Kerry & Jesse tell blacks: Ignore same-sex marriage issue

At Miami’s Friendship Baptist Church on Sunday, Oct. 10, there were two guest speakers, Sen. John Kerry and the Rev. Jesse Jackson.

The Washington Times reporter, Stephan Dinan reported:

“How many of you – someone from your family – married somebody of the same sex?” Mr. Jackson asked of the congregation of about 500. After nobody raised a hand, he asked, “Then how did that get in the middle of the agenda?”

“If your issues are cancer and Medicare and education and jobs and Social Security and decent housing, then how did someone else put their agenda in the front of the line?” he asked.

The issue of banning homosexuals from marrying is a wild card, with polls showing black voters overwhelmingly in support of such a ban.

But Mr. Kerry yesterday said, “Don’t let them fool you with these diversionary tactics.”

In Washington, where the House of Representatives voted 227 to 186 to support the Federal Marriage Amendment limiting marriage to one man and one woman, Maryland Congressman Roscoe Bartlett declared:

For 5,000 years of recorded human history, marriage between one man and one woman has been the fundamental foundation for Christian and non-Christian civilizations. The vast majority of Americans want Congress to protect marriage from being redefined by unelected judges.

The reason that the union between one man and one woman has been given special status and protection by so many different civilizations and religions is because it is the fundamental and basic unit for raising children.

Changing the fundamental nature of marriage, which is the institution that perpetuates civilization, threatens the health of our society. One way or another, our Constitution written by our Nation’s Founders is going to be amended to address the definition of marriage – by unelected activist judges, or by elected representatives acting based upon the will of the people.

Our Constitution has been amended 27 times. It’s very sad that we need a 28th Amendment to define marriage as the union of one man and one woman.

Maryland’s Lt. Gov. Michael Steele joined four other elected blacks, including former Congressman J.C. Watts of Oklahoma, in the following statement in the Oct. 1 Wall Street Journal:

John Kerry wants to be president. But he doesn’t want to discuss his unproductive time in the Senate. And he isn’t offering credible ideas to extend opportunity and promote ownership in our communities. Instead, he’s going back into the old Democratic Party bag of tricks and pulling out … the race card.

He said there’s a “Do Not Enter” sign on the White House door, to keep blacks out. And he raised the specter of voter disenfranchisement, claiming “some say” the president has plans to keep African Americans out of polling places throughout the land …

How about that “Do Not Enter” sign on the White House door? Funny, we’ve all been to the White House and we didn’t notice any sign telling us to stay away. Condoleezza Rice and Colin Powell, the two highest-ranking black leaders in American history, definitely have not seen the sign. Rod Paige, the secretary of Education, and Alphonso Jackson, the secretary of Housing and Urban Development – both black, both in President Bush’s cabinet – have not seen the sign either.

Mr. Kerry’s accusation that President Bush wants to keep black Americans from voting is the most heinous charge he’s made. It outrages us, and it ought to outrage every American who takes voting rights seriously. In addition to claiming that “some say” the president’s campaign wants to disenfranchise minorities, Mr. Kerry also asserted, “We are hearing those things already.” Oh, really? “We are hearing those things.” “Some say.” John Kerry is trading on innuendo spread by the most divisive people in American politics – people who spend their careers trying to tell us how to think and vote.

That ladies and gentlemen, is surely a description of the Rev. Jesse Jackson.

Is it appropriate for the Rev. Jackson to be addressing a church congregation on the subject of marriage – either sodomist or traditional?

Has this congregation and Sen. Kerry forgotten the tax-exempt funds used by the Rev. Jesse after he committed adultery to get his impregnated mistress out of Chicago?