Gay rights is not the same as civil rights

Activists worried that the litigation on marriage had sidetracked other long-standing causes: to stop street violence, defamation, bullying and discrimination in employment, for example. Yet I feel that when the opponents of gay marriage questioned the morality of same-sex relationships and parenting they also revealed their prejudice against being gay.

The Equality Act

In the lead-up to the Windsor decision, the Obama administration stopped defending Section 3 of DOMA in court challenges because the President and the Department of Justice determined that it was clearly unconstitutional. Windsor declared it unconstitutional in Texas Proposition 8 Obergefell v.

Different fight, 'same goal': How the Black freedom movement inspired early gay activists

In some cities, there was more of a coalition and less borrowing. Fullwood also mentioned Marsha P. Stein also gave the example of Kiyoshi Kuromiya, a Japanese-American, anti-war activist who participated in the Annual Reminders at Independence Hall and had previously gone South and participated in civil rights marches.

Comparing the ’60s civil rights movement and today’s gay rights movement

The patchwork nature of state non-discrimination laws and the lack of permanent, comprehensive federal nondiscrimination laws leave millions of people subject to uncertainty and potential discrimination that impacts their safety, their families, and their day-to-day lives. But federal law does not explicitly provide non-discrimination protections based on sexual orientation or gender identity.