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I heard a piece on the radio this weekend where an reporter was interviewing several black community leaders about Proposition 8, since African-Americans in California turned out in record numbers to vote last week and voted 2 to 1 to pass Prop. 8.  These leaders were saying that, in general, the black community is not bigoted and does not mind if

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First, I did not in any way intend to suggest that black voters alone passed Proposition 8. Thanks for highlighting that. I agree.

I in no way think black voters are responsible for Proposition 8 passing. I also don't support lashing out at Mormon's because they funded pro 8 campaigning. And, in fact, I'm not fond of anti-$FOO tactics as a way to be pro-$BAR.

I'm just concerned that we, as a race, the human race, seem to have this weird issue where we all agree something is Bad and make a lot of statements about Never Again and then we don't even notice when we're doing it again. As your example excellently points out.

Second, this election cycle black voters turned out in record numbers. Depending on the polling place, estimates I've seen have ranged as low as 9% and as high as 20%. 20% is still not "responsible for passing Prop. 8" and I am still not saying it's "their fault".