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Did Martin Luther King Jr.’s dream include LGBTQ people too?
The man who talked about social justice and civil rights for all people on a national stage did not reflect the same ethos concerning women and gays.
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The Christian Right’s claims of persecution by the secular state ring hollow
As a society we have long wrestled with religious objections to a wide range of public interests, from African American civil rights, to mandatory vaccinations, and even public schooling…
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Obama honors Bayard Rustin, Sally Ride with Medal of Freedom
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama on Wednesday posthumously honored LGBT and civil rights activist Bayard Rustin, and Dr. Sally Ride, the first known LGBT astronaut, with the Presidential Medal of Freedom.
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President Obama honors Civil Rights leader Bayard Rustin
The chief strategist for the 1963 March on Washington was gay in an era when same-sex relations were widely reviled in American society.
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Obama to honor LGBT activist Bayard Rustin, astronaut Sally Ride
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama will posthumously honor LGBT and civil rights activist Bayard Rustin, and Dr. Sally Ride, the first known LGBT astronaut, with the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the White House announced Thursday.
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Dear Alveda King, your lie about Bayard Rustin will not go unanswered
Dear Ms. Alveda King, you like to talk about the so-called sin of homosexuality, but let me remind you that the Bible also says something against bearing false witness. And between me and you, from one African-American to another, I would personally like to know just what constitutes you as a genuine leader in the black community? To my knowledge, no one has taken the initiative to ask you that question, so I would like to. Do you really think that your relationship to one of the greatest American leaders of the 20th century makes you a leader?
