Marriage is a civil right. If you don't want gay people to marry in your church, good for you. But you can't say they can't marry in your city.

The civil rights movement didn't begin in Montgomery and it didn't end in the 1960s. It continues on to this very minute.

As skills and energy became more of a demand, people who didn't have skills just got left behind, got shuttled to the side. Education didn't keep up with their promise. Education didn't prepare them for this new world. Jobs went overseas.

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.

There is no coloration to rights. Everybody has rights. I don't care who you are, where you come from. You got rights. I got rights. All God's children got rights.

I now teach at American University and the University of Virginia

People see America through particular lenses, either their profession, their race or their gender. So the party that speaks to our racial perceptions and offers solutions to the racial difficulties which we face is the party that's going to be rewarded with our votes.