"It doesn't matter how strong your opinions are. If you don't use your power for positive change, you are, indeed, part of the problem."
"We have a lot more work to do in our common struggle against bigotry and discrimination. I say "common struggle" because I believe very strongly that all forms of bigotry and discrimination are equally wrong and should be opposed by right-thinking Americans everywhere. Freedom from discrimination based on sexual orientation is surely a fundamental human right in any great democracy, as much as freedom from racial, religious, gender, or ethnic discrimination."
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Source: Coretta Scott King's remarks at Opening Plenary Session of the 13th annual Creating Change conference of the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force in Atlanta, Georgia, November 9, 2000.
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