Group Builds Black Support for Gay Marriage
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News Headlines: Oct. 25, 2007
Baltimore Sun: Group Seeking Black Support of Gay Marriage -- "In an effort to raise the issue of gay unions within black communities around the state, activists have formed the Maryland Black Family Alliance, a group of predominantly heterosexual African-American leaders pledging their support for same-sex marriage."
From the article:
"To be sure, there are important differences between the African American experience and that of gay men and lesbians in this country, yet many of the arguments made in support of the anti-miscegenation laws were identical to those made today in opposition to same-sex marriage," Chief Judge Robert M. Bell wrote.
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