By Fausto Fernós on November 18, 2008
How do you stop the hate in 2008? The recent passing of Proposition 8, a California State ballot aimed to take away the State’s ability to issue same-sex marriage licenses is raising questions on the role of race and sexuality in this last election. It’s also making people highly aware of the differences. Not everyone who voted for Obama was for marriage equality. How could that possibly be?
Although the African American religious vote made a small but significant difference in passing this ordinance, many people are pitting gay rights advocates against the black church.
Did queer folks fail to reach out to black churches or did these Churches fail to see the universal struggle for equality in their own back yard?
Why wasn’t Barack Obama’s rejection of the measure a bigger part of the campaign against the proposition?
On today’s show we have Chicago’s very own, the Rev. Charles Straight- Pastor of Faith United Methodist Church, in Dalton Illinois.
He’s here to help us make sense of what happened and what we can learn from this setback in order to fight against injustice wherever it rears it’s ugly head, even when it means taking a good hard look at ourselves.
In case you didn’t catch it, Wanda Sykes has come out, saying that she was born a beautiful black lesbian. Does being biologically gay mean people will be less likely to discriminate against you?
And the truth about beer goggles. British researchers conducted a study on the effects of alcohol on our attraction to others. They found out that tipsy men and women tend to rate their own genders as more attractive even after, as little as, one drink.
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Fausto Fernós | November 21, 2008
Yeah I thought that was WAY excessive, and it was odd that nobody brought it up.
Fishsauce | November 21, 2008
This was one fantastic episode. Thank you for having Rev. Straight on, uncensored. There’s so much I want to say, but I’ve already said...
17 comments on FOF #882 - Rev. Straight Talks About Prop. 8 - 11.18.08
beinuounk | November 21, 2008
dude you know what I’m talking about! soy desole
Marc Felion | November 21, 2008
Too bad I just found this link otherwise I would have asked about it- fecal transplants: http://scienceblogs.com/aetiol ogy/2007/12/fecal_transplants_ to_cure_clos.php...
Marc Felion | November 21, 2008
Thanks Rhea but a cougar was just shot and killed in the city of Chicago in the springtime. I’m sure there is some funky stuff going on in Africa but yes, we...
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Fausto Fernós | November 21, 2008
Yeah I thought that was WAY excessive, and it was odd that nobody brought it up.
Fishsauce | November 21, 2008
This was one fantastic episode. Thank you for having Rev. Straight on, uncensored. There’s so much I want to say, but I’ve already said...
17 comments on FOF #882 - Rev. Straight Talks About Prop. 8 - 11.18.08
beinuounk | November 21, 2008
dude you know what I’m talking about! soy desole
Marc Felion | November 21, 2008
Too bad I just found this link otherwise I would have asked about it- fecal transplants: http://scienceblogs.com/aetiol ogy/2007/12/fecal_transplants_ to_cure_clos.php...
Marc Felion | November 21, 2008
Thanks Rhea but a cougar was just shot and killed in the city of Chicago in the springtime. I’m sure there is some funky stuff going on in Africa but yes, we...
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