Black Group Warns Obama Not to Overturn DOMA, Allow Gay Marriage

A group calling itself the Black Coalition against Gay Marriage have sent a letter to President Obama, in effect, warning him not to endorse marriage between same-sex couples or risk losing much of his African American support base. The coalition, which includes the veteran civil rights the group Congress of Racial Equality (CORE), Concerned African-American Pastors and other religious organizations, is particularly worried about Obama’s intentions regarding the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA). The Act is federal law enacted in the late 1990s which defines marriage as only occurring between a man and a woman thus excluding unions between persons of the same sex. Gay activist groups have been pressuring the Obama administration to work to change or weaken the Act. However, in its letter, the Black coalition asserts, “Changing the definition of marriage will have many unintended consequences which will hurt generations to come.” Full Story from Eurweb.com

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