A constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriages is a form of gay bashing and it would do nothing at all to protect traditional marriages.
CORETTA SCOTT KINGAll we seek is an America where every person is given the chance to productively contribute to his country and where he can receive a fair and equitable share of the wealth that production creates.
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When you are willing to make sacrifices for a great cause, you will never be alone.
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Without Coretta Scott King, there would not have been a Martin Luther King, Jr. in the way that we know him.
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I’m more determined than ever that my husband’s dream will become a reality.
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Behind every good man, there’s a good woman reminding you I knew you when you didn’t have nothing.
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If American women would increase their voting turnout by ten percent, I think we would see an end to all of the budget cuts in programs benefiting women and children.
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People need role models. They need to see examples of people in peoples’ lives.
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Money is necessary — both to support a family and to advance causes one believes in.
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Homophobia is like racism and anti-Semitism and other forms of bigotry in that it seeks to dehumanize a large group of people, to deny their humanity, their dignity and personhood.
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It doesn’t matter how strong your opinions are. If you don’t use your power for positive change, you are, indeed, part of the problem.
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The greatest violence is seeing a child go to bed hungry.
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Struggle is a never ending process. Freedom is never really won, you earn it and win it in every generation.
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I believe all Americans who believe in freedom, tolerance and human rights have a responsibility to oppose bigotry and prejudice based on sexual orientation.
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Nonviolence first changes the individual.
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This was really what I was supposed to be doing, and it was a great blessing to have discovered this, and to be doing what was God’s will for your life.
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Women, in general, are not part of the corruption of the past, so they can give a new kind of leadership, a new image for mankind.
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