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Speaking in lockstep with his southern conservative constituency, Congressman Artur Davis says that the struggle for gay rights can’t be readily compared with the black struggle for civil rights. Davis is not the kind of political leader who somehow believes that gay is the new black, and his views are consistent with millions of African Americans, many of whom do not stand with President Obama and his support for gay marriage.
Davis spoke on the matter during a recent interview, saying things that will either make your squirm or cheer, depending on what side of the fence you’re on. KultureKritic.com tells more:
According to black democrat turned republican Artur Davis, you can’t compare Civil Rights with gay rights.
“When you say to African-Americans, ‘the gay struggle is the black struggle,’ they don’t buy it,” Davis explained to The Daily Caller.
Davis was an Alabama Democrot before he decided to move over to the other side of the aisle for better opportunities. He currently lives in Virginia and is planning to run for Congress there.
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Derrick
July 17, 2012 at 12:22 pm
@Gene: “…I just feel that if gays wants us to stand with them on this, they needs to stand on our behalf on mass incarceration, racism, poverty, police brutality, etc.”
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If you knew your Ourstory, a Black gay man spoke up for gays BEFORE this gay rights shyt came into play! Black folks have been fighting for caucasoid’s ungrateful b*****d a***s for centuries and decades…these lazy serpents ain’t shyt! Even gay Blacks stood up for gay caucasoids and ‘straight’ ones!
CHECK OUT THIS ARTICLE AND LEARN SOMETHING:
Bayard Rustin, March on Washington Organizer
Gay Rights Leader: Bayard Rustin
By Ramon Johnson
See More About: Bayard Rustin
Gay History
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Bayard Rustin was born in 1912 in West Chester, Pennsylvania. Rustin began his impressive political career at an early age after an education at Wilberforce University, Cheyney State College and City College of New York (never received B.A.). Not only was he an integral part of the African-American civil rights movement, but became one of the leading advocates and examples for gay equality.
Bayard Rustin’s celebrated career captured the attention of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., who recruited Rustin as an assistant and colleague in 1956. Below is a streaming time line of affiliations and causes that led up to Rustin’s lead role in organizing the 1963 March on Washington, where Dr. King gave his famous “I Have a Dream” speech:
1937 Rustin began his activist career by training at the American Friends Service Committee.
1937 Became organizer for the Youth Communist League (later to become anti-Communist).
1941 Quit Youth Communist League. Colleague of A. Philip Randolph, President of The Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters. Race Relations Secretary for the Fellowship of Reconciliation (FOR).
1942 Field Secretary for the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) Colleague of Norman Thomas, a leader in the democratic socialist movement.
1947 Helped plan the Journey of Reconciliation “freedom ride” which paved way for the freedom rides in the early 1960′s. After being arrested, Rustin’s experiences on a chain gang were chronicled on The New York Post which initiated an investigation that eliminated chain gangs in North Carolina.
1940′s Assisted in lobbying President Truman to eliminate segregation in the military.
1945 Organized the Free India Committee, fighting for India’s independence from Britain.
1951 Organized the Committee to Support South African Resistance (American Committee on Africa).
1953 Joined the War Resisters League.
1956 Began assisting Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. in the Montgomery Bus Boycott.
1957 Organized the Prayer Pilgrimage for Freedom.
1960′s Helped form the Recruitment and Training Program (R-T-P). Vice Chairman of the International Rescue Committee.
1963 Deputy Director and chief organizer of the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, where Dr. King presented the “I Have a Dream” speech.
1964 Helped found the A. Randolph Institute (APRI).
1980 Participated in the March for Survival on the Thai-Cambodian border.
1982 Helped found the National Emergency Coalition for Haitian Rights. Chairman of the Executive committee of Freedom House.
1983 Rustin’s report South Africa: Is Peaceful Change Possible? led to the formation of Project South Africa.
Before his death, Rustin wrote several essays, recorded songs and received numerous honorary doctorates while continuing his involvement as an officer on numerous human rights committees until his death in 1987. He is survived by his partner of 10 years, Walter Naegle.
You can learn more about Rustin and his inspiring influence on today’s African-American and gay civil rights movements in the documentary; Brother Outsider: The Life of Bayard Rustin.
THE CIVIL RIGHTS BILL HAS BEEN CHANGED TO THE womens rights bill (for caucasoid females), the animal rights bill (for caucasoid’s animals), the gay rights bill (for caucasoid gays), and the mens rights bill (for caucasoid males).
BUT WE WANT HANDOUTS??????
Gene
July 16, 2012 at 10:27 pm
Agree, it is similar to the civil rights and equality for all, but it is not the same and I just feel that if gays wants us to stand with them on this, they needs to stand on our behalf on mass incarceration, racism, poverty, police brutality, etc.