The Southern Christian Leadership Conference has elected it’s new president, Bernice King, the daughter of the groups founder Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. And that may not be such a good thing.
Bernice King has been pretty rough on the LGBT community, so much so that it caused a rift with her wonderful mother and her sister. Now, while I understand the feelings on homosexuality among some in the black community I do have to say this is a disappointment that the SCLC would elect someone who has a record of supporting civil rights for some but not everyone, even if she is the founders daughter. And it’s not like there wasn’t a better choice-Arkansas’ own Wendell Griffin was in the running and lost, and I know for a fact he’d be a much better advocate for civil and human rights for EVERYONE.
