Wednesday, March 03, 2004

Black Legislators Stall Marriage Amendment in Georgia:
"'At the national level and in states like Massachusetts and Georgia, African-American leaders have been pretty clear in their opposition to these kinds of constitutional amendments,' said Seth Kilbourn, national field director for the Human Rights Campaign, a gay rights group in Washington. 'No matter how they feel about marriage for same-sex couples, they don't want to write into our governing documents laws that treat one group of people different from another. They've seen this country go down that road before.'"

Later on in the article:
""What I see in this is hate," Ms. Sinkfield said, standing outside the ornate House chambers between votes. "I'm a Christian, but if we put this in the Constitution, what's next? People with dark hair? You're opening the floodgates for people to promote their own prejudice." (emphasis mine)

You can go here to view the Human Rights Campaign's new ad. I'll warn you, it takes a while to load (and I'm on a cable modem!).