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President Obama, Same-sex Marriage, and the Civil Rights Movement

Sep. 4, 2012 3:55pm
Rev. William Owens is president of the Coalition of African-American Pastors.
Rev. William Owens is president of the Coalition of African-American Pastors.
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The Democratic Party platform group have announced the platform they drafted will, like the did president recently, endorse same-sex marriage and remove references to God. The positions will undoubtedly be highlighted at the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte this week.

Will the rest of the Democratic party follow suit and formally incorporate a pro-gay marriage position into the core of the Democratic party principle by endorsing this platform language that strips out traditional marriage and God?

Our advice as the Coalition of African-American pastors, most of whom are Democrat, is don’t.

The mainstream culture welcomed President Obama’s recent confession that he personally supports same-sex marriage and has hailed it as another victory for civil rights. To many members of the African-American community, however, his announcement was disappointing and a hijacking of the civil rights movement.

Historically, the Black Church has always been the conscience of America. The civil rights movement showed America that discrimination on the basis of race was wrong, and those of us who marched with the Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. took to the streets opposing the immoral laws and cultural bias of the day.

In a letter to the President and Attorney General Eric Holder, we requested a meeting to discuss his ‘evolution’ on same-sex marriage.  We wrote: “We pray for the President…President Obama is the fulfillment of our dreams for our sons–and he has broken our hearts by using his power and position to endorse as a civil right something that is simply wrong.”

Rev. King used moral and natural law to defend his rejection of racial discrimination, citing St. Thomas Aquinas in his well-known Letter from a Birmingham Jail:  ‘An unjust law is a human law that is not rooted in eternal law and natural law.’”  To Rev. King, the laws discriminating against blacks in the middle of the last century were therefore unjust because they were disconnected from the moral and natural law.

The same-sex marriage movement, however, is an attempt to do the opposite of what Rev. King did. It’s an attempt by some, recently the NAACP, to use political power to declare that an act contrary to God’s law and to the natural law is a civil right.

And to use the civil rights as a cover for such a cause is a hijacking of the movement, and we who were a part of that movement reject it. We who marched with Rev. King did not march one inch or one mile to promote same-sex marriage, and the NAACP has abandoned its historical responsibility to protect the civil rights movement.

In the same way, by embracing gay marriage, President Obama, our beloved son, has begun to lead the country down an immoral path.

As black pastors who must always adhere to the teachings of the Bible and our own consciences, we cannot approve of same-sex marriage and its normalcy in law or society, nor lead our congregations down that path.

Those in the gay community are rightly to be protected from violence and harassment, and to be able to vote, to hold jobs and enjoy the general rights of citizens. But no one, including Barack Obama, has a moral or civil right to redefine marriage.

We are deeply saddened to admit our once strong pride in the president has turned to shame. He has drifted—‘evolved’ as he puts it—away from the common truths we have traditionally shared.

As fellow Christians and African-Americans, we ask President Obama to stand with the black church on the word of God and evolve again back to the common sense Biblical view that marriage is the union of husband and wife.

Comments (13)

  • Aloha Kaleiohi
    Posted on September 5, 2012 at 9:49pm

    I wonder where the blacks Christian were when the government introduced legal abortions …..But I’m very happy that the black Christians are standing up against, speaking out about the homosexual “marriages”…..If they are truly Christians for Jesus…..their eyes should be opened to DNC…It is not about black, white,rich,poor…..It is about good and evil
    God help us if owebama gets in

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  • The Third Archon
    Posted on September 5, 2012 at 5:13pm

    “And to use the civil rights as a cover for such a cause is a hijacking of the movement, and we who were a part of that movement reject it. We who marched with Rev. King did not march one inch or one mile to promote same-sex marriage, and the NAACP has abandoned its historical responsibility to protect the civil rights movement.”
    1) The NAACP preceded the civil rights movement (that you are referring to).
    2) Just because you were on the right side of ONE issue (i.e. the civil rights movement), doesn’t mean you are infallible on EVERY OTHER ISSUE. In this case, you’re just flat out wrong and unjustified in your belief.

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  • The Third Archon
    Posted on September 5, 2012 at 5:11pm

    “The same-sex marriage movement, however, is an attempt to do the opposite of what Rev. King did. It’s an attempt by some, recently the NAACP, to use political power to declare that an act contrary to God’s law and to the natural law is a civil right.”
    You mean contrary to the law of God you circuitously assert. You can’t justify a conclusion you want others to accept by offering another unsubstantiated conclusion. Also “natural law” is just another way of saying “God’s law” and it doesn’t get it any closer to a justification.

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  • The Third Archon
    Posted on September 5, 2012 at 5:06pm

    “Rev. King used moral and natural law to defend his rejection of racial discrimination, citing St. Thomas Aquinas in his well-known Letter from a Birmingham Jail: ‘An unjust law is a human law that is not rooted in eternal law and natural law.’” To Rev. King, the laws discriminating against blacks in the middle of the last century were therefore unjust because they were disconnected from the moral and natural law.”
    An extremely Leftist interpretation of theology.

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  • The Third Archon
    Posted on September 5, 2012 at 5:05pm

    “In a letter to the President and Attorney General Eric Holder, we requested a meeting to discuss his ‘evolution’ on same-sex marriage. We wrote: “We pray for the President…President Obama is the fulfillment of our dreams for our sons–and he has broken our hearts by using his power and position to endorse as a civil right something that is simply wrong.”
    Wrong according to your unjustified appeal to religious authority.

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  • The Third Archon
    Posted on September 5, 2012 at 5:03pm

    “The mainstream culture welcomed President Obama’s recent confession that he personally supports same-sex marriage and has hailed it as another victory for civil rights. To many members of the African-American community, however, his announcement was disappointing and a hijacking of the civil rights movement.”
    A movement fought for by Leftists and opposed by the Right, as we’re so quick to conveniently forget.
    “Historically, the Black Church has always been the conscience of America. The civil rights movement showed America that discrimination on the basis of race was wrong, and those of us who marched with the Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr.,” a Leftist and a Radical by any measure, “took to the streets opposing the immoral laws and cultural bias of the day.”

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  • The Third Archon
    Posted on September 5, 2012 at 5:00pm

    “Will the rest of the Democratic party follow suit and formerly incorporate…”
    What? What the hell does “formerly incorporate” mean? Will they, in the past, add…? Did you mean “FORMALLY”? What kind of IDIOT doesn’t PROOFREAD what he PUBLISHES?! Oh, right, it’s the Blaze…

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  • cashprize
    Posted on September 5, 2012 at 1:22pm

    What Obama really was doing when he chose the way of Sodom.
    http://www.examiner.com/article/obama-sides-with-the-people-of-sodom-and-gomorrah

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  • ireport uderide
    Posted on September 5, 2012 at 10:22am

    I agree with most of what the Pastor wrote, “equal rights for all” but it’s too little to late. This isn’t about equal rights; it’s about the assault on the family.
    You’ve lost the war Pastor; it’s a war against our culture and it’s been going on for the past 30 years. You may have missed it. I guess you were to busy buying into the Democrat Parties blame game against Republicans and conservatives for all the ills beset upon African Americans.

    Where were you when Republicans and African Americans were being besieged by Southern Democrats during the Civil Rights Movement in the 40’s and 50’s?
    You probably forgot all about the Civil Rights Act in the 1950’s that was filibustered to death by LBJ and Al Gore Sr. the same civil rights act LBJ in the passed in the 60’s, only because he was going to lose the African American vote.
    And now after conservatives have spent 30 years in the fighting in the trenches and taking the arrows against this assault on the American family you finally poke your head out and are outraged as you look around, and find out the guy you supported stands against God and Natural Law. Pastor you couldn’t stop the Democrats from destroying African American families in the inner-city. What makes you think you can stop this assault on all families?

    You can’t have it both ways Pastor. You can stand for God or you can stand for the Democrat Party and by that I don’t mean that all Democrats are godless fools, just the ones

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    • ireport uderide
      Posted on September 5, 2012 at 11:24am

      that stand for the homosexual agenda, pro-abortion agenda and the agenda of envy against the rich.
      Good Luck.

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    • The Third Archon
      Posted on September 5, 2012 at 5:18pm

      “I agree with most of what the Pastor wrote, “equal rights for all” but it’s too little to late. This isn’t about equal rights; it’s about the assault on the family.”
      Umm–in what way does a marriage of which you are not even aware, between two people you’ve never met, effect your ability to get married and/or have a family?

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  • ickyopterus
    Posted on September 5, 2012 at 9:03am

    I couldn’t have said it better Reverend…………

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    ickyopterus  

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