As a Black Gay Man who is over 50 years of age, I continuously find it deplorable that the Black Community STILL finds ways to want to fight BLACK LGBT+ people while spewing rhetoric that has been derived out of fear and religious manipulation!!

When are we going to find our COMMON GROUND and STAND TOGETHER IN THE FIGHT instead of taking sides to furhter demean, dehumanize, ostracize, criticize, and emaciate one another????

We don't have to AGREE with one another on lifestyle and cultural practices, BUT we MUST be willing to see we are NOT each other's ENEMY!! BLACK FOLK are BLACK FOLK in this country, REGARDLESS of Sexual Orientation... an avenue that SHOULD NOT BE CONSIDERED because this is PERSONAL!! If we are not fixing the problem of Men having 34 children and 17 "baby mamas" or Women who have 17 kids with 8 baby daddies... HOW are we focusing on the bedroom activities of CONSENTING SAME GENDER LOVING ADULTS????

I am hoping for a REAL platform discussion where we can REMOVE the egos and the stigma of what people THINK being GAY IS and have honest communication on how to MOVE THE POPULACE FORWARD FOR ALL BLACK FOLK IN THIS COUNTRY without fighting about 'being Black FIRST"!!!

I AM BOTH..I stand at the INTERSECTION of Black and Gay.... BUT. the WORLD MAKES ME BLACK FIRST because of my skin color.. BUT BLACKS MAKE ME GAY FIRST because they question my masculinity!!!

I agree, well said!!!!!!

Homosexuality is a sin, according to Scripture, and is morally wrong.

Leviticus 20:13:
If there is a man who lies with a male as those who lie with a woman, both of them have committed a detestable act; they shall surely be put to death. Their bloodguiltiness is upon them.

Leviticus 18:22
You shall not lie with a male as one lies with a female; it is an abomination.

Romans 1:18-32
For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men who suppress the truth in unrighteousness, because that which is known about God is evident within them; for God made it evident to them. For since the creation of the world His invisible attributes, His eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly seen, being understood through what has been made, so that they are without excuse.read more.
For even though they knew God, they did not honor Him as God or give thanks, but they became futile in their speculations, and their foolish heart was darkened. Professing to be wise, they became fools, and exchanged the glory of the incorruptible God for an image in the form of corruptible man and of birds and four-footed animals and crawling creatures. Therefore God gave them over in the lusts of their hearts to impurity, so that their bodies would be dishonored among them. For they exchanged the truth of God for a lie, and worshiped and served the creature rather than the Creator, who is blessed forever. Amen. For this reason God gave them over to degrading passions; for their women exchanged the natural function for that which is unnatural, and in the same way also the men abandoned the natural function of the woman and burned in their desire toward one another, men with men committing indecent acts and receiving in their own persons the due penalty of their error. And just as they did not see fit to acknowledge God any longer, God gave them over to a depraved mind, to do those things which are not proper, being filled with all unrighteousness, wickedness, greed, evil; full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, malice; they are gossips, slanderers, haters of God, insolent, arrogant, boastful, inventors of evil, disobedient to parents, without understanding, untrustworthy, unloving, unmerciful; and although they know the ordinance of God, that those who practice such things are worthy of death, they not only do the same, but also give hearty approval to those who practice them.

HEAR THE WORD OF THE LORD, REPENT!!!!!!!!!!!!

Ok Kenneth, I'm going to make a guess and say the reason why the scriptures talk down about homosexuality is because that behavior was also happening thousands of years ago. Also, even if you were to penalize homosexuality it would not change anything. I'm also going to make another guess and say that a thousand years from now this behavior will still exist. If 25% of the population are engaging in this behavior and the threat to mankind is obviously an issue, then you can break out the bible stories. Thats why it's there like everything else that man does.

In the meantime, we need all hands-on deck to fight white supremacy and build financial independence. While some of us wait for Jesus and his father's return to help out of this holy jam.

White supremacy is not right either in the eyes of God, murder, abortion the list is so long ALL are wrong in the eyes of God, period.

Listen, there is no hatred here but giving those a chance who do not Jesus Christ in the pardon of their sins to repent before it too late because, time is winding up, Jesus is coming back soon!

You are guns blazing about this God thing. Do you care about surviving today. Black folks need info on how to build wealth and how to work together and keep our wealth. Not too sure about passing it off to the church who are stuck of getting theirs at the pearly gates.

All i see around the black church is poverty. What about taking the sunday collections and rebuilding a house every week or having members open a business they can use every month. Thats preaching for today, not that crap you're talking about.

I realize no one can save you. But I hope you are not giving your vote to the republicans thinking they care about you. Simply, because they like to cling on to these religious talking points. Then again, if one of them were to kill your whole family in the name of their white God, you could still think that was God's plan. There's enough history out there past and present to bring everyone to the light. The question is are they interested in the light or is there some other motive for the rejection.

Solution to our problems; We are 13% of the population and we need to work towards building the infrastructure to control 13% of the economic activities in this nation. Not 1% or less than because we will be left with constant begging for opportunities from communities who might not care about our survival. I rest my case.

There is no way I will change my position on this subject, and I stand on the Word of God no matter what or unpopular belief.

Scriptures of note:

Genesis 19: 1-26 (The story of Sodom and Gomorrah)
Leviticus 18:22
Leviticus 18:20
Leviticus 20:13
Romans 3:23
Romans 1: 27-32

I find it amazing that we're still talking about this, using the Bible as a crutch, without realizing that Jesus (who the majority of us profess to believe in) traveled with folk WAY WORSE than someone who may have a liking for the same gender. If you profess that God is not a respecter of persons, then where is your God-like attitude #IllWait