NAACP Leaders Reach Out to LGBT Community

While the NAACP national board has not taken an official stance on marriage between same-sex couples, former chairman Julian Bond and the group?s president Benjamin Jealous are open supporters and are reaching out to the LGBT community. "The NAACP is opposed to discrimination in all its forms,? Jealous said, adding, ?We recognize that many of our members are also members of the LGBT community, and just as the LGBT community counts on us to stand with it for basic civil rights protections, so we count on the LGBT community to stand with us in our unified struggle for the broader civil rights agenda.? Just last evening, Jealous was at the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center encouraging members to attend the One Nation rally for jobs and justice in Washington, D.C., next month along with other gay rights groups. Last year, the NAACP formed a gay rights equality task force to provide research on issues including hate crimes and bullying.  Group leaders are still debating on the issue of marriage between same-sex couples. Related Media Coverage:Washington Post - September 23, 2010"NAACP reaches out to gays"http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/09/22/AR2010092205697.html

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