From ABC News, about the moderate-liberal Democratic mayor of Newark, N.J.: "Addressing the LGBT caucus meeting in Charlotte, N.C., Thursday afternoon, Booker, the mayor of Newark, N.J.,
hinted at a potential run for governor, telling the gathering he hopes
to 'have a very good seat' when marriage equality is achieved in the
Garden State. 'I’m telling you right now, it’s not a matter of if we’re going to
win marriage equality in New Jersey, it’s a matter of when we’re going
to win it,' Booker said. 'And I know in my heart of hearts, if God is
willing, I will be there on that day that bill is signed. I might even
have a very good seat when it gets done.'"
The article continues: "'The black community was denied justice for a long time,' he said. 'We were denied equal citizenship rights for a long time. And it was
Americans – black and white, Christian and Jew, gay and straight – that
went down and marched with Martin Luther King, who went down, who went
down and fought for my voting rights, fought for my marriage rights,
fought for my civil rights."
More: 'I’m so happy that my president, the first African American president
in the history of the United States, has stood up and helped lead the
way so that every community understands that we all were there once,'
Booker said. 'Hatred is hatred. Bigotry is bigotry, and we need to wake
up America to understand that inequality is inequality. Every person who
says, ‘I am a citizen of the United States of America,’ should have
equal citizenship rights.'"
Cory Booker: "It's Proper That America's First (Half) Black President Was The One Who Stood Up For Gay Marriage"
