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CALL TO ACTION: Why Lobby Day Should Matter to You

The 2012 General Assembly Session has begun. Equality Virginia will be focused on supporting legislation that protects our community from discrimination in employment and adoption and opposing legislation that seeks to grant state-funded and state-licensed adoption and foster care agencies associated with religious groups the right to discriminate against us.

Register today for Lobby Day before the January 20 deadline.

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Printed by permission from Hampton Roads Magazine | By Tom Robotham

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When I was in graduate school, I wrote a paper about the role of white “liberals” in the Civil Rights movement. The gist of my argument was that in some respects they were a greater hindrance to the advancement of liberty than dyedin-the-wool bigots were. To illustrate my point, I told a story of a meeting between Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and several African-American leaders, including James Baldwin. At one point, Kennedy told the group that he was sympathetic to their cause but that they needed to be “patient.”

“We’ve been patient for 400 years,” Baldwin said.