NAACP Board Chair Julian Bond addressed the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) Dinner in Los Angeles last month and made one of the clearest and most compelling cases for gay rights ever.
It is definitely worth your time to hear what this dynamic African American leader has to say on gay rights. In his speech, he makes innumerable good points, including:
1. Gay rights indeed are civil rights.
2. Like race, our sexuality isn’t a preference. It is immutable; it is unchangeable. And the constitution protects us against prejudices and discrimination based on immutable differences.
3. Too many Christians are cafeteria Christians. They choose item A from the Bible, then go on to ignore items B through Z (minute 14:30 of the speech).
4. It isn't special to be free from discrimination. It is our ordinary entitlement of citizenship.
It's wonderful to hear Bond, a straight black male, support gay rights with such credibility and grace.
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