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Article: Same-Sex Marriage: Exploring the Racial Divide
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- The Washington Post
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- September 20, 2009
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As the D.C. government prepares to legalize same-sex marriage,
some supporters fret that the issue could divide the city along
racial lines. It probably won't happen, because gay rights activists
in the District have built a potent, biracial political bloc that
seems set to drive the bill to passage easily in coming months. The
real threat to same-sex marriage here will be conservatives in
Congress trying to meddle in what should be a matter for the
District to decide on its own.
Nevertheless, it's an intriguing fact, acknowledged by both
sides, that blacks in the District overall oppose same-sex marriage
while whites support it. Why is that so? And should African
Americans, who battled so ...