Mr. Baby-Killing Fancy Pants Hijacks the Struggle

Okay, okay, this can't stir up as much traffic as the Black History Month post, but I just thought that the title should obscure the fact that I am going to talk a little more about race, homosexuality, and a lot about Civil Rights Leaders. I changed it from something that was too risque'. Just sucking up to my Google masters.

Is it just me, or do the homosexual rights lobbyists seem somewhat whacked comparing gays to people of color? We talked about physical traits beyond our control this past weekend and everyone seemed to agree with Dr. King. (Content of character vs. Color of skin)

Why would the leaders of the civil rights groups (read as the Rainbow Coalition, NAACP, AL Sharpton) embrace abortionists and homosexuals and put them in the same catagory as say a black person? Have we abandoned the fight for equality of the races to argue that discrimination is also about our opinions? Have these formerly religious organizations abandoned the principals on which they were founded?

Or, as has been previously argued here, have the leaders of these organizations jumped ship from championing the basic premises of their civil rights roots to simply do whatever is necessary to keep their mugs in the spotlight? Or to keep their token standing in the Party of Robert Byrd?

Julian Bond, Jesse Jackson, and Al Sharpton (Dammit Al, CHICKENS?) seem to be doing whatever in their power to diminish the organizations that they control while people who have slaved to pull the NAACP out of bancrupty get quietly, but summarily discarded. Yea, right, he "resigned". Does the name Kwesi Mfume mean anything to you?

Just wondering if I'm the only one that feels this way?

AS USUAL UPDATES: I have had a couple of very interesting debates with soundboyz over the last couple of days and it's been a great learning tool for me. Even though it seems that we have differing opinions on quite a few things, we have still maintained a very civil discourse. If two very opinionated people like us can debate issues of grave importance, why can't two more moderate folks do the same? Anyway, here's MORE fuel for the fire on our discussion. And soundboyz, just please agree that Al has completely lost his frigging mind. THEY ARE CHICKENS!

UPDATE REVISITED: soundboyz and I AGREE!!!!! Al looks stupid supporting the CHICKENS! There shall be world peace, RIGHT NOW!

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