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Article: God vs. Gay? Black vs. White? Marriage Equality's False Divides
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- The Washington Post
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- October 18, 2009
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As the struggle for marriage equality moves to the nation's
capital, the District of Columbia is debunking many of the myths
surrounding this important human rights issue.
For instance, few would expect the two of us -- a straight,
black Baptist minister from east of the Anacostia River, and a gay,
white Unitarian minister from Columbia Heights -- to share the
same position on same-sex marriage. Our solidarity exposes two of
the myths perpetuated by opponents of marriage equality and by the
media. Let's call these myths "God vs. gay" and "black vs. white."
Opponents of marriage equality would like us to believe that one
cannot be both pro-God and pro-gay. Yet we lead a coalition of ...