If We Desire A Society In Which

I Am An Opponent Of War And Of War Preparations And An Opponent Of Universal Military Training And Conscription; But Entirely Apart From That Issue, I Hold That Segregation In Any Part Of The Body Politic Is An Act Of Slavery And An Act Of War.

Both Morally And Practically, Segregation Is To Me A Basic Injustice. Since I Believe It To Be So, I Must Attempt To Remove It. There Are Three Ways In Which One Can Deal With An Injustice. (a) One Can Accept It Without Protest. (b) On Can Seek To Avoid It. (c) One Can Resist The Injustice Non-violently. To Accept It Is To Perpetuate It.

Gays Are Beginning To Realize What Blacks Learned Long Ago: Unless You Are Out Here Fighting For Yourself Then Nobody Else Will Help You. I Think The Gay Community Has A Moral Obligation To Continue The Fight.

Martin Luther King, With Whom I Worked Very Closely, Became Very Distressed When A Number Of The Ministers Working For Him Wanted Him To Dismiss Me From His Staff Because Of My Homosexuality.

I Am A Quaker. And As Everyone Knows, Quakers, For 300 Years, Have, On Conscientious Ground, Been Against Participating In War. I Was Sentenced To Three Years In Federal Prison Because I Could Not Religiously And Conscientiously Accept Killing My Fellow Man.