This article from the Washington Post, shows an interesting new partnership. Gay rights issue is probably one of the most boiling topic in the nation. Now, the NAACP, one of the largest ethnicity organization in the world stepped in to support the gay rights.
The outreach has been steered by former chairman Julian Bond and the group's president, Benjamin Jealous. Both men are supporters of same-sex marriage rights, though the NAACP's national board has taken no stance on the issue.
Jealous, who is helping to lead a march for jobs and justice in Washington next month, will be in New York on Wednesday night to encourage members of the city's Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center to attend the rally.
"The NAACP is opposed to discrimination in all its forms," Jealous said in an e-mail, adding, "We recognize that many of our members are also members of the LGBT community, and just as the LGBT community counts on us to stand with it for basic civil rights protections, so we count on the LGBT community to stand with us in our unified struggle for the broader civil rights agenda."
NAACP's support is a great benefit for the gay community and NAACP themselves. They are both promoting opposition to discrimination and their partnership will help both of them as organizations. Different group, same goal. The gay community is earning more and more support as time goes. NAACP's support also shows how far the gay community has come so far fighting for their rights.
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