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Dear Sir,

If it was ‘the Church’ that intimidated PLP members regarding their silence on the ‘sexual orientation’ amendment, who intimidates them when it comes to Ms Webb’s other issue of a policy on black empowerment about which they are equally silent and which impacts a very great many more people?

Why hasn’t there been an outcry about their cowardice in this matter?

Certainly there has not been the same across-the-board outrage expressed at the MPs’ cowardice regarding racial injustice. Even though there have always been homosexuals in the corridors of power, wealth, high status and privilege when such was not true for blacks.

Reputed black homosexuals were racially ‘integrated’ when mainstream blacks were not.

Moreover, we vote them into the House of Assembly, a place of power, status and privilege, so how much do we actually discriminate against homosexuals as a society, acknowledging that there are always occasionally rude and silly individuals?

Admittedly Ms Webb has not brought a private members bill regarding black empowerment.

Those of us who are black find it ludicrous to suggest that black men did not join the demonstration because of ‘the Church’, considering how little ‘the Church’ influences them in any other context. It is also naïve, absurd (or just hypocritical) to pretend that politicians should have been so high minded that they should not have been concerned about how their constituents might vote in the next election! What else do most politicians care about and why shouldn’t they?

The ultimate responsibility lies with us, the voters — and that goes for the issue of black empowerment which most blacks are too myopic or too personally self-interested to care about.

It is always of interest to see who gets upset about which injustices.

Considering how deeply racial injustice impacts, it gets very limited response even from blacks. Even age discrimination impacts more people than those likely to be impacted by ‘sexual orientation’.

How many protest the indifference and/or cowardice of the Government in this matter despite their rhetoric about placing a value on ‘senior citizens’?

Eva Hodgson

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