President Of SCLC Los Angeles Chapter Faces Firing For Supporting Gay Rights....

[BlooInBloo]

Good for him, standing tough in the face of such shitacular jackassery.

http://thinkprogress.org/2009/07/10/sclc-ousts-gay-rights/

"In April, Mr. Lee attended a board meeting of the civil rights organization in Kansas City, Mo., and found himself once again in the minority position among his colleagues on the issue of same-sex marriage, but was told, he said, by the interim president of the civil rights organization, Byron Clay, that the group publicly had a neutral position on the issue.

Explaining that he was unable to come to Atlanta on such short notice, Mr. Lee then received two letters from the organization’s lawyer, Dexter M. Wimbish, threatening him with suspension or removal as president of the Los Angeles chapter if he did not come soon to explain himself.

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Lee explained that his opposition to Prop. 8 “created tension in my life I had never experienced with black clergy. But it was clear to me that any time you deny one group of people the same right that other groups have that is a clear violation of civil rights and I have to speak up on that.” The SCLC refused to comment on the matter."


EDIT: Added more quote.

[katandmoon]

1. Coretta Scott Kiing: "Like Martin, I don't believe you can stand for freedom for one group of people

people and deny it to others."

[BlooInBloo]

4. Heh indeedy.

[babylonsister]

2. Rec'd, and I don't mean un-! nt

[TexasObserver]

3. K&R