I must remind you that starving a child is violence. Neglecting school children is violence. Punishing a mother and her family is violence. Discrimin… - Coretta Scott King

Homophobia is like racism and anti-Semitism, and other forms of bigotry in that it seeks to dehumanize a large group of people, to deny their humanity, their dignity and person hood

Segmentation was wrong when it was forced by white people, and I believe it is still wrong when it is requested by black people.

We have a lot more work to do in our common struggle against bigotry and discrimination. I say "common struggle" because I believe very strongly that all forms of bigotry and discrimination are equally wrong and should be opposed by right-thinking Americans everywhere. Freedom from discrimination based on sexual orientation is surely a fundamental human right in any great democracy, as much as freedom from racial, religious, gender, or ethnic discrimination.