Different Factors Within African American Communities Shaped Votes on Question 6
In Prince George's County, 49 percent of the African-American community voted in favor of same-sex marriage.
Same-sex marriage opponents counted African-American voters among their allies leading up to November's election, expecting them to help overturn legislation allowing same-sex couples to marry in Maryland. Polls in the months prior to November's referendum on same-sex marriage seemed to back them up, with African-Americans showing less support than whites. But as the months wore on, opposition softened, especially in the face of endorsements from President Obama and prominent entertainers, as well as a media campaign that included clergy, athletes and other public figures. By Election Day, voters in the state's large, predominantly black jurisdictions -- Baltimore and Prince George's County -- joined to support same-sex marriage by a 4-…
stevemd2
10:57 pm on Saturday, January 5, 2013
McCoy was at a debate at the thurgood marshall democratic club, with a member of the gay community McCoy said something about gays deserve death, with a smile on his face.. He waS nearly thrown out by the audience. of mostly african americans. Shows you what a horror show he is. So conveniently btw forgetting that blacks were routinely lynched in southern md in the past . And how inter-racial … more ›