Bond on Civil Rights

Marriage is a civil right. If you don't want gay people to marry in your church, good for you. But you can't say they can't marry in your city.
— Julian Bond, NAACP Chair

[Said in reference to a state constitutional amendment referendum that would ban marriage equality for gays in Virginia. Quoted in "NAACP Leader Denounces Anti-Gay Amendment", 365gay.com, 1 November 2006.]

Posted on November 1, 2006 at 18.53 by jns · Permalink
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  1. Written by S.W. Anderson
    on Thursday, 2 November 2006 at 02.03
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    That pretty well nails it. And while as a matter of right he's on firm ground about churches, I still am reminded of a great Gahan Wilson cartoon from decades back.

    In that cartoon, God hollers at a cleric (pope?) who's just entered the pearly gates, "You said I SAID WHAT??!!"

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