[King Black Robe]

I'm 100% with Rivers on this one. Homosexuals are not denied equal representation in government. It is not even close to the same. And if behavior cannot be a basis for discrimination then we had better unlock the prisons. For that matter, we had better elevate all interest groups as equal -- the KKK being equal to the NAACP. Ludicrous? Of course it is. Just as the so-called rights demanded by homosexuals.

[tessalu]

Homosexuals are not denied equal rights. As individuals they are the same as all of the rest. But black people were denied equal rights, and in no way is it the same.
To equate black people with perversion is an abomination, totally unforgivable.

[mrustow]

The Rev. Eugene Rivers, head of the National Ten Point Leadership Foundation, joined with Catholic leaders to launch radio ads that insist same-sex marriage is about ``special rights,'' not civil rights.

But although blacks were denied equality under the law, the civil rights movement was about special rights -- quotas, reparations, and such. MLK opposed racialism -- for about five minutes, in August, 1963. The rest of the time he supported racial rights, including in the same speech. And so, I think it's perfectly legitimate for homosexuals to call themselves a "civil rights" movement.