NAACP leaders urge yes vote on same-sex marriage - baltimoresun.com: Leaders of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People on Monday urged Maryland voters to cast ballots in favor of same-sex marriage, saying it is a civil rights issue, not a theological one.
Benjamin Jealous, national president the organization, drew on the history of civil rights, and that of his own family, to make the case for marriage equality.
"This is question of what side of history do you want to be on," he said. He referred to the marriage of his parents, an inter-racial couple. "My parents were married in 1966 in Washington, D.C. They were married in D.C. because it was against the law for them to be married here in this great state," Jealous said.
