Why Do Blacks Seem So Down On Gays?

Several dozen Black pastors rallied against gay marriage in Georgia yesterday, claiming to be "offended by the gay rights movement's claim that their struggle is the same as the effort for equal racial rights"

A recent AlterNet article examines the source of this alleged cultural homophobia.

From cradle to grave, much of America has drilled into black men the notion that they are less than men. This has made many black men believe and accept the gender propaganda that the only real men in American society are white men.

In a vain attempt to recapture their denied masculinity, many black men, mirror America's traditional fear and hatred of homosexuality. They swallow whole the phony and perverse John Wayne definition of manhood, that real men talk and act tough, shed no tears, and never show their emotions.

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