The Rev Amos Brown charged up the crowd at Saturday’s anti-Prop. 8 rally in San Francisco. (Photo: Paul Chinn/The Chronicle)
It seems some California ministers who bought into the gay people are not entitled to civil rights argument so hatefully stated, at the prompting of theo-fascist Tony Perkins, in the video here are having nothing to do with an NAACP fundraiser in San Francisco scheduled for this evening. The Reverend Amos Brown, who opposed Prop 8 and heads the San Francisco NAACP branch, is calling them out.
From The San Francisco Chronicle:
Amos Brown says foes boycott his fundraiser
Leslie Fulbright, Chronicle Staff WriterSan Francisco — Tension is growing in the African American community over Proposition 8, with the leader of the San Francisco branch of the NAACP saying he expects some black ministers to boycott the group’s annual fundraiser tonight because he supports same-sex marriage.
The Rev. Amos Brown, a pastor at Third Baptist Church and president of the local branch of the civil rights organization, and Alice Huffman, president of the California State Conference of the NAACP, have faced criticism from some members since they decided to oppose Prop. 8.
“It’s no secret that there has been debating and arguing within the organization over this issue,” Brown said. “Now the ministers are boycotting our fundraising dinner.”
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Rochelle Metcalfe, a former writer for a local African American newspaper who now writes a community column on the Internet, said some black ministers are upset with Brown.
“I’ve been hearing about people who are upset that he supported the No on 8 campaign,” she said. “He knows some people don’t agree with him so I don’t think the boycott is a surprise.
“But it is a hurtful issue because it is splitting our community.”
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Brown said some people who had supported the dinner are now choosing not to attend.
“I would say about 25 percent of the people made it known they are not coming because of our position,” Brown said. “We will go ahead with our friends who have the sense to know the issues well, that it is equal protection under the law and not a religious issue.
“The Yes on 8 position does not represent the spirit of Jesus.”
The NAACP, along with the Asian Pacific American Legal Center, Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund, and the Equal Justice Society petitioned the California Supreme Court to stop enactment of Prop 8, which eliminated marriage equality in California.
The Annual Freedom Fund Dinner and Gala is at 6 tonight at the Cathedral Hill Hotel, 1101 Van Ness Ave. in San Francisco. The keynote speaker will be New York Gov. David Patterson. Tickets are $150.00.
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