Two days ago, the 103 year old Institution NAACP (National Association for the Advancement of Colored People) took a board vote on marriage equality which passed 62-2.
The president of the NAACP Ben Jealous (seen above), stated that this is an important day as he himself began choking up while sharing a story of his parents, who at one point couldn't get married due to the discrimination of whites and blacks marrying.
The president of the NAACP Ben Jealous (seen above), stated that this is an important day as he himself began choking up while sharing a story of his parents, who at one point couldn't get married due to the discrimination of whites and blacks marrying.
This is yet another historical moment that defines the progression within our country, and once again the American people took a stand for civil rights simply because it is right, rather than committing to the status quo.
The NAACP has fought hard for over a century to protect the civil rights of black people and still do to this day, and now gay and lesbians have been added to that agenda.
The NAACP has fought hard for over a century to protect the civil rights of black people and still do to this day, and now gay and lesbians have been added to that agenda.
Those who are in opposition of marriage equality often revert to the Bible as the reason why, but evidence has shown that Jesus never once mentioned gay people in the Bible, therefore, proving that discrimination towards same-sex couples was purely created by a certain group of people in order to cause divisiveness among the races.
Going by the Bible in its literal interpretation, would be like saying we should go by what republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney literally says; you can't.
Just like Mitt Romney's etch-a-sketch moments on the campaign trail, certain parts of the bible have been rewritten to many times by those who interpret it to mean what they want it to mean.
I don't believe Jesus would want anyone being discriminated against because Jesus himself, didn't discriminate against those that discriminated against him. Jesus simply said "They know not what they do."
To me the latter means, that an ignorant person can't seem to comprehend the enormity of what their prejudice rhetoric and/or actions are capable of. However, a person that is consciously aware of the divisiveness they cause is more dangerous to society than you and I could ever imagine.
Going by the Bible in its literal interpretation, would be like saying we should go by what republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney literally says; you can't.
Just like Mitt Romney's etch-a-sketch moments on the campaign trail, certain parts of the bible have been rewritten to many times by those who interpret it to mean what they want it to mean.
I don't believe Jesus would want anyone being discriminated against because Jesus himself, didn't discriminate against those that discriminated against him. Jesus simply said "They know not what they do."
To me the latter means, that an ignorant person can't seem to comprehend the enormity of what their prejudice rhetoric and/or actions are capable of. However, a person that is consciously aware of the divisiveness they cause is more dangerous to society than you and I could ever imagine.
Moreover, those in opposition of marriage equality need to realize that it has nothing to do with the church, but everything to do with civil rights and the fact that discrimination in any form is never okay.
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