Most Blacks are against gay marriage, against abortion, for prayer in school, for school vouchers, for tougher penalties for criminals. Isn't this the definition of conservative? Isn't this the culture of Black folks? So, the question becomes, "why are members of the CBC so out of touch with their own community?"
Hours after President Bush tapped Judge Samuel Alito to succeed retiring Justice Sandra Day O'Connor, the Rev. Rob Schenck made his way to the steps of the Supreme Court. ''Lord,'' he said that morning as he led a small circle of supporters in prayer, ''we pray for a reversal of the scourge of Roe v. Wade.''
Rosa Parks, who became the first woman to lie in state in the rotunda of the U.S. Capitol, may make history again.
There seems to be no moral bottom to what some members of Congress will do.