A Call to African Americans: Vote Yes on Proposition 8!

Today I found this clip on African American voters in California who support Obama but oppose same-sex marriage. What fascinates me about this video clip is the argument of Alice Huffman, President of the California NAACP. Alice supports same-sex marriage and compares the struggle of gay marriage activists to black activists during the civil rights movement.

(The comparison of African Americans to Americans living a homosexual lifestyle is a very common comparison used to promote the legalization of same-sex marriage. I believe this comparison is inaccurate... but that's another blog for another day.)

Back to Alice. After comparing racial segregation to Proposition 8, Alice goes on to make a very telling statement. Please watch the clip and listen closely to what Alice says. (Sorry about the commercial.)



(If you can not view this video, click here.)

Alice said, "Anytime government intervenes and tells you what you can or not do, it's a denial of your rights."

(Isn't that interesting? Please read it again.)

If I understand Alice correctly, she is saying that government regulations dictating behaviors are a denial of rights. In other words, if there is anything you want to do, (as long as you are not hurting anyone) that thing should be legalized. Government should only intervene to protect the rights of the special interest group, or to quiet the religious when they are making everyone uncomfortable with their talk of "God" and "sin". (Okay Alice never said that, but you get my drift.)

Gay rights activists are so caught up in defending the "rights" of their special interest group that they have forgotten why our laws were created. Those of us who understand the Bible, including thousands of African Americans in this country, understand that the laws of this country are much like God's laws. Laws do not make everyone happy all of the time and obeying them does not always "feel good in the moment." Laws do not always favor the special interest group. Instead most of our laws, like God's laws, are created and enforced because they are for the greatest good.

Laws are important. They are vital for the maintenance and protection of our basic freedoms and rights. Our country was founded on the basis of Judeo-Christian laws intended to teach and protect its citizens. It is no accident that that basic laws of our country are similar to Christian laws like the ten commandments. Our laws interfere with our daily lives just enough to teach us to be civil and protect us from oppression. We are obligated to support laws that we believe to be just, fair, and for the greatest good. If laws are just "...when government intervenes, and tells you what you can or can not do," then government is NOT violating your rights; they are protecting you and your fellow men.

Americans want to support laws which are fair and just, which is exactly why same-sex marriage advocates are pushing this proposition as "discriminatory." They are using the convenient argument that those Americans practicing homosexuality are just like blacks, which is just not true. Science, history, and human experience have proven that race is an immutable condition; there is no conclusive evidence that homosexual tendencies are immutable. (As a matter of fact there is evidence that homosexual inclinations can be overcome with therapy.)

Same-sex advocates want you to believe that re-defining marriage will not hurt anyone but will simply give same-sex couples the "rights" they were denied. This argument is also false. If Proposition 8 passes, Americans who choose a gay lifestyle will not loose their civil rights. However, if same-sex marriage is legalized, the rights of free speech and religion will be denied to anyone who disagrees with homosexual behavior, including thousands of African Americans.

In conclusion, our country needs just laws to teach and protect our families and our freedoms. It is vital that the people of California pass Proposition 8. Proposition 8 does not take anything away from citizens practicing homosexuality; it simply protects and defines marriage as, "one man and one woman."

Proposition 8 is not about discrimination; it is about protecting traditional marriage and family. YES ON 8!

(See the full article and video at www.cbsnews.com)