There's been more than a couple of diaries on this site calling attention to the way that the GOP is using gay marriage as a way to connect with black church leaders and skim away some of the black vote from Democratic candidates.
I've often thought this phenomenom is overblown, but still worthy of discussion as nothing these days can be swept under the carpet.
Still, in one simple interview, rap artist and producer Kanye West probably undid all the slimemasters' work and then some, when, in an interview with MTV he called for and end to gay bashing.
Here's the article and here are some highlights (I basically copied the whole thing cause it's very short):
Kanye West says "gay" has become an antonym to hip-hop -- and that it needs to be stopped. During an interview for an MTV special, the 27-year-old rapper launched into a discussion about hip-hop and homosexuality while talking about Hey Mama, a song on his upcoming album, Late Registration.
West says that when he was young, people would call him a "mama's boy."
"And what happened was, it made me kind of homophobic, 'cause it's like I would go back and question myself," West says on the show, All Eyes on Kanye West, set to air Thursday night (10:30 p.m. ET).
West says he changed his ways, though, when he learned one of his cousins was gay.
"It was kind of like a turning point when I was like, 'Yo, this is my cousin. I love him and I've been discriminating against gays.'"
West says hip-hop was always about "speaking your mind and about breaking down barriers, but everyone in hip-hop discriminates against gay people." He adds that in slang, gay is "the opposite, the exact opposite word of hip-hop."
Kanye's message: "Not just hip-hop, but America just discriminates. And I wanna just, to come on TV and just tell my rappers, just tell my friends, 'Yo, stop it.'"
See, you can buy off as many preachers as you want you scumbags, but all it takes is one rising young star who isn't afraid to have a different point of view and damn, you're back to scratch again.
A lot of people think Kanye is hip-hop's savior. He's not, but he's damn sure a refreshing voice.