Civil Rights

In traveling her moral spiral of progress, Hillary Clinton has bent toward justice. And yes, she is a true mensch.

“This state has spent far too long putting a bullseye on my back and the backs of the people standing with me,” Sims declared.

George Takei explains.

“We’re the gay Americans whose blood ran in the streets of San Francisco and New York, just as blood ran down this bridge.”

LGBT Americans are fighting for the same rights to equality that African Americans fought for decades ago, says Biden.

CHICAGO — Mary L. Bonauto, the Civil Rights Project Director for Gay & Lesbian Advocates & Defenders (GLAD), has been awarded a 2014 MacArthur Fellowship, sometimes referred to as a “genius grant.” The Chicago-based John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation announced on Wednesday this year’s recipients of the grants that have been …

Calling yourself a Christian does not give you special privileges in this country. Calling yourself a Christian does not make you a better American than me. And calling yourself a Christian does not absolve you from rights and responsibilities that all Americans have. This is not, nor has it ever been, a Christian nation, and the rest of us who don’t practice your beliefs do not exist here for your will and pleasure.

AUSTIN, Texas — David Boies and Ted Olson, the legal team who helped take down California’s Proposition 8 ban on same-sex marriage, were on hand for the the kick-off Tuesday of the 50th anniversary celebration of the 1964 Civil Rights Act at the Lyndon B. Johnson Presidential Library and Museum in Austin, Texas.

AUSTIN, Texas — NBA Hall of Famer Bill Russell says the fight for equality for gay athletes reminds him of the civil rights movement of African-Americans in the 1960s.

In a new interview to coincide with the 50th anniversary of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the daughters of former U.S. president Lyndon B. Johnson discuss marriage equality for same-sex couples, and reflect on what their father might think of same-sex marriage.