Robert Johnson, founder and chairman of the RLJ companies and founder of Black Entertainment Television.A new poll commissioned by Black Entertainment Television founder and chairman Robert Johnson and conducted by Zogby states that 55% of African-American adults with the LGBT community's claim that gay rights aren't the same as civil rights for blacks. Johnson stated there aren't any surprises. He said that the black community is far more conservative on that issue than the general population so he wasn't that surprised. Concerning the issue of gay marriage, 42% of the responders stated that marriage should be between a man and a woman while 40% said same-sex couples should be allowed to marry with benefits.
There's a question I have with the 42% of the responders who answered that marriage should be between a man and a woman: I would like to know what percentage of the 42% voted for President Obama last year in his re-election campaign. What floors me are those in the black community who voted for the president that say they oppose gay marriage. I can honestly tell you that I wouldn't have voted for GOP nominee Mitt Romney last year if he came out and publicly supported same-sex marriage. I would've written in a candidate for president if both candidates said they supported same-sex marriage. I reluctantly voted for Mitt Romney in last fall's election. If he had voiced his support for gay marriage, I wouldn't have voted for him even if he was the lesser of two evils. I can't support a candidate that will support something that's abominable as gay marriage. It's against God, nature, and society. It's not natural nor logical.
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