November 28th, 2003, 7:48 pm

Tolerance

FoxNews.com reports:

“A new controversey [sic] has erupted around the issue of gay marriage, as some black leaders have been outraged by comparisons being drawn between the civil rights movement and the right of homosexuals to marry … The [Massachusetts Supreme] court cited landmark laws that struck down bans on interracial marriage, but conservative black leaders object to the comparisons, arguing that sexual orientation is a choice.

The Rev. Talbert Swan II said the two struggles are not similar because blacks were lynched, denied property rights and declared inhuman.

‘Homosexuality is a chosen lifestyle,’ he said. ‘I could not choose the color of my skin. … For me to ride down the street and get profiled just because of my skin color is something a homosexual will never go through.’”