Bernice King Opposes Marriage Equality, But 'I'm Not The Enemy'

Bernice King, the daughter of the Reverend Martin Luther King Jr., in a new interview is again invoking his memory as reason she opposes marriage equality. But she also wants LGBT activists to know "I'm not the enemy."

King has in the past said her father “did not take a bullet for same-sex marriage,” and in 2004 she marched in Atlanta alongside antigay Pastor Eddie Long to protest same-sex marriage.

According to the Georgia Voice, King tells Atlanta Magazine in its upcoming August issue that while she opposes marriage equality, she isn't homophobic.

"People have labeled me homophobic. If I was homophobic, I wouldn't have friends who are gay and lesbian, so that can't be true," she said, according to the report. "But because I have a certain belief system, I am now the enemy. And I'm not the enemy. I have love for everybody, period."

http://www.advocate.com/politics/marriage-equality/2013/07/28/bernice-king-opposes-marriage-equality-im-not-enemy

You say your not "homophobic well thats fine dear, I won't say I what I think you are (and it isn't pretty). I will post though what someone else said in the comments section of the article (It's very fitting). ""People have labeled me homophobic. If I was homophobic, I wouldn't have friends who are gay and lesbian, so that can't be true," she said, according to the report. "But because I have a certain belief system, I am now the enemy. And I'm not the enemy. I have love for everybody, period."

Replace "homophobic" with "racist" and "gay and lesbian" with "colored" and you have my racist parents and grandparents to a T explaining how they weren't racist even though they supported segregation. According to them, they weren't racist and were terribly offended by anyone who claimed otherwise. They were only defending their beliefs and traditions.

Sounds all too familiar!"

Have a nice day dear.