As a Baptist minister, I don’t have the right to impose my views on anyone else. If committed gay and lesbian couples want to marry, that is their business; none of us should stand in their way
AL SHARPTONJohn Lewis we all know was beaten terribly, almost to an inch of his life, opened doors that will never be closed, although there are forces that are attempting to close those doors.
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I think it gives a symbolic boost, as well as those shows do bring down some monetary investments in the city.
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I think everybody understood what happened, why this consent decree came about after the Freddie Gray situation. There was tension on both sides.
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Some issues you just – you certainly you have to defend yourself, but you certainly don`t have to denigrate others.
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This is not about what party you’re part of. This is about right and wrong, … the conscience of this nation.
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We don’t owe America anything – America owes us.
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We need an amendment that gives us the right to vote protected by the federal government and the Constitution.
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We may switch presidents, but we`re just going to switch legs and keep on marching.
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My ministry’s always been one of social activism. I think a responsible minister must be at some levels involved in the social order.
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And we will ultimately become a stronger nation, but right now we are a divided nation.
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That ain’t nothing to be proud of. That means their forefathers was crooks.
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We cannot look at the Latino community and preach ‘one language.’ No one gave them an English test before they sent them to Iraq to fight for America.
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I`m not as concerned about what Mr. [Jeff] Sessions expressed, except for the fact that he did say that, you know, these things would be enforced.
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I love theology and some philosophy.
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We have defeated Jim Crow, but now we have to deal with his son, James Crow Jr., esquire.
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The dream was not to put one black family in the White House, the dream was to make everything equal in everybody’s house.
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