National NAACP urges opposition to Prop 8

dallasvoice.com | Feb. 24, 2009 (News Report)
Organizations encourages lawmakers to vote for resolutions against amendment

In a letter to legislative leaders, NAACP national board chair Julian Bond and President and CEO Benjamin Todd Jealous urged lawmakers to pass House Resolution 5 and Senate Resolution 7 and put the legislature on record as calling for the courts to invalidate Prop 8 as an “improper and dangerous alteration of the California Constitution.”

Jealous said, “The NAACP’s mission is to help create a society where all Americans have equal ... Full Story »

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Subjects: World, U.S., Living
Topics: Human Rights, Civil Liberties, Gay and Lesbian, Black
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Posted by: Posted by Dale Penn - Feb 24, 2009 - 11:01 AM PST
Reviewed by: Dale Penn (review), Kaizar Campwala (review), Barry Grossheim (review), Myrela Magahiz (review)
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Edited by: Dale Penn - Feb 24, 2009 - 11:56 AM PST

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Kaizar Campwala
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 by Kaizar Campwala - Feb. 24, 2009
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Dale Penn
4.0
 by Dale Penn - Feb. 24, 2009

Basic reporting, but a significant story. I wish it had more provided more context on the civil liberty issue of gay rights and the divisions within the African-American community over this issue.

One not familiar with the history of the human rights movement, and the gay rights efforts within that movement, might immediately expect that the African-American community to be a consistent ally of the GLBT community. My personal experience has not shown this to be the case. Several years ago I invited a black gay friend to volunteer for a local GLBT political group. His reaction was immediate, and emotional, "I won't do that. When you get your gay rights, you'll be a white ... More »

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Barry Grossheim
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 by Barry Grossheim - Feb. 24, 2009

It's nice to see the NAACP stepping up to address GLBT civil rights, a cause not always popular with the general African-American community.

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