Awful!!!
Reverend Eric Lee is the president of the LA chapter of Martin Luther King Jr.’s organization, The Southern Christian Leadership Conference, and also a strong ally in the fight against marriage equality. Rev. Lee, a supporter of No on 8, is now being ostracized by his own community.
The reverend, who attended rallies, gave inspirational speeches at protests and even wrote a book, Proposition 8: The California Divide, could lose his job as president of the MLK organization if its members have anything to do with it.
According to The New York Times, “The Southern Christian Leadership Conference ├óΓé¼ΓÇ¥ the 50-year-old civil rights organization founded by the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and others ├óΓé¼ΓÇ¥ is seeking to remove the president of its Los Angeles chapter in response to his support of same-sex marriage in California.”
The members of the organization were originally neutral when it came to Rev. Lee’s stance on the hot topic, but after the Rev.’s public appearances, including a compelling speech at the Meet In The Middle For Equality rally in Fresno, CA, in May, they quickly changed their minds.
What would Martin Luther King Jr. think of this atrocity????
Rev. Lee has a good idea!
Said Lee to the NY Times: “Dr. King would be turning over in his grave right now.”
Agreed!
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