I don't see how you can separate human rights and the rights of all people, no matter what their sexual orientation is.
From Coretta Scott King
I think that... discrimination in the job market is a very important area where work needs to be done.
In the area of economic justice, we still have a long way to go. We have too many people who are discriminated against just because they happen to be black or they happen to be a woman or some other minority.
If you use weapons of war to bring about peace, you're going to have more war and destruction.
You cannot have peaceful means - peaceful means will have to be used to bring about peaceful ends. If you use destructive means, you're going to bring about destructive ends.
Gay and lesbian people have families, and their families should have legal protection, whether by marriage or civil union.
A constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriage is a form of gay bashing and it would do nothing to protect traditional marriages.
While not a panacea for the nation's illegal immigration problems, employer sanctions are one necessary means of stopping the exploitation of vulnerable workers and the undercutting of American jobs and living standards.
Nonviolence would work today, it would work 2,000 years from now, it would work 5,000 years from now.
You have to have people who prick the consciences of the nation.
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