Marriage Equality: Byron Rushing and the Fight for Fairness
2011 16min
Massachusetts State Representative and Civil Rights Movement veteran Byron Rushing takes the campaign for same sex marriage in to the Black community, with the support of progressive Black clergy and activists. They face the hostility of the church and defining the right of same sex marriage as a civil rights issue on par with the campaigns of the 1960s.
Storyline
Massachusetts State Representative and Civil Rights Movement veteran Byron Rushing takes the campaign for same sex marriage in to the Black community, with the support of progressive Black clergy and activists. They face the hostility of the church and defining the right of same sex marriage as a civil rights issue on par with the campaigns of the 1960s.