At the same national convention where church leaders restated their opposition to same-sex marriage, 50 people gathered for the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People’s first-ever forum on LGBT issues.
Recently-out CNN anchor Don Lemon questioned civil rights icon Julian Bond, comedian Wanda Sykes and other panelists at the NAACP’s 102nd national convention in Los Angeles on Monday, July 25.
"I feel like we as a community are far behind the curb on this issue," said panelist and film director Patrik-Ian Polk to the sparsely filled audience, which slowly filled throughout the afternoon. "It’s so deep and the church is so deeply rooted in this problem, that we have been living under this sort of ’don’t, ask, don’t tell’ for as long as I can remember."
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