“I shudder to think what would have happened if the civil rights gains, heroically established by courageous lawmakers in the 1960s, were instead conveniently left up to popular votes in our 50 states.”
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Newark Mayor Cory Booker (D), who supports gay marriage, criticizing the comment Governer Chris Christie made comparing the fight for gay marriage to the struggle for Civil Rights of black people in America.
Christie said, “I think people would have been happy to have a referendum on civil rights rather than fighting and dying in the streets in the South.”
(Source: newsone.com)
