A coalition of conservative Christian groups has petitioned a federal court to support Michigan’s ban on gay marriage. No big surprise. Here’s what should surprise: the coalition includes hundreds of African-American pastors and churches. Gay marriage would “destroy the backbone of our society,” said Flint’s Reverend Stacey Swimp at a local rally of Black ministers. Uh, no. Here’s what’s destroying heterosexual marriage in the African-American community: Heterosexual African-Americans. They marry at a dramatically lower rate than any other ethnic or racial group in America. “We love everybody, but we don’t love the [gay] lifestyle,” said Reverend Rex Evans of Ypsilanti.…
African-American Pastors Call for Discrimination
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