Since we are comparing injustices around here these days

[Horse with no Name]

Instead of recognizing that suffering is not limited to racial inequality...but grasping the idea that racism, classism, sexism AND sexual orientation are all entrees on the table that the bigot sets.

If we lose sight of that in order to prop up one Presidential candidate or the other in this bitter and nasty primary, then we undoubtedly have become our own worst enemy.

Let us not forget that others have had some pretty powerful words in the past on these issues. I will highlight Coretta Scott King.


"I still hear people say that I should not be talking about the rights of lesbian and gay people and I should stick to the issue of racial justice," she said. "But I hasten to remind them that Martin Luther King Jr. said, 'Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.'" "I appeal to everyone who believes in Martin Luther King Jr.'s dream to make room at the table of brother- and sisterhood for lesbian and gay people," she said. - Reuters, March 31, 1998.

"For many years now, I have been an outspoken supporter of civil and human rights for gay and lesbian people," King said at the 25th Anniversary Luncheon for the Lambda Legal Defense and Education Fund.... "Gays and lesbians stood up for civil rights in Montgomery, Selma, in Albany, Ga. and St. Augustine, Fla., and many other campaigns of the Civil Rights Movement," she said. "Many of these courageous men and women were fighting for my freedom at a time when they could find few voices for their own, and I salute their contributions." - Chicago Tribune, April 1, 1998, sec.2, p.4.

"We are all tied together in a single garment of destiny . . . I can never be what I ought to be until you are allowed to be what you ought to be," she said, quoting her husband. "I've always felt that homophobic attitudes and policies were unjust and unworthy of a free society and must be opposed by all Americans who believe in democracy," King told 600 people at the Palmer House Hilton, days before the 30th anniversary of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.'s assassination on April 4, 1968. She said the civil rights movement "thrives on unity and inclusion, not division and exclusion." Her husband's struggle parallels that of the gay rights movement, she said. - Chicago Sun Times, April 1, 1998, p.18.

[XemaSab]

1. Word.

:thumbsup:

[againes654]

2. Thank you

We need that reminder!!! :toast:

[Straight Shooter]

3. Well done.

May I add: Justice delayed, is justice denied. (William E. Gladstone)

[MadMaddie]

4. Sho nuff....

I wonder amidst all of the infighting here that people have realized that the Right wing is not bashing gays right now...
it was Women and aging when Hillary started running..

They are playing the race card at this moment....

Switch and bait and once again many Democratic supporters fall for the same ole slight of hand....

It's all hate.

Mrs. Coretta King was right.

[Control-Z]

5. A quote to live by

'I can never be what I ought to be until you are allowed to be what you ought to be'