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based on immutable differences.
Of course, no parallel between movements for rights is exact. People of color carry the badge of who we are on our faces. But we are far from the only people suffering discrimination. Others too deserve the law’s protections and civil rights.
Many gays and lesbians worked side by side with me in the 60s civil rights movement, Am I to now tell them “thanks” for risking life and limb to help win my rights - but allow their exclusion because of a condition of their birth? Having accepted and embraced them as partners in a common struggle, can I now turn my back on them and deny them rights they helped me win? Not a chance.
In 1965, those of us who worked in the civil rights movement were buoyed by a radio address given by Lyndon Johnson. His words still speak to us today. He said:
“It is difficult to fight for freedom. But I also know how difficult it can be to bend long years of habit and custom to grant it. There is no room for injustice anywhere in the American mansion. But there is always room for understanding those who see the old ways crumbling. And to them today I say simply this: It must come.
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