Jay-Z Supports Gay Marriage
Well said.
Jay-Z was asked by CNN about what he thought about President Obama’s recent endorsement of gay marriage. He’s what he had to say:
“I’ve always thought it as something that was still holding the country back. What people do in their own homes is their business and you can choose to love whoever you love. That’s their business. It’s no different than discriminating against blacks. It’s discrimination plain and simple…I think it’s the right thing to do, so whether it costs him votes or not - again, it’s not about votes. It’s about people. It’s the right thing to do as a human being.”
Via: towleroad.com
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crazy kat a year agoHe’s very much right about saying that it isn’t any different than discriminating against blacks. I have black gay friends who had an extremely difficult time because in their culture, you were not suppose to be LBGT. It hurts them that their families went through so much for civil rights, but this is some how different. Don’t get me wrong, it sucks big fat juicy balls to be LGBT, no matter where you are from or what race you belong to; but I have to say it must hurt especially bad for people who have parents who fought for their own equal rights yet for some reason or other don’t want to recognize equal rights for same sex couples. I hope we can change this!
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summerkindofgirl a year agoI’m glad that he has come out to support gay marriage. It’s really the same kind of discrimination when you think about it. Blacks didn’t have anything, they fought hard, now they have rights. We just slowly repeat history in the dumbest fashion ever. Plus, has anyone ever read the other quotes in Leviticus? Why do we always feel compelled to recite that ONE gay one? These are just as ridiculous. “Don’t wear clothes made of more than one fabric” (Leviticus 19:19) “If a man cheats on his wife, or vise versa, both the man and the woman must die.” (Leviticus 20:10) - We still let Newt Gingrich and Callista run their crazy asses around. “If a man or woman has sex with an animal, both human and animal must be killed.” (Leviticus 20:15-16) - Sorry deep south. Since you mostly seem to be Bible thumpin’ maybe we should, ya know, start doing this. I’m just going by your word, ya know.. And then, even worse, we has the laws of Deuteronomy. No one seems to quote these either. “If anyone, even your own family suggests worshipping another God, kill them.” (Deuteronomy 13:6-10) - wtf? “If you find out a city worships a different god, destroy the city and kill all of it’s inhabitants… even the animals.” (Deuteronomy 13:12-15) - Why the animals?? “Kill anyone with a different religion.” (Deuteronomy 17:2-7) - Hitler favored this one. I’m sure he even drew hearts around it in his diary. I’m sure there are many people that will say these laws don’t count, but in Leviticus, God says these laws need to be followed forever. Wtf America?
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jairoj a year agoIs really condescending to say “I tolerate” fuck being tolerated. I don’t need anybody to tolerate me, just respect me as a fellow human. Gay people deserve that, I don’t tolerate glbt people I respect them and treat them like I want to be treated. Also if you don’t support gay marriage is prob because of your religion. Stop pushing your religion on people; and if you want to use Leviticus to justify your stand you have to except all the other bs he says, so let’s start killing people, cuz that’s what Leviticus wanted.
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oOo a year agoYeah that Jay-Z has always been a really progressive guy on that front: “Faggots wanna talk to Po-Po’s, smoke em like cocoa”
- Nigga What, Nigga Who “‘cause faggots hate when you getting money like athletes”
- Heart of the City “Hate a nigga like that faggot, get your own”
- Lucky Me “Too many faggot niggas clocking my spending / Exercising your gay-like minds like Richard Simmons”
- 22 Two’s “It’s crazy how you can go from being Joe Blow / to everybody on your dick, no homo”
- Run This Town “You’s the fag model for Karl Kani/Esco ads”
- Takeover They should make him the grand marshal of the pride parade. -
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BlueSerenade a year agoWay to go Jay. This is what the black community needs to hear, especially since it’s pretty well known that much of the black community doesn’t support gay marriage. Not saying Jay-Z is speaking for all blacks, but it’s nice to see someone who is respected in the rap game to step up and say love is love. Wouldn’t of expected it from him.
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