What is the African-American bloggers saying about Bishop Eddie Long?

It seems at least two of the four accusers in the alleged Eddie Long sexual misconduct debacle are not waiting for a private day in court, as dictated by their attorney, Brenda J. Bernstein. Bernstein is known by African-American bloggers as the attorney who represented Genarlow Wilson during an appeal for his 10 year mandatory sentence on aggravated child molestation in 2005. Outraged about the harsh sentence handed down by the Georgia Court, the African-American bloggers blogged about the injustice of the sentence for a teenager engaged in oral sex with another teenager.

The other thing bothering the blogosphere was the lack of information about the case in mainstream media. So the African-American blogosphere began a campaign to bring public awareness to the case via the social media. In October, 2007, after two years in prison, the Georgia Supreme Court ordered that the honor student be released, ruling Wilson’s sentence was indeed cruel and unusual punishment.



African-American blogosphere have not been as active about the same sex incident involving teenagers. Do we view sexual activities between an older adult with a young teenagers as part of growing up? Is it an acceptable behavior within the African-American community? Is it something that those who are involved in should chalk up as part of their sexual experience? What about those involved a married person engaged in sexual liaison with a young teenager? What about a church leader who is married and involved in extramarital affairs with young teenagers?

Do we even consider such coupling an issue in the blogosphere? But what if we have laws on the books against such behavior, is it legally wrong? Could you find your minister guilty in a court of law if evidence support such illegal activities?

Is the African-American blogosphere really about addressing those issues having a negative impact on the community. If so take at peek into what the two accusers have to say about one of the leading African-American ministers:

Jamal Parris lives in Colorado.



Spencer LeGrande lives in North Carolina.