Discrimination is discrimination no matter who the victim is, and it is always wrong. There are no special rights in America, despite the attempts by many to divide blacks and the gay community with the argument that the latter are seeking some imaginary special rights at the expense of blacks.

As legal slavery passed, we entered into a permanent period of unemployment and underemployment from which we have yet to emerge.

Many are attracted to social service - the rewards are immediate, the gratification quick. But if we have social justice, we won't need social service.

I was a Georgia state legislator for a great many years

If your Bible tells you that gay people ought not be married in your church, don't tell them they can't be married at city hall. Marriage is a civil rite as well a civil right, and we can't let religious bigotry close the door to justice to anyone.

Violence is black children going to school for 12 years and receiving 6 years' worth of education.

Obama is to the Tea Party as the moon is to werewolves.