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