Asserted the moderate-liberal Democratic mayor of Newark, N.J., yesterday at the gay-oriented Human Rights Campaign's annual dinner. From On Top magazine: "Booker spoke passionately on civil
rights for about 20 minutes. 'I get in weird conversations with my
friends,' Booker told an estimated 3,000 people. ''Why you
always talking about gay rights?' I said, 'I'm not talking about gay
rights. I'm talking about human rights. I'm talking about my
rights. I'm talking about your rights.'"
More from Mayor Booker's speech in Washington, D.C.: "'When people were fighting to expand
the promise of this country, it took everybody involved, 'cause we
knew we were all in it together. That deep and real African proverb
was clearly true in our history that says, 'If you want to go fast,
you go alone. If you want to go far, you go together.'"
Cory Booker: "Gay Rights Are Human Rights"
