We’re taught that being gay is a sin to be overcome through conversion. Without that you go to Hell,” Jackson  said . “If your theology is rooted in that Biblical view, then there’s not much room to grow.” One of Jackson’s former aides has claimed Jackson’s interest in homosexuality is more than theological.  Tommy Bennett , who worked as Jackson’s personal  travel assistant  at the Rainbow/PUSH Coalition , filed a sexual harassment lawsuit  for  nearly h