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Dr King's Widow Supports Gay Marriage; Calls it Civil Rights Issue
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| Contributor | Gerald Farinas |
| Last Edited | Gerald Farinas Mar 24, 2004 03:11pm |
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| Category | News |
| Media | Website - CBC |
| News Date | Wednesday, March 24, 2004 06:00:00 AM UTC0:0 |
| Description | Dr King's Widow Supports Gay Marriage; Calls it Civil Rights Issue
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The widow of Martin Luther King Jr. called gay marriage a civil rights issue, denouncing a proposed constitutional amendment that would ban it. Constitutional amendments should be used to expand freedom, not restrict it, Coretta Scott King said Tuesday. "Gay and lesbian people have families, and their families should have legal protection, whether by marriage or civil union," she said. "A constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriages is a form of gay bashing and it would do nothing at all to protect traditional marriages."
On Monday, more than two dozen black pastors rallied against gay marriage at a church in Atlanta, attempting to distance the civil rights struggle from the gay rights movement. They signed a declaration outlining their beliefs that marriage should remain a union between a man and a woman. |
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