D. L. Hughley Breaks The News, As Well As Any Facade Of Intelligence
While we commend D. L. Hughley for operating with respect toward guest Dan Savage, a gay activist and writer, despite his conflicting views. We also have to point out that Hughley comes off as an ill-informed ill-articulated moron!!!!
In a discussion regarding Proposition 8, Hughley - who admits he's "not a regular churchgoer" - stutters and flounders in an attempt to hide behind his cafeteria approach to religion: "I can't, for whatever reason, is it my religious upbringing, I don't condone a gay lifestyle."
Oh, we're sorry, we didn't know it was a "lifestyle."
Last time we checked, Perez was born gay - VERY gay!
Savage says that it is the duty of the gay community to reach out, but also "It's the responsibility of white people not to be racist. It's the responsibility of men not to be sexist. And it is a responsibility of all of us not to be homophobic."
Hughley then makes another sweeping generalization, saying he's "never met a black atheist" because "we are so rooted in theology."
Got that? If you're an atheist, you're certainly not black, right?
Because blacks can only be one thing!
But Savage responds more diplomatically.
He says, "It needs to be articulated around religion and homosexuality is that you can have your theology and also sign off on gay and lesbian civil rights and full enfranchisement, including marriage. You know, a lot of Christians think Jews are going to hell. Right? And yet Jews can get married in our culture. No one's attempting to strip Jews of their civil rights in our dominant Christian culture."
Hughley tries to use God as an excuse for hate once again with "You stand before God and you vow to love and to cherish this woman or this man. And so I think people have a — I know particularly people that I talked to — had a hard time unhooking the religious component from the civil."
To which Savage says, "But we've long unhooked the religious component from the civil component because you can go to city hall and get married and God will not be invoked. Those are the marriage licenses that we want. We don't want to storm into anybody's church and force anybody's preacher or any religious person to observe our wedding."
At the end, they tacitly agree to disagree, and Hughley so kindly wishes Savage good luck, saying, "Well I'll tell you what, being black, I can tell you, you got to march a little while longer and then it might happen. I promise."
Well gosh, thanks.
Being black and understanding what it's like to struggle, Hughley should be marching too.
We'd also like to remind you that regardless of race, the under-30 population voted overwhemlingly agrainst Prop 8. This isn't the first time the issue was on the ballot and it certainly isn't the last.
Wether you like it or not, you're going to end up buying a toaster for your friend or relative's gay wedding!
Make sure it matches the curtains, okay?
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Re: Sgirl – Someday someone will take your rights away because they don't agree with your life in some way. Just wait!
Re: yes on 8 – Yes, Elton John doesn't want to get married, but the fact is gay couples should have THE RIGHT to get married. Are all straight people married - no! But they have the right to be. That is the point!
His show is a has been anyway - the guy is a moron and I can never follow his point of view.
Re: Hot Monkey Love…Obama Style! – How are you going to call me a stalker when on every post I write, not only are you there to call me a stalker, you also tell other people I talk to that I'm a stalker. If you want me, jut say so, damn. Get off of my nuts. Why don't you try saying yes. Sometimes drugs do people hella good.
A. I said don't read my shyt. It wasn't for you ANYWAY.
B. Talk to me about somethig I said, but because you're like between the ages of 12 and 17, you probably don't know how.
Re: WhowouldJackiedo – You can come to my Thanksgiving all day,baby
u were not born gay, u became gay, u are either born a man or woman, u might be like ur same sex because ur a little perverted but u were born a man but DECIDED to be gay
Re: Hot Monkey Love…Obama Style! – Also, it's quite evident, and I'm sure it is to other people here, too, that you are stalking me. WHY? Because as I said NO BODY WAS TALKING TO YOU, and because look around, smartness, there's plenty of other people on here writing paragraphs just as long as I did. So, get your mind right and STFU.
"It's the responsibility of whites not to be racist"??? Excuse me, but it is the responsibility of ALL PEOPLE not to be racist. Really tired of bearing all the blame on that one.
Savage says that it is the duty of the gay community to reach out, but also "It's the responsibility of white people not to be racist. It's the responsibility of men not to be sexist. And it is a responsibility of all of us not to be homophobic."……. Only white people have to not be racist?????? What about blacks, Asians, muslims, what about them???/Are they allowed to be racist? How about gay people should not be bigots, because that is what they are???? A bunch of thugs who are terrorizing the general public to force them to accept their deviant sexual lifestyle. Do gay people have any beliefs that do not included who they are boinking? If not, they should, it may help them realize that they are more than their sex life!
inarticulate
it's a word
use it
other options? for "ill-articulate"
inarticulately
inarticulateness
inarticulacy
If you would use the english language you might find we have the words to express what it is you have to say.
Black people do not know what it's like to be gay. Trust me, I'm black, and not gay. I don't feel this connection that everyone assumes we have. I only sleep with the oppisite sex. I never had to come out, and I can marry any guy I like…they'd have to marry me, but that's my own issue. Please understand… BLACK PEOPLE ARE NOT GOING TO FIGHT FOR GAY RIGHTS! YOU WEREN'T THERE FIGHTING FOR US BACK IN THE 60'S!!!!
STOP THE COMPARISON NOW. EVERYTIME YOU SAY IT, IT MAKES ME WANT TO VOTE YES ON ANYTHING THAT IS AGAINST HOMOSEXUALS. BUT I AM NOT ANTI-GAY, YOU ARE MAKING ME ANTI-GAY!
CUT IT OUT!
TO EVERYONE WHO HAS SAID THAT THE PEOPLE HAVE SPOKEN:
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Guess what??? YOU are still SPEAKING!!!!
Perez, I think you are so wrong on this one. D L Hughley said he doesn't condone the gay lifestyle, but he isn't discriminating against, any, and he even said he thinks Prop 8 has been worded wrong to confuse those whose FAITH lead their decisions. It is confusing, and the government knows this. Also D L also says he doesn't think the government should be involved in the personal realtionships of others. Stop the hate, and listen to his words. Also, he said that HE doesn't know of any black atheists. If you check any stats on atheism, I'll bet you this website, that African Americans don't make up a complete percent of this group. I know of one black atheist myself. He was correct.
Re: knowitall –
You must not know how to read and your ears must be clogged. He sais HE hasn't met one black ATHEIST.
Re: badjuju –
LIAR!
Re: Shastamagic – "muslim" is not a race. Islam is a religion.
You were not born gay Perez you moron, as I was not born gay either, even though I prefer men. He didn't really say anything wrong there and I was about to lay into him. OK he pushed it far by not saying the gay rights struggle is not similar to the civil rights struggle because it is. Americans are extremely uneducated man. I would laugh if they stopped blacks from getting married to anyone. HA HA HA HA HA! It sucks when you put black people on TV.
Re: Vancouverite – You are totally correct my friend.
This guy should go back and do 7 up commercials.
I f he so worried about the word marriage he should go to the ghettos and get all the baby mamas drama collecting welfare.
Then finding the babies Dadies and making them pay child support.
Where are all the bible thumpers on this subject to sensitive for them.
The down low in the African American Is looked down about but what phantoms me is that this is never brought up in these interviews.
African Americans should help other minorities to prosper in this country.
DL was did not stand a chance intellectually with Dan, who is an excellent spokesperson for the LGBT community in my gay opinion. After all, one makes his living as a columnist expert in the field of human sexuality and one uses gay issues for punchlines.
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Dan hit the nail on the head when he says "There are gay and lesbian African-Americans and gay and lesbian Latinos, who have really done the most disservice by those folks in the communities of color."
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How do we deal with the self-hate this suggests?
Never knew "MOST CHRISTIANS THINK JEWS ARE GOING TO HELL" and I'm a Christian!!!!! Retarded and eliminates his credibility!
"It needs to be articulated around religion and homosexuality is that you can have your theology and also sign off on gay and lesbian civil rights and full enfranchisement, including marriage." BE SPECIFIC AND TELL ME HOW!
heygirlhey223 try growing a brain u moron
First of all, anyone who has paid attention to DL Hughley's career knows he's a racist asshole. He's small-minded and "country" and does not represent a huge segment of ANY population. I am a black atheist. So there. We do exist. Also, yes, black people are often pretty religious and also often aren't comfortable with gayness. The fact that there are people who are in gangs and who have illegitimate children (both of which are related to poverty and lack of education) does not mean they don't have religious beliefs. It means they have strayed from them. Let's not all get ridiculous over this. DL is a jackass. Plain and simple. And the fight over Prop 8 is NOT over regardless of where you stand on the issue. Any group that feels ignored in America is going to push and push until something changes. That's just how things are here. And for those of you who seem not to like gays why are you even on this website?
Re: Pwn3d! – God, I can't stand people who DON'T know how to make their subjects and verbs agree. If you care so much about our country and the "LAW," then maybe you should respect it by learning the language, Einstein.
JEFDO-Again your polite posts are laced with the most half-truths and thinly veiled hate. Lets get a few facts right. Gays can get kicked out of the military just because someone finds out they are gay. Gays are mercilessly bullied in elementary,junior high and high school and repblicans fight protecting these kids. I care about the safety and welfare of gay kids. Gays can get fired in 30 states for simply being gay,again republicans fight protections that are afforded others. Gays dont have civil unions in 44 states,so when the rabid republican trash always say you have civil unions they must be talking about 2 states only. Oh and I dont need to quantify or justify the bigotry and lack of civil rights to black people,while IM schocked that they didnt support gay civil rights Im also aware that gay civil rights accpetance increased with higher education.so we might have some work to do.
Changes to state or federal constitutions should not and will not be decided by popular vote.
Period.
The fair and wise judges will rule the whole "Proposition 8" bullshit unconstitutional.
Now I've got to get busy and finish this sidewalk pizza.
funny to work with him
u wonder how such a
dummy ever got himselfs
dat job
seriously, i cannot STAND all of the bullshit on here and whining about Prop 8. Yes, it's sad that you didnt get these rights extended to you, but you're seriously just pissing everyone off with your whining. WE GET IT, now SHUT UP
Dan Savage is awesome & this Hughley guy needs to go back to a crappy sitcom. Is that the best arguments he had? That he isn't religious, but he has a problem w/ gay marriage for religious reasons? Like John Lennon said, "Imagine no religion" -what a better world this would be.
Why do people make profiles to go on perez hilton to hate on perez hilton? i never understood that. this is a serious question. really, i wanna know why. like i waste time on perez hilton cuz i'm usually in class and bored and i like reading the bs. but why would you continually go to perez hilton to hate? what do you do for work? i want your job so i can have time to go to sites that i DON'T like.
wtf is D. L. Hughley even doing still working? dude is a washed up has been with a terrible sense of corny humor
Gays whine more than Jews!!!
Thanks Perez…..I'm especially proud of you for standing up and being such a strong voice on this issue. ..
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