Al Sharpton: Churches should focus on social woes, not gay marriage

[Joanne98]

New York activist Al Sharpton is of course the latest to join the Proposition 8 parade. In a speech over the weekend, he questioned why churches that backed the ban on gay marriage aren't focusing on bigger issues such as violence and poverty. From the Southern Voice website:

From the pulpit of Tabernacle Baptist Church on Sunday, Rev. Al Sharpton called out the Mormon Church and other conservative faiths for mobilizing to support Proposition 8 to ban gay marriage in California while refusing to be as involved in any other social concerns.

“It amazes me when I looked at California and saw churches that had nothing to say about police brutality, nothing to say when a young black boy was shot while he was wearing police handcuffs, nothing to say when they overturned affirmative action, nothing to say when people were being delegated into poverty, yet they were organizing and mobilizing to stop consenting adults from choosing their life partners,” Sharpton told a packed audience on Jan. 11.

“There is something immoral and sick about using all of that power to not end brutality and poverty, but to break into people’s bedrooms and claim that God sent you,” Sharpton added.

--Shelby Grad

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2009/01/churches-should.html

[DCKit]

1. C'mon Al. We all know Jesus was all about keeping "Teh Gays" down.

Social issues! Blech.

[dmallind]

2. Well yeah Al thanks for pointing that out.

Now all the mouthbreathing regressive fundy godbotherers will stop cherrypicking Leviticus or following the mistranslated fire and brimstone of Paul, right?

[Mist]

3. Yes, but screaming self-righteously is SO much more fun than helping people! nt