I was under the impression that lots of black rappers are, in fact, religious. No?
--- On Fri, 12/5/08, Charles Brown <charlesb at cncl.ci.detroit.mi.us> wrote:
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> CB: On the original thread point, even the Pope has
> admitted the problem of Catholic priests who have sex with
> especially young Catholic boys. So, the high priests of this
> conservative religion are associated in many's minds
> _with_ homosexuality, not as against it.
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> Similarly, as homosexuality is associated to an extent with
> the high priests of the Black Baptist church, ministers and
> choirmasters, a second group who are the guardians of
> conservative religious values, in the Black community,
> could it be that, for example, Black rappers may be
> associating homosexuality with the _conservative_ values
> and morality of the Black Baptist church ? In other words,
> the original thread title may be backward in its assessment
> of the relationship between Black Baptist conservative
> morality and homosexuality, at least in actual practice
> :some Black Baptist preachers not practicing what they
> preach on this issue; and being observed in this by Black
> youth who then go on to become rappers.. The Proposition 8
> vote may have been a vote against Black church real
> practices.
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