Civil rights group threatens to fire local leader for gay marriage endorsement

[Ohio Joe]

http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-sclc11-2009jul11,0,1372647.story

The Southern Christian Leadership Conference has targeted the Rev. Eric P. Lee, president of the Los Angeles chapter, for his outspoken advocacy.

By Molly Hennessy-Fiske
July 11, 2009

The Southern Christian Leadership Conference, a civil rights group partly founded by Martin Luther King Jr., has threatened to fire the president of its Los Angeles chapter because he supports same-sex marriage.

The Rev. Eric P. Lee, president of the local SCLC chapter for two years, became an outspoken advocate of same-sex marriage during the recent campaign against Proposition 8, an amendment to the state Constitution that banned such unions.


The SCLC national board notified Lee on May 27 that he would have to attend a hearing at its Atlanta headquarters on June 4 to explain his stance on same-sex marriage. If he did not show up, they said, they would suspend and fire him
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I am sending a letter to Rev. Lee to let him know I appreciate his stand on equality. Contact information here:

http://sclclosangeles.org/revlee.htm

I encourage every to also let him know you appreciate his efforts, I think it is a vital thing to do for people like this.