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The Rev. Al Sharpton, center, with Jeffrey Campagna, left, a national gay rights organizer, and Benjamin Todd Jealous, right, the president of the N.A.A.C.P., at a news conference in New York this month to announce a march to protest the stop-and-frisk practice by the New York police.

By KATE TAYLOR

Published: June 9, 2012

For years, gay rights organizations and major civil rights organizations viewed each other warily. African-American leaders often saw the gay rights groups as insensitive to racial concerns, and some resented the movement’s use of civil rights language to make the case for same –sex marriage. Advocates for gay rights, in turn, sometimes blamed socially conservative African-Americans for their defeat in crucial electoral battles.

But since the relationship reached something of a crisis with the passage of Proposition 8, California’s ballot initiative against same-sex marriage, in 2008, leaders in both movements have made an effort to bring their groups closer together.

Now, conversations among leaders in the gay, black and Latino communities have borne significant fruit: On May 19,the board of the N.A.A.A.C.P voted to endorse same –sex marriage.

Source: American Express

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