Black Church Leaders Ask for Forgiveness From the LGBT Community

A rather unusual event recently took place in the Washington, D.C., suburb of Fort Washington, Md. Several ministers of black churches met with members of the LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender) community -- and formally apologized for what the organizers described as the church's judgmental attitude toward individuals who experience same-sex attraction and their loved ones....

The Root • Mar 6, 2011

Black Voters Are Pragmatic About Gay Marriage

Indeed, even before that November vote, prominent white members of the LGBT community vilified religious African Americans for supposedly voting with a stridently anti-LGBT agenda. Indeed, church attendance has been called the main cause of black voters' support for Proposition 8, which banned same-sex marriage. But the truth is actually reversed. Focused far more on job creation, health care an...

The Root • Mar 4, 2011