Lawmaker: Don't blame blacks for Proposition 8

The California Supreme Court's decision not to retract Proposition 8, the ban on gay marriage, has sent the issue back to the forefront of conversation across the country. Most recently, New Hampshire became the sixth state to legalize gay marriages. While some 18,000 same-sex couples have already tied the knot in California, those who wish to walk down the aisle today will not receive the same privilege.

Assembly Speaker Karen Bass says blacks have been falsely accused of passing Prop 8.

Some in the LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender) community blame the passing of Proposition 8 last November on conservative, homophobic African-Americans voters.
Not true says California Assembly Speaker Karen Bass, who has publicly spoken out against Proposition 8.
Bass spoke to ESSENCE.com to explain why she believes this isn't an civil rights issue, how African-Americans have been falsely accused and the mistakes the LGBT community has made in trying to get our support on this controversial issue. See Lawmaker: Don't blame blacks for Proposition 8
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