NAACP passes resolution in support of marriage equality

At a meeting of the 103-year old civil rights group’s board of directors, the NAACP voted to support marriage equality as a continuation of its historic commitment to equal protection under the law. The NAACP Constitution affirmatively states our objective to ensure the “political, education, social and economic equality” of all people. Therefore, the NAACP has opposed and will continue to oppose any national, state, local policy or legislative initiative that seeks to codify discrimination or hatred into the law or to remove the Constitutional rights of LGBT citizens. We support marriage equality consistent with equal protection under the law provided under the Fourteenth Amendment of the United States Constitution. Further, we strongly affirm the religious freedoms of all people as protected by the First Amendment.

Article adapted by Proud Parenting from original press release