tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7572205562498024454.post8435665093631984433..comments2024-02-12T23:56:11.051-05:00Comments on Daytonology: Gay Rights Issue Heats Up.Jeffereyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01294969786619943530noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7572205562498024454.post-61308613339819412902007-11-15T20:04:00.000-05:002007-11-15T20:04:00.000-05:00Well, not ALL the early civil rights leaders. One...Well, not ALL the early civil rights leaders. One of the key behind-the-scenes leaders of that era was gay...and suprisingly open about it, considering the times:<BR/><BR/>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bayard_Rustin<BR/><BR/><BR/>..yet he really wasn't accepted by the leadership. <BR/><BR/>I guess one of the conceptual problems is that there can be more than one civil rights or social justice movement. Having more than one movement does not necessarily dishonor the leadership of another, since their cause is different.Jeffereyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01294969786619943530noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7572205562498024454.post-8917788219890037642007-11-15T10:54:00.000-05:002007-11-15T10:54:00.000-05:00I agree with you about the need for a county commi...I agree with you about the need for a county commission vote on the issue . . . but, good luck. Reading Mary McCarty's article on the subject this AM, I was also astounded by one minister saying that this vote would be an affront to the memory of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and all the early civil rights leaders . . . HUH? Let's see if the city commission has the courage it didn't have in 1999.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com