Why won't African-Americans support gays?

"Historically, African Americans have not supported gay rights in general and gay marriage in particular in any significant numbers.

Within the community, there are unspoken concerns, particularly among older people, that to accept gays as victims of discrimination somehow diminishes the discrimination blacks have endured."

http://seattletimes.com/html/localnews/2019505673_gaymarriage24m.html

This is shameful and diminishes the Civil Rights movement of the '60's.

"I still hear people say that I should not be talking about the rights of lesbian and gay people and I should stick to the issue of racial justice. But I hasten to remind them that Martin Luther King Jr. said, 'Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.' I appeal to everyone who believes in Martin Luther King Jr.'s dream to make room at the table of brother- and sisterhood for lesbian and gay people." 

- Coretta Scott King, widow of Martin Luther King, Jr.

On violence within racial/ethnic minority communities in Seattle

The mother of an African-American killed this year made this recent statement on local KING TV:

"The African-American community is very small. So people know who did this. People, their family, aunts, uncles, they know that these kids [suspects] are in trouble . . . in and out of jail, in and out of juvenile. They need to start thinking about asking their kids some questions. As a community, we need to get together, step forward, and take back our streets. We cannot have this many murderers in Seattle, in the African-American community. Gregory Wayne Anderson was murdered by an African-American. Nicole Westbrook was murdered by an African-American. Desmond Jackson was murdered by an African-American. And Danny [Vega] was murdered by an African-American. We cannot have this many murderers running our streets. They have to be connected. The south-end gang we know was involved in Desmond's murder. The families who live in the south end—you need to collect your family members so that we can clean up our streets. Your kids can go to jail, but at least you get to talk to them. Families in this city, in New Mexico, in Texas, are suffering. And we need justice. We need justice."


http://www.seattleweekly.com/2012-10-17/news/nicole-westbrook-in-the-way-of-the-gun/5/