I suppose that I inherited the same vocabulary and world view as most …

Michael Eric Dyson
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I suppose that I inherited the same vocabulary and world view as most black Christians do, most Christians in general, to be sure. It was heterosexist in the sense that it took the heterosexual orientation as the norm from which to start as the given. And everything that fell outside of that was not acceptable. ✨ Gay Marriage Divides Black Religious Leaders. Interview with Michel Martin, www.npr.org. May 15, 2009.
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