Will Obama do for Gay Rights what Johnson did for Civil Rights. [View all]

[edhopper]

In March of 1965 LBJ gave a speech in which he endorsed the ideals of the Civil Rights Movement.
In that speech he adopted the words one of the great hymns of the Movement:

But even if we pass this bill the battle will not be over. What happened in Selma is part of a far larger movement which reaches into every section and state of America. It is the effort of American Negroes to secure for themselves the full blessings of American life. Their cause must be our cause too. Because it's not just Negroes, but really it's all of us, who must overcome the crippling legacy of bigotry and injustice.

And we shall overcome.

Will Obama do what is right and give his full support of the rights of all Americans as Johnson did?

To take a phrase from another hymn of the Movement:
"How long oh Lord, how long?"



Full Speech;
http://www.historyplace.com/speeches/johnson.htm