Put simply, Bond is correct: gay rights are a Civil Rights issue. I have zealously-represented gays in various court matters and my fiancee was quite active in the GLBi community at OSU Law School. I was out of the loop on this but last month (and ongoing) there is a huge/rift in the NAACP/Black community because Julian Bond did not attend Coretta Scott King's funeral because that Church is a hater; was pushing for ban on gay marriage.
As I've noted, American Tower's lawyer Richard C. Van Nostrand and I also agree that gays should have the right to marry: First we tell them "you're too promiscuous," then we tell them "yeah but you can't get married." What kind of sh*t is that? Bullshit(read comment 13) is what that is, pure'n'simple..... (More on A2).