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Friday, October 9, 2009
News / 2nd Annual 24-Hour Blog-o-thon Speaker blames some churches for homophobia
Posted By Rhiannon Fionn-Bowman on Fri, Oct 9, 2009 at 2:33 PM
I thought Christianity was supposed to be about love and acceptance, you know -- like Jesus, the person they hang their faith on, was.
According to Keith Boykin, an author and recent speaker at UNC Charlotte, black churches are hot beds of homophobia.
Now, is that how Jesus would be?
No, probably not.
Author and activist Keith Boykin on Wednesday blamed the black church for what he described as high levels of homophobia in the African American community.Speaking to a packed crowd UNC Charlotte, Boykin said gays in the black community often fear speaking out because they risk social and religious isolation.
“It’s taboo in the black community to be gay because of the church and religion,” he said. “Even though there are churches who are both homophobic and homotolerant, it’s still difficult for people.”
Boykin said the black church has a large influence over the African American community, and that people often feel they need acceptance by the mainstream -- in this case, the church.
“Anything that makes them fall from grace of the mainstream society is looked down upon,” Boykin said. “Most people don’t want to take on that extra burden.”
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