The NAACP approves a resolution supporting "marriage equality"

By Verified Atheist on Tue, 05/22/2012 - 6:30pm |

The NAACP's 64-member board approved a resolution Saturday supporting "marriage equality" not as a matter of empathy or compassion but as a right guaranteed by the 14th Amendment. In citing this rationale, the 103-year-old organization founded by W.E.B. Du Bois firmly linked the campaign for gay rights to the epic African-American struggle for freedom and justice.

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[Rep. John] Lewis, who still bears the scars he received while marching from Selma to Montgomery, once wrote: "I've heard the reasons for opposing civil marriage for same-sex couples. Cut through the distractions, and they stink of the same fear, hatred and intolerance I have known in racism and bigotry."

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http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/9293-the-naacps-relevance-step