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BLACK CIVIL RIGHTS GROUP DIVIDED OVER GAY MARRIAGE. Mr. Lee, the former pastor of In His Steps, a?

By Glenn Reynolds

BLACK CIVIL RIGHTS GROUP DIVIDED OVER GAY MARRIAGE.

Mr. Lee, the former pastor of In His Steps, an African-American Wesleyan church in Los Angeles that he described as ?very conservative,? said he saw failures both in the leadership of the conference (?Dr. King would be turning over in his grave right now,? he said) and the largely white anti-Proposition 8 movement that did not more actively seek the support of church-going African-Americans.

?The black church played a significant role in Proposition 8 passing,? Mr. Lee said. ?The failure of the campaign was to presume that African-Americans would see this as a civil rights issue.?

Hope and change.

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