Mitt Romney To Address NAACP

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Mitt Romney To Address NAACP

The man who has pledged to impose a federal amendment to ban same-sex marriage will address the group who earlier this month officially endorsed it.That should be...interesting. Via press release:

The NAACP announced today that presumptive GOP presidential nominee Mitt Romney will address its national convention next month.

Every four years, the nation's oldest and largest civil rights group invites the Democratic and Republican presidential nominee to speak. In 2008, both Barack Obama and John McCain addressed the NAACP.

In years past, however, Republicans and the NAACP have sometimes had rocky relations. Bob Dole, the 1996 GOP presidential nominee, declined the group's invitation. George W. Bush spoke to the NAACP in 2000 but then skipped its annual convention for five years while he was president.

When Bush finally did attend the NAACP convention as a sitting president, the Republican pledged to improve relationships between black voters and the GOP.

"I consider it a tragedy that the party of Abraham Lincoln let go of its historical ties with the African-American community," Mr. Bush said at that time. "For too long, my party wrote off the African-American vote, and many African-Americans wrote off the Republican Party."

NAACP President Ben Jealous said his organization is looking forward to hearing from Romney.
"This election will be about how to provide the best future for all Americans, of every color and background," he said in a statement. "As America grows more diverse, we can choose to embrace that diversity or let it divide us. We look forward to an engaging conversation with Governor Romney about his vision for a more just society."

Yeah Like why Mormons saw Black people not the same as white people and did not allow them to join their church until 1978? 

This should be interesting.

BREAKING NEWS: NAACP Endorses Gay Marriage!

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BREAKING NEWS: NAACP Endorses Gay Marriage!

Less than two weeks after President Barack Obama announced his public support for gay marriage, a prominent African-American civil rights organization is following suit.

The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People's board of directors voted to endorse gay marriage on Saturday, according to a tweet from NAACP officer

The NAACP Board of Directors has just endorsed marriage equality unequivocally. Only two opposed! 

Metro Weekly procured the full resolution from the 64-member unit, which is highlighted by an affirmation of the 14th Amendment's equal protection clause:
"The NAACP Constitution affirmatively states our objective to ensure the 'political, education, social and economic equality' of all people. Therefore, the NAACP has opposed and will continue to oppose any national, state, local policy or legislative initiative that seeks to codify discrimination or hatred into the law or to remove the Constitutional rights of LGBT citizens. We support marriage equality consistent with equal protection under the law provided under the Fourteenth Amendment of the United States Constitution. Further, we strongly affirm the religious freedoms of all people as protected by the First Amendment."

The NAACP decision comes at a time where diverse opinions on same-sex marriage are present within black churches. Following Obama's announcement, Bishop Timothy Clarke of the First Church of God in Columbus, Ohio, summed up his congregation's mixed feelings on the issue.

"No church or group is monolithic," Clarke told USA Today. "Some were powerfully agitated and disappointed. Others were curious -- why now? to what end? Others were hurt. And others, to be honest, told me it's not an issue and they don't have a problem with it."

From the government end of the spectrum, dozens of politicians have paralleled Obama's words since the May 9 announcement. GOP presidential hopeful Mitt Romney stands on the other side of the issue, telling KETV-TV on May 10 that "as a society, I think we're better off if we encourage the establishment of homes with a mother and a father."

National Gay and Lesbian Task Force Executive Director Rea Carey released a statement acclaiming the NAACP's decision as a "truly historic moment." More from Carey:

"We are proud to stand shoulder to shoulder with the NAACP working together on the many issues that affect all of our lives. Whether it be fair access to education and jobs, an end to voter suppression and racial profiling, the right to love and be who we are free of discrimination -- these issues affect all of us, our families and our country. Today the NAACP did what it does so well -- inspires and affirms our common humanity."

This is a BIG STEP. I just now hope that many in the LGBTQ Community who still have their issues with African Americans "ahem RACE...YES I SAID RACE!"  come off their HIGH HORSE and realize an entire RACE isn't homophobic nor do African American lawmakers have NEVER wrote one bill that harmed the LGBTQ Community. It's time to seriously come together!

TROY DAVIS IS SET TO DIE NEXT WEEK!

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OMG! TROY DAVIS HAS 1 WEEK AND HALF TO LIVE…THE END IS NEAR

Georgia corrections officials Wednesday set a Sept. 21 date for the execution of Troy Anthony Davis for the 1989 slaying of Savannah police officer Mark Allen MacPhail.

Department of Corrections Commissioner Brian Owens set a 7 p.m. time at the Georgia Diagnositc and Classification Prison at Jackson where the state’s execution chamber is located.

Chatham County Superior Court Judge Penny Haas Freesemann signed the death warrant for Davis on Tuesday, marking the fourth time since 2007 the state has scheduled an execution for Davis.

It set the execution date as between Sept. 21 and Sept. 28 but did not set the specific date. Executions usually are scheduled for the first day in the seven-day window.

Meanwhile, the state Board of Pardons and Paroles has scheduled a 9 a.m. Sept. 19 clemency appointment in Atlanta for Davis, board spokesman Steven Hayes said Wednesday.

That will give Davis’ legal team a last chance for delay of execution or clemency.

Davis remains at Jackson where he has eluded three earlier execution dates while his case meandered through the appellate court system.

U.S. District Court Judge William T. Moore Jr. heard two days of evidence in June 2010 at the U.S. Supreme Court direction to take evidence and determine if any new evidence existed that would clearly prove Davis’ claims of innocence.

It was the first time in at least 50 years that the court had granted an American death row inmate such an innocence hearing.

Moore ruled in August 2010 that evidence presented before him was “largely smoke and mirrors” and not nearly strong enough to prove Davis’  innocence.

“Mr. Davis is not innocent,” Moore ruled.

The U.S. Supreme Court cleared the way for the execution in March by rejecting dual appeals by Davis.

Davis has exhausted his appeals, but his Washington, D.C.-based attorney Jason Ewart has said they plan to ask the parole board for clemency. The five-member panel has the power to commute or postpone executions, but rarely does so.

Meanwhile, The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People Wednesday strongly condemned the scheduled execution of Davis, citing what it called too much doubt surrounding the case.

“After reviewing the evidence, I am convinced that Troy Davis is an innocent man,” said NAACP President/CEO Benjamin Todd Jealous. “It is appalling to me that with so much doubt surrounding the case, Mr. Davis is set to be executed in 14 days. Justice will never be served by the state-sanctioned murder of an innocent man.”

He joined Amnesty International USA in opposing the execution. The amnesty group has urged the parole board to commute Davis’ sentence.

Davis’ case has become a focal point for the international anti-death penalty movement. The NAACP, Amnesty International and dignitaries such as former President Jimmy Carter and Pope Benedict XVI have all urged Georgia officials to spare Davis.

MacPhail, 27, was shot twice with a a .38-caliber pistol and slain Aug. 19, 1989, as he rushed to assist Michael Young, a homeless man under attack over some beer in the parking lot of the Greyhound Bus Terminal/Burger King Restaurant at Oglethorpe Avenue.

A Chatham County Superior Court jury took two hours to convict Davis of murder on April 28, 1991. It recommended the death penalty…..

THIS IS A TRAGEDY. PLEASE PRAY FOR THIS MAN AND HIS FAMILY!