Same-Sex “Marriage” and the African American Family

This section is reserved for those articles and news items that reflect on the dangers adoption of gay “marriage” poses to black family

GENERAL

March 1965 United States Department of Labor
The Negro Family: The Case For National Action
Summary- The Famous report by Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan argues in his 1965 report that the roots of black families’ problems lie in family breakdown. ...
http://www.dol.gov/oasam/programs/history/webid-meynihan.htm

Summer 2005 City Journal By Kay S. Hymowitz,
The Black Family: 40 Years of Lies
Summary- An excellent chronology of how family breakdown was ignored and apologized for by the countries policy elites. {companion to the Moynihan Report (above)}
http://www.city-journal.org/html/15_3_black_family.html

Winter 2006, City Journal By Kay S. Hymowitz
Marriage and Caste, America’s chief source of inequality? The Marriage Gap
http://www.city-journal.org/html/16_1_marriage_gap.html

April 12, 2010 National Review By Robert Rector
Understanding Illegitimacy
Teen pregnancy isn’t the story. The demise of marriage is.
http://article.nationalreview.com/430875/understanding-illegitimacy/robert-rector?page=1

March 12, 2007 the State News By Gary Glenn
Black community doesn't support same-sex unions
http://www.statenews.com/op_article.phtml?pk=40115

March 20, 2004 Wall Street Journal BY SHELBY STEELE
Selma to San Francisco? Same-sex marriage is not a civil rights issue
http://www.opinionjournal.com/extra/?id=110004846


Leonard Pitts Jr has won the Pulitzer Prize for commentary in 2004. He is the author of Becoming Dad: Black Men and the Journey to Fatherhood.

Feb. 09, 2007 Miami Herald By Leonard Pitts Jr.
Mary Cheney's baby breathes life into debate
http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/living/columnists/leonard_pitts/16657778.htm

Feb. 16, 2007 Miami Herald By Leonard Pitts Jr.
The father counts, as more than a figure
http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/living/columnists/leonard_pitts/16710167.htm

Thomas Sowell is the Rose and Milton Friedman Senior Fellow on Public Policy at the Hoover Institution. He writes on economics, history, social policy, ethnicity, and the history of ideas. Over the past three decades, Sowell has taught economics at various colleges and universities, including Cornell, Amherst, and the University of California at Los Angeles, as well as the history of ideas at Brandeis University.

August 15, 2006 By Thomas Sowell
Gay "marriage"
http://www.townhall.com/columnists/ThomasSowell/2006/08/15/gay_marriage

March 2, 2004 By Thomas Sowell
The problem with the gay marriage issue
http://jewishworldreview.com/cols/sowell030204.asp

March 9, 2004 By Thomas Sowell
‘Gay marriage’ confusions
http://jewishworldreview.com/cols/sowell030904.asp

March 24, 2000 By Thomas Sowell
'Notion of gay marriage' is product of sloppy thinking
http://www.jewishworldreview.com/cols/sowell032400.asp

Star Parker is the founder and president of CURE, the Coalition on Urban Renewal & Education is syndicated columnist and a regular guest editorialist for USA Today. Her articles have appeared in major publications including the Wall Street Journal, the Washington Post, and the New York Times.She is the Author of several books-the autobiographical Pimps,Whores & Welfare Brats and Uncle Sam's Plantation

May 22, 2006 By Star Parker
Mary Cheney's new world
http://www.townhall.com/columnists/StarParker/2006/05/22/mary_cheneys_new_world

August 8, 2005 By Star Parker
Black pastors seek gay marriage ban amid family issues
http://www.townhall.com/columnists/StarParker/2005/08/08/black_pastors_seek_gay_marriage_ban_amid_family_issues

September 28, 2004 By Star Parker
An amendment to stop moral decay
http://www.townhall.com/columnists/StarParker/2004/09/28/an_amendment_to_stop_moral_decay

July 6, 2004 By Star Parker
Black pastors join gay-marriage debate
http://www.townhall.com/columnists/StarParker/2004/07/06/black_pastors_join_gay-marriage_debate

January 12, 2004By Star Parker
Gay Politics, Black Reality
http://www.townhall.com/columnists/StarParker/2004/01/12/gay_politics,_black_reality