The Fight For Equality Never Ends, Even in Mass.

Massachusetts has legalized same-sex marriage and fought back a referendum that would have repealed it, but even there the work is not done. Mass Equality is still working hard to increase support for the issue to insure the tables won't get turned down the road.

The new chairman of the organization, David Wilson, is working on a group not usually disposed to support them, the African-American community.

MassEquality, a gay marriage advocacy coalition, has launched a statewide
push to increase support for its cause among black residents of Massachusetts.
The effort is a priority for Wilson, an African-American who was named the
group's chairman in October.
He knows it will be a challenge.

Many black people in Massachusetts and across the country have reacted
unsympathetically to the gay rights movement, especially to efforts by gay
rights advocates to link the fight for marriage rights to the civil rights
movement.

Gay rights advocates say with the battle against a constitutional amendment
that would have banned gay marriage in the state now behind them, they are
beginning a concerted effort to speak directly to the black community, hoping
the approach can change some minds in the Bay State and serve as a national
model for outreach to minorities.

"We have defeated the amendment, and clearly we need to educate the broader
community about equal marriage," Wilson said. "We have a lot of work to do,
because this is just a step forward in this equal-marriage fight across the
country. If we get it right here in Massachusetts, we can expect to use this
model elsewhere."

Click here to read the rest of the article from the Boston Globe.MassEquality, a gay marriage advocacy coalition, has launched a statewide push to increase support for its cause among black residents of Massachusetts. The effort is a priority for Wilson, an African-American who was named the group's chairman in October.

He knows it will be a challenge.

Many black people in Massachusetts and across the country have reacted unsympathetically to the gay rights movement, especially to efforts by gay rights advocates to link the fight for marriage rights to the civil rights movement.

Gay rights advocates say with the battle against a constitutional amendment that would have banned gay marriage in the state now behind them, they are beginning a concerted effort to speak directly to the black community, hoping the approach can change some minds in the Bay State and serve as a national model for outreach to minorities.

"We have defeated the amendment, and clearly we need to educate the broader community about equal marriage," Wilson said. "We have a lot of work to do, because this is just a step forward in this equal-marriage fight across the country. If we get it right here in Massachusetts, we can expect to use this model elsewhere."

Click here to read the rest of the article from the Boston Globe.