We Are All One - And If

I Am An Opponent Of War And Of War Preparations And An Opponent Of Universal Military Training And Conscription; But Entirely Apart From That Issue, I Hold That Segregation In Any Part Of The Body Politic Is An Act Of Slavery And An Act Of War.

My Activism Did Not Spring From My Being Gay, Or, For That Matter, From My Being Black. Rather, It Is Rooted Fundamentally In My Quaker Upbringing And The Values That Were Instilled In Me By My Grandparents Who Reared Me.

I Believe There Are Certain Types Of Movements Which Cannot Be Married.

If We Desire A Society Without Discrimination, Then We Must Not Discriminate Against Anyone In The Process Of Building This Society. If We Desire A Society That Is Democratic, Then Democracy Must Become A Means As Well As An End.

If We Want To Do Away With The Injustice To Gays It Will Not Be Done Because We Get Rid Of The Injustice To Gays. It Will Be Done Because We Are Forwarding The Effort For The Elimination Of Injustice To All. And We Will Win The Rights For Gays, Or Blacks, Or Hispanics, Or Women Within The Context Of Whether We Are Fighting For All.