Jay-Z Agrees With The Potus & Supports Gay Marriage; “To Deny Them That Right Is Discrimination, Period”

By LMB Staff on

Ever since President Obama announced that he was in favor of gay marriage (on a personal level), individuals have been coming from all over to give their opinion on the matter. While many are in favor of the Presidents’ announcement, as it is the first time that a President has openly acknowledged their approval on the matter, there have been a few who have made it very clear that they do not agree with the Presidents’ position.

Most notably, Pastor Jamal Bryant of the Empowerment Temple AME located in Baltimore, MD, suggested that President Obama start his campaign with the Black church to fix the damage he has done by agreeing with something that goes completely against Christian morals. In a recent statement, Pastor Bryant described the Presidents’ approval as a form of betrayal to the Black church:

The Black church has been there for him from the start. As a 3^rdgeneration member the African Methodist Episcopal Church, the oldest African American Protestant denomination in the country, I remember in 2008 when then-Senator Obama came to our general conference, the day after we unanimously passed legislation against same sex marriages. The Bishops of the church took him in private quarters and surrounded him, covering him in prayer. The photo of this moment soon went viral. After the inauguration, the President was met with an onslaught of disrespect, opposition and attack. But he has always been covered in prayer and supported in large measure by the Black church community. Even when national evangelical Franklin Graham openly questioned the President’s Christianity, the NAACP went with national religious leaders from different denominations to demand an apology.

Given this history, it’s not hard to understand why many Black pastors feel jilted. Many have hastened to declare that they will no longer support the President.

While President Obama may be receiving hell (pun intended) from the Black pastors, the President still has a large number of supporters who are more than ecstatic about his decision. One half of the royal couple of Hip Hop, Shawn “Jay-z” Carter, expressed his approval of gay marriage in a recent sit down with CNN. Carter suggested that allowing individuals to love and marry whom they choose to is, in fact, the right thing to do.

Taking it a step further, the rapper suggested that denying individuals the right to marry based on their sexual preference is the equivalent to discriminating against Blacks.

What are your thoughts?

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http://www.facebook.com/buddepott Bud Depot

What an embarrassment. Black human rights and Gay rights are different you can fake being straight and enjoy all the advantages of white supremacy. Black people cant just switch up and decide they dont want to be discriminated against. This is part of the UN program to efeminize boys. I heard it was coming from the brother Dr A Umar Johnson. I just beg my American brothers and sister realize this is being done to you this isn’t your choice accepting gayness as a positive part of your reality. Just remember you na fi keep no battymon friend.
http://www.facebook.com/buddepott Bud Depot

This is not the mainstream but this is BLACK AS IT GETS. You shouldn’t go hurting anybody but don’t accept this.
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Ahjames22

Now more than ever black people need to hold true to their morals, jay doesn’t speak for us or change us, Obama is a disgrace, jay is in his back pocket, we as a people represent strength and integrity its the white man’s way to support the emasculation of honorable men, to inspire our children to be exposed to it, to change our minds because a phony political rapper does… I hope we stay strong, remember what we stand on, and that our ancestors would be ashamed of us, we don’t control the disgusting habits of euro perverse America, but can stay true.