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Coretta Scott King tells the crowd at Atlanta Pride: gay-bashers
and church burners <(drink from the same poisonous well”
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alling Atlanta’s lesbian and gay Pride
celebration an “impressive demon
stration of solidarity and hope,”
Coretta Scott King made her first ap
pearance at a major gay rights event
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on June 30.
“One of the reasons I am here is to affirm my
whole-hearted support for freedom from discrimi
nation,” King said. “1 do so because I believe all
forms of discrimination are wrong.”
A crowd that Atlanta Pride organizers esti
mate at 180,000 waited for several hours in blaz
ing sun and 95-degree temperatures for King’s
appearance, the emotional highlight of a three-
day celebration that may have
drawn as many as 250,000
people. Those on hand offered
an extended standing ovation
when King was introduced.
In her rem arks, K ing
stressed the need for the gay
and lesbian rights and civil
rights movements to work to
gether because of common in
terests— and comm on e n
emies.
“The church burners and
the gay-bashers drink from the
same poisonous well,” she said.
“And very often, they are one
and the same.”
“The civil rights movement
I support believes in unity and
inclusion, not division and ex
clusion.”
King endorsed, by name,
ENDA, the Employment Non-
Discrimination Act that has been
introduced into Congress. That
bill would outlaw employment
discrimination based on sexual
identity. She also issued a call
for universal guaranteed health
care, more money for job train
ing programs and a commitment
to environmental protection. She
urged the audience to be sure to
register and vote during the 1996 Coretta Scott King
election cycle.
“Let’s make 1996 the year we put tolerance
and human rights for all people in the forefront of
the national agenda,” King said. "Let no candi
date get your vote without expressing support for
these issues.”
King has long been supportive of gay-rights
issues, speaking out strongly in favor allowing
openly gay and lesbian people to serve in the
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military. Her longtime press aide, Lynn Cothren,
is an openly gay man now running for the Atlanta
City Council. But her appearance at Pride marked
the first time that King, who lives in Atlanta, had
ever addressed a large gay gathering.
Linking the gay and lesbian rights struggle
with the struggle led by her late husband, Martin
Luther King Jr., was particularly symbolic in
Atlanta, known as “the cradle of the civil rights
movement,” the city from which King led his
struggle and where he is buried. Mrs. King vowed
that she will continue to speak out on gay and
lesbian issues.
“I will continue to support elimination in this
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Last April the Virginia Beach, Va., City Coun
cil passed a law banning the open display of vulgar
T-shirts and other sexually explicit souvenirs, ac
cording to the Norfolk newspaper The Virginian-
Pilot. Among the more popular items on display in
the Oceanfront shops were two shirts with slogans
ridiculing lesbians and gay men.
Shopkeepers were given 30 days to comply
with the new ordinance, however, the newspaper’s
recent survey of shops showed that merchants
have generally chosen to ignore the law. More
than a dozen stores continued to display the offen
sive T-shirts.
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nation of all forms of bigotry—of racism, of
sexism, of homophobia,” she said. “With this
commitment, together we shall overcome.”
The Atlanta Pride celebration also featured a
performance by the Indigo Girls, who are Atlanta
residents. This year’s Pride parade, which pre
ceded King’s speech, had 130 entries and lasted
longer than two hours.
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President Clinton, a lifelong Southern Baptist,
does not support the recent action by the Southern
Baptist Convention to boycott the Walt Disney
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gay and lesbian rights.
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if the company continues to extend domestic
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