Summary
Jarrett Ellis, a nephew of Dr. Martin Luther King, spoke to the Massachusetts General Assembly regarding the civil rights and gay marriage issue. He states that while our forefathers saw the need to equip America to protect the weakest among its citizens, they also saw an equal need to protect the American system from the weaknesses of its citizens. Mr. Ellis eloquently quoted his mother, Avleda C. King, who said, "I have met many ex-homosexuals just as I have met many ex-husbands, ex-wives, ex-drug addicts and ex-lawyers. Yet I have never met an ex-Negro, ex-Caucasian or ex-Native American."
The politics of preference does not jibe with civil rights legitimacy. Science can offer no proof of intrinsic homosexual orientation, but there is a large body of scientific evidence that agrees that mature behavior patterns rely much more on social shaping and choices than genetic predisposition.See the full content of this document
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