Reply #1: There's actually a really good article in last week's...

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issue of the Nation about African Americans and gay rights. It discussed the influence of the church on African Americans and how that affects their support for gay marriage, but also how blacks are far more likely to support protections under the law such as domestic partner benefits and the writing of hate crimes laws to include gays and lesbians than the population as a whole.
Conservatives are trying to exploit this issue to pit a minority group against another minority group - the oldest trick in their playbook. May it blow up in their faces!