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NAACP president chokes up over support for marriage equality
NAACP President and CEO Ben Jealous on Monday became emotional as he spoke to reporters about his organization’s decision to support marriage rights for LGBT couples. “Our calling as an organization is to defend the U.S. Constitution,” Jealous told reporters during a press conference at the NAACP headquarters on Monday.…
NAACP passes resolution supporting marriage equality
The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) announced their passing of a resolution favoring same-sex marriage in Miami, Florida Saturday afternoon. NAACP President and CEO Ben Jealous released a statement right after the resolution was official. “Civil marriage is a civil right and a matter of civil…
Carlson: The NAACP is ‘an absurd fringe group’
The Daily Caller’s Tucker Carlson launched another attack at the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) on Hannity Monday evening. Appearing on Fox’s panel discussion, Carlson’s latest outrage at the NAACP stemmed from its Martin County branch’s decision to cancel its Tuesday event and unitive Rep. Allen…
NAACP heads to U.N. to address suppression of minority voters
NAACP leaders will challenge new voting laws in the United States at the United Nations’ Human Rights Council in Switzerland on Wednesday. “It was in 1947 that W.E.B. Dubois delivered his speech and appealed to the world at the U.N.,” NAACP president Benjamin Todd Jealous told McClatchy Newspapers. “Now, like…
Gingrich: I will tell NAACP to demand paychecks instead of food stamps
Speaking to a crowd at New Hampshire on Thursday, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich suggested that African Americans would rather collect food stamps than find employment. “I will go to the NAACP convention, and tell the African-American community why they should demand paychecks instead of food stamps,” he said, according…
NAACP: Voter ID laws a reaction to minority participation
The National Associated for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) said Monday that an increase in minority voting is the reason Republicans around the nation are pushing for tougher voter identification laws. In a report titled “Defending Democracy: Confronting Modern Barriers to Voting Rights in America,” found states that states…
Tea party governor ‘will put bureaucrats to work getting GOP re-elected’
Governor who told NAACP to ‘kiss my butt’ may face legal problems over letter The communications director for Maine’s new, tea party-backed governor told staffers last month they would be using the state’s bureaucracy to get Republicans re-elected, according to a letter obtained by a Maine blogger. Dan Demerritt, the…
Video of ‘racist’ USDA official appears taken out of context
Update: White House apologizes; “Obama supports reconsidering USDA worker’s ouster,” AP reports: A White House official says President Barack Obama supports the Agriculture Department’s decision to reconsider the ouster of a black employee for her remarks about race. The official says Obama hasn’t spoken with the employee, Shirley Sherrod, about…
Bait taken
As you no doubt are aware, there’s been a dust-up as of late due to the NAACP rearing up and saying what’s obvious, which is there are whole buncha racists in the Tea Party movement. In perhaps the weakest effort in the entire history of efforts to disprove a claim,…
Iowa: head of local NAACP champions anti-gay gubernatorial candidate for marriage repeal promise
Rev. Keith A. Ratliff, Sr., pastor of the Maple Street Missionary Baptist Church in Des Moines, Iowa has another duty – head of the local NAACP chapter. The registered Democrat has announced that he supports Republican gubernatorial candidate Bob Vander Plaats. Why? Because Vander Plaats says it’s his goal to…
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