“But dear God, we should not be putting civil rights issues to a popular vote to be subject to the sentiments, the passions of the day. No minority should have their rights subject to the passions and sentiments of the majority. This is a fundamental bedrock of what our nation stands for.”
Chris Christie, check your gay-marriage milkshake. Cory Booker just drank it.
Five minutes well spent.
I strongly recommend you give this clip by Cory Booker your time. The sound byte has been about for a week or so but the speech on “second class citizenship” and “voting for the rights of others” is profoundly well said.
Reblogged from Sweet Like Candy To My Soul
