Keynote: NAACP Chairman Julian Bond 'shall pursue all legal and constitutional means...'

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Run time: 05:30 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cMZQEXTMM1g   Posted on YouTube: October 11, 2009 By YouTube Member: Views on YouTube: 0   Posted on DU: October 12, 2009 By DU Member: tomm2thumbs Views on DU: 912

 
Actual speech starts at 1:50 in the video

part II here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LiHxMhVA5GA

Julian Bond, chairman of the NAACP for more than a decade, describes the commitment which the NAACP has made towards the same sex marriage issue and equality for all. 'We have some real and serious problems in this country... same-sex marriage is not one of them.' He quotes those in the equality movement who share this vision and takes some direct shots at the anti-same sex marriage movement.

'Why are some people tied into knots about some people tying the knot. Why are they so un-civil about something as civil as marriage?"

"And what about family values? More than a million children are being raised by gay and lesbian parents in the United States. What about their rights? Our opponents are not only anti-love, anti-equality... they're anti-children."


again, part II is here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LiHxMhVA5GA


video info: October 11, 2009 National Equality March, introduction by Maxim Thorne

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1. Bless Julian Bond!

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2. He was definitely blessed, and I felt blessed by his words.

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3. As the lack of recs indicates many either do not support him or even know who he is.

I remember him as the hero he was and still is. We will not see his like again.

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4. he's got a very certain smile - he flashed it a couple times - mischievous I think

looks like he has a great sense of humor outside of official business