Saturday, May 19, 2012

Naacp gay marriage

  • Less than two weeks after President Barack Obama announced his public support for gay marriage, a prominent African-American civil rights organization is following suit.
  • (Huffington Post)
  • Same-sex marriage is legal in six states and the District of Columbia, but 31 states have passed amendments to ban it.
  • (New York Daily News)
  • Task Force hailed the NAACPs decision Saturday. This is truly a historic moment, the group said in a statement. The National Gay and Lesbian Task Force could not be more thrilled.
  • (FOX News)
  • CAMP DAVID – The board of the NAACP, one of the nation's oldest and largest African American advocacy organizations, has passed a resolution supporting gay marriage in the wake of President Obama's public endorsement of same-sex unions.
  • (Politico.com)
  • a leading gay rights group, issued a jubilant statement following the NAACP announcement.
  • (Washington Post)
  • The NAACP Board of Directors has just endorsed marriage equality unequivocally So much for NOMs sophisticated cultural objective to interrupt the attempt to equate gay with black, and sexual orientation with race.
  • (Gawker)
  • "Civil marriage is a civil right and a matter of civil law," NAACP President Ben Jealous said in a statement.
  • (Businessweek)
  • If the NAACP wants to be a truly inclusive 21st century civil rights organization, it must settle its internal squabbles and officially support same sex marriage.
  • (Huffington Post)
  • Gay marriage has been legal in New Hampshire since 2010 Santorum also denied today making comments on Sunday about black peoples lives, after sharp criticism from the NAACP for singling out African-Americans about federal benefits.
  • (Daily Mail)
  • chairman emeritus of NAACP. But the energy some black evangelicals are spending on denouncing gay marriage would be better spent on aggressively promoting marriage to members of their congregations.
  • (Chicago Sun-Times)

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