# Blacks overwhelmingly against gay marriage - Why such hypocrisy? **URL:** \ **Category:** Great Debates\ **Created:** [July 2, 2009, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blacks-overwhelmingly-against-gay-marriage-why-such-hypocrisy/501658 "2009-07-02T02:28:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 16
**Author:** ![not\_alice](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/not_alice/32/7283_2.png) [@not\_alice](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/not_alice)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2009, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blacks-overwhelmingly-against-gay-marriage-why-such-hypocrisy/501658/301 "2009-07-10T18:37:24Z")
> [@magellan01](#): > > A new day, a new shovel! Congratulations!!! Perhaps you can add something useful on topic for us to discuss then? I am sure everyone, including me, would welcome it 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![magellan01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@magellan01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/magellan01)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2009, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blacks-overwhelmingly-against-gay-marriage-why-such-hypocrisy/501658/302 "2009-07-10T19:25:28Z")
> [@not\_alice](#): > > Perhaps you can add something useful on topic for us to discuss then? I am sure everyone, including me, would welcome it 🙂 I agree with **Miller** as far as the hypocrisy goes. He’s made his point so well, I have nothing additional to offer. In some future thread, I might feel it within me to share my feelings on SSM in general. I’m a bit shy that way. I doubt I’ll discuss that or anything of substance with you though, as you seem to like biting onto a shoelace you found in another room and insisting that it belongs to a pair of loafers in the room where the grown-ups are. I’ve experienced it once. That’s enough. Entertaining it was, though. ---
**Author:** ![not\_alice](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/not_alice/32/7283_2.png) [@not\_alice](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/not_alice)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2009, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blacks-overwhelmingly-against-gay-marriage-why-such-hypocrisy/501658/303 "2009-07-10T19:29:14Z")
> [@magellan01](#): > > I agree with **Miller** as far as the hypocrisy goes. He’s made his point so well, I have nothing additional to offer. In some future thread, I might feel it within me to share my feelings on SSM in general. I’m a bit shy that way. I doubt I’ll discuss that or anything of substance with you though, as you seem to like biting onto a shoelace you found in another room and insisting that it belongs to a pair of loafers in the room where the grown-ups are. I’ve experienced it once. That’s enough. Entertaining it was, though. That just shows how unreasonable you are. You can go anytime to see a smoothly functioning thread on nearly the same topic that I am participating in. I mentioned it many times yet you either never checked it out before coming to your conclusion, or you are lying. I prefer the former personally though. Anyway, you really think that Miller’s argument was the last word on the matter, that he said everything possible, there was no room to explore variations or understand the basis of his argument? By anyone? Really? ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2009, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blacks-overwhelmingly-against-gay-marriage-why-such-hypocrisy/501658/304 "2009-07-10T20:50:13Z")
> [@magellan01](#): > > In some future thread, I might feel it within me to share my feelings on SSM in general. I’m a bit shy that way. Heh. ---
**Author:** ![magellan01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@magellan01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/magellan01)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2009, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blacks-overwhelmingly-against-gay-marriage-why-such-hypocrisy/501658/305 "2009-07-10T20:53:27Z")
> [@not\_alice](#): > > That just shows how unreasonable you are. > > You can go anytime to see a smoothly functioning thread on nearly the same topic that I am participating in. I mentioned it many times yet you either never checked it out before coming to your conclusion, or you are lying. I prefer the former personally though. > > Anyway, you really think that Miller’s argument was the last word on the matter, that he said everything possible, there was no room to explore variations or understand the basis of his argument? By anyone? > > Really? As far as the hypocrisy, angle, yes. Such is **Miller’s** greatness. ---
**Author:** ![begbert2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/begbert2/32/3357_2.png) [@begbert2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/begbert2)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2009, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blacks-overwhelmingly-against-gay-marriage-why-such-hypocrisy/501658/306 "2009-07-10T21:06:35Z")
> [@not\_alice](#): > > Hey welcome to the thread, I am sure this will go much better now 🙂 > > How was your 4th? My 4th was fine - a few small explosives, some time with the family, ect. Well, you asked. ---
**Author:** ![not\_alice](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/not_alice/32/7283_2.png) [@not\_alice](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/not_alice)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2009, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blacks-overwhelmingly-against-gay-marriage-why-such-hypocrisy/501658/307 "2009-07-10T21:08:28Z")
> [@magellan01](#): > > As far as the hypocrisy, angle, yes. Such is **Miller’s** greatness. OK, since someone (don’t honestly recall if it was you) told me yesterday that this thread has some of SDMB’s smartest people, I will be sure to think of you whenever I think of him and vice versa. Don’t know if that is fair to you to be honest. But consider it done. ---
**Author:** ![not\_alice](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/not_alice/32/7283_2.png) [@not\_alice](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/not_alice)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2009, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blacks-overwhelmingly-against-gay-marriage-why-such-hypocrisy/501658/308 "2009-07-10T21:09:35Z")
> [@begbert2](#): > > My 4th was fine - a few small explosives, some time with the family, ect. > Well, you asked. I did indeed and I wondered if you missed it in the fireworks here yesterday. Hope it was everything you hoped for! ---
**Author:** ![tomndebb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b9e5f3/32.png) [@tomndebb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tomndebb)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2009, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blacks-overwhelmingly-against-gay-marriage-why-such-hypocrisy/501658/309 "2009-07-10T21:12:53Z")
> [@not\_alice](#): > > I did indeed and I wondered if you missed it in the fireworks here yesterday. Hope it was everything you hoped for! I see no fireworks in this thread. I do see a lot of smoldering fuses generating way more smoke than sound and obscuring any light tht might have accidentally shone in. Before this gets so far out of hand that someone decides they simply must break the rules, however, I am shutting this thing down. [/Moderating] [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blacks-overwhelmingly-against-gay-marriage-why-such-hypocrisy/501658.md?page=15)