Today’s video of the day comes from The O’Reilly Factor, where Bill and I debated George Carlin’s comments about the California fires.

About 30 minutes ago, I got a phone call from Rev. Jesse Jackson’s daugter, Santita, asking me if I wanted to come on her radio show to discuss the Genarlow Wilson verdict. Since I had been in meetings all day and hadn’t checked the news wire, my heart froze. After a few quick keystrokes, I read the news: GENARLOW WAS FREE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

For the past 32 months, I have been intimately involved in the struggle to free Genarlow. Without question, nothing has been more gratifying than working for his release. More importantly, I have had the extreme pleasure of working with Genarlow Wilson’s incredible attorney, B.J. Bernstein. Without B.J.’s tireless advocacy, none of this would have happened. I’m so proud to have met her and learned from her extraordinary example. Additionally, I want to give thanks to all of the bloggers, radio hosts, and social justice advocates who have written, spoken, called, and marched for justice.

As I have said before: When we fight, we win! In this case, thousands of us organized and struggled. As a result, Genarlow is getting his life back. Still, in the midst of our tears of joy, let us not divert our ideas from the challenges that remain in front of us! After all, there are more Genarlows –and Jenas– throughout the world that demand our attention.

Let us keep fighting!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

For the past 32 months, Genarlow Wilson has been sitting in a prison cell for consensual oral sex with a fellow teenager. About 20 minutes ago, the Georgia Supreme Court ruled 4-3 in favor of upholding a Monroe County ruling that ordered Genarlow Wilson free. The court’s opinion, in part, stated:

Although society has a significant interest in protecting children from premature sexual activity, we must acknowledge that Wilson’s crime does not rise to the level of culpability of adults who prey on children and that, for the law to punish Wilson as it would an adult, with the extraordinarily harsh punishment of ten years in prison without the possibility of probation or parole, appears to be grossly disproportionate to his crime.

Amen.

Donnie McClurkin and Perfecting Gays
By John Ridley

Among the great advice my father gave me as a child — besides never buy tires at full price — was that the only thing lower than a car dealer is a used car dealer, and car dealers are scum of the earth.

To paraphrase — the only thing worse than a bigot is a black bigot…

And to take it a step further would be to include a black bigot who drapes himself in the cloth and hates in the name of the Lord.

And, yet, there is Donnie McClurkin who’s planning an SRO three day stand with the brother who would be president, Barack Obama.

A lot of folks are calling McClurkin anti gay or a gay hater or a straight out homophobe ’cause he says that he’s in a “war” against homosexuality, and homosexuality is a choice and gays can be fixed.

A lot like, I’m sure, Ann Coulter would tell you Jews can be perfected — and while we’re on the subject of the absurd, the Patriots can be beaten because their passing offense really can be stopped.

For the rest of the story, click here.