[lbo-talk] blacks about as morally conservative as Republicans

[Chuck Grimes]

``PRINCETON, NJ -- Only 31% of black Democrats in America say
homosexual relations are morally acceptable, roughly the same as the
30% of Republicans who agree, while very much different from the 61%
of nonblack Democrats who say homosexual relations are morally
acceptable....''

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I don't know why, but this thread and its relatives are beginning to
piss me off. Something like red baiting, or divide and conquer...

Most people in this country are uptight about sex. That's why the
right prefers to frame any and all issues around `family values' ,
especially in moral terms, and hopefully with children involved
somehow.

Then another thing. These kind of polls tell me nothing. There is no
such thing as a black Democrat. There is no breakdown of region, age,
gender, income, education, urban, rural, etc. Who the fuck are we
talking about here.

And then lastly, the implication is that somehow the putative moral
conservatism of black voters counted as the `swing' that won Prop 8,
which is impossible since it won by some large margin. I forget
what. 

Let's try an elevate the discussion here, if there is anything worth
elevating.

CG