by Katie Fretland
Faith In America has praised the wife of presumptive Democratic nominee Barack Obama for her speech this week at the Democratic National Committee's Gay and Lesbian Leadership Council in New York.
At the Manhattan fundraiser, Michelle Obama said, "We are all only here because of those who marched and bled and died, from Selma to Stonewall, in the pursuit of a more perfect union."
Brent Childers, executive director of Faith In America, a civil rights advocacy group, has thanked Obama for her words which drew parallels between the Selma to Montgomery marches and the Stonewall riots in New York City of the 1960s.
"When Michelle Obama makes that connection, it will eventually lead Americans to recognize religion-based prejudice and discrimination as the commonality of not only injustices against African-Americans and the gay and lesbian community but also women, interracial couples as well as religious minorities.
"The California Supreme Court in its recent ruling on marriage equality made that same connection...that deep-seated prejudice within majoritarian institutions cannot stand as a barrier to social justice."
Michelle Obama said her husband will fight for equal rights for the gay community.
"Barack believes that we must fight for the world as it should be, a world where together we work to reverse discriminatory laws," she said.
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Comments
Just like she said. " He will fight for equal rights"..She left out that Obama is against gay marriage...She talks in riddles same as he does..Huh??
Posted by: cowboy girl | June 28, 2008 10:37 AM
I see they wrote checks of praise.
I guess they will have to write a lot of checks since they need to raise an extra 22 Million for Unity.
VJ Machiavelli
http://www.vjmachiavelli.blogspot.com
Posted by: VJ Machiavelli | June 28, 2008 12:30 PM
The fact that Obama "became" aware of that he needed to write a check to Hillary Clinton only after he had the worst month in fund raising and that he opted out of public financing (against his own pledge) says a lot about Obama.
Michelle Obama, of course, needs to be as elusive as Barack Obama because she doesn't want to be held responsible for her statements. A slick olitician and his wife, what do we expect?
Posted by: chitown independent | June 28, 2008 7:36 PM
Thanks for highlighting the work of our organization. We invite anyone wishing to learn more regarding our efforts to visit www.faithinamerica.info.
Posted by: Jason | July 6, 2008 3:49 PM