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The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People made a firm statement about California’s Proposition 8 today.
In a letter to legislative leaders, NAACP national board chair Julian Bond and president and CEO Benjamin Todd Jealous urged passage of House Resolution 5 and Senate Resolution 7, to put the legislature on record calling for invalidation of Prop 8 as an improper and dangerous alteration of the California Constitution.
“The NAACP’s mission is to help create a society where all Americans have equal protection and opportunity under the law,” said Jealous. “Our mission statement calls for the ‘equality of rights of all persons.’ Prop. 8 strips same-sex couples of a fundamental freedom, as defined by the California State Supreme Court. In so doing, it poses a serious threat to all Americans. Prop 8 is a discriminatory, unprecedented change to the California Constitution that, if allowed to stand, would undermine the very purpose of a constitution and courts–assuring equal protection and opportunity for all and safeguarding minorities from the tyranny of the majority.”
The Senate Bill will be heard in the Senate Judiciary Committee Feb. 24. Its companion bill passed the Assembly Judiciary Committee Feb. 17th and is immediately eligible for a vote before the full Assembly .
The state Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in the case on March 5 and could rule as early as June 2009.
10 responses so far ↓
1 Elliot Ryan // Feb 23, 2009 at 5:03 pm
Well, at least it’s catching on…
: )
2 fern // Feb 24, 2009 at 2:31 am
Like I said before, it seems that the black and feminist movements are a bit worn and in need of a new pair of boots to kick a$$ and the GLBT looks like a good shoemaker.
Read about Robin TYler “No Mrs nice gay”.
3 Tyler // Feb 24, 2009 at 9:54 am
This is a great step forward for the NAACP considering that the African American yes vote on prop 8 was 70%. They are now retracting it and uniting the people, blacks, whites, gays and straight. We have positive movement here. Thumbs up to the NAACP.
4 Chris // Feb 24, 2009 at 10:10 am
We SHALL overcome!
BELIEVE IT!!!.
5 jc del barco ii // Feb 24, 2009 at 3:03 pm
Very interesting point with the %70 vote FOR prop 8. It’s interesting to see how specific communities and groups are involved and where they stand.
Check out the documentary
http://www.prop8films.org/
6 Mad Professah // Feb 24, 2009 at 6:17 pm
This is a big deal. This is the first time that the NATIONAL NAACP has made such an unequivocal statement in Prop 8 and gay rights.
7 FlexSF // Feb 24, 2009 at 10:30 pm
Thanks NAACP!
8 Radar // Mar 2, 2009 at 12:17 pm
Thank god… there can be no greater voice in the support for our rights than the voice of an old warhorse of the original Civil Rights era.
Thank you, NAACP!!!
9 Melissa // Mar 2, 2009 at 3:08 pm
It’s too bad they didn’t come out in support BEFORE the elections. Better late than never. Thanks NAACP!!
10 Chopper // Jun 1, 2009 at 5:06 pm
About the figures on 70% of the African-American community voting yes on Prop 8, do NOT believe that figure. It was based on a <10% sample of potential African-American voters and the Republicans and conservatives released that figure so they can race-bait and pit two minority groups against each other.
A majority of African-Americans that I know are opposed to Prop 8 because as minorities themselves they know that this threatens them too, gay or straight.
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