Homophobia is like racism and anti-Semitism and other forms of bigotry in that it seeks to dehumanize a large group of people, to deny their humanity, their dignity and personhood.

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Homophobia, like racism and discrimination against Jewish people, is a way of treating a large group of people as less important or valuable than others. It takes away their sense of being human, their dignity, and their worth as individuals.

About Coretta Scott King

Coretta Scott King was a pioneering civil rights activist and the wife of Martin Luther King Jr. She played a vital role in continuing her husband’s legacy after his assassination, founding the King Center and advocating for racial equality, LGBTQ rights, and the fight against apartheid. Her life and work had a profound impact on the civil rights movement.

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Homophobia is like racism and anti-Semitism and other forms of bigotry in that it seeks to dehumanize a large group of people, to deny their humanity, their dignity and personhood.

Coretta Scott King

American author, activist, and civil rights leader; wife of Martin Luther King, Jr.

Struggle is a never ending process. Freedom is never really won, you earn it and win it in every generation.

Coretta Scott King

American author, activist, and civil rights leader; wife of Martin Luther King, Jr.

Freedom and justice cannot be parceled out in pieces to suit political convenience. I don’t believe you can stand for freedom for one group of people and deny it to others.

Coretta Scott King

American author, activist, and civil rights leader; wife of Martin Luther King, Jr.

Hate is too great a burden to bear. It injures the hater more than it injures the hated.

Coretta Scott King

American author, activist, and civil rights leader; wife of Martin Luther King, Jr.

I’m fulfilled in what I do. I never thought that a lot of money or fine clothes – the finer things of life – would make you happy. My concept of happiness is to be filled in a spiritual sense.

Coretta Scott King

American author, activist, and civil rights leader; wife of Martin Luther King, Jr.

I believe all Americans who believe in freedom, tolerance and human rights have a responsibility to oppose bigotry and prejudice based on sexual orientation.

Coretta Scott King

American author, activist, and civil rights leader; wife of Martin Luther King, Jr.

Mama and Daddy King represent the best in manhood and womanhood, the best in a marriage, the kind of people we are trying to become.

Coretta Scott King

American author, activist, and civil rights leader; wife of Martin Luther King, Jr.

Women, if the soul of the nation is to be saved, I believe that you must become its soul.

Coretta Scott King

American author, activist, and civil rights leader; wife of Martin Luther King, Jr.

There is a spirit and a need and a man at the beginning of every great human advance. Every one of these must be right for that particular moment of history, or nothing happens.

Coretta Scott King

American author, activist, and civil rights leader; wife of Martin Luther King, Jr.

Segregation was wrong when it was forced by white people, and I believe it is still wrong when it is requested by black people.

Coretta Scott King

American author, activist, and civil rights leader; wife of Martin Luther King, Jr.

If American women would increase their voting turnout by ten percent, I think we would see an end to all of the budget cuts in programs benefiting women and children.

Coretta Scott King

American author, activist, and civil rights leader; wife of Martin Luther King, Jr.