We’re in the SF Chronicle today…from Garchik’s column.
Benjamin Todd Jealous, president of the NAACP, speaks at closing ceremonies for an Aug. 28 training conference at San Francisco State University’s Renaissance Journalism Center. Former journalist Jealous, a newsmaker who used to be president of the Rosenberg Foundation in San Francisco, is a good “get” for organizer Jon Funabiki.
Interviewed recently in the New York Times Sunday magazine, he was asked why the NAACP, founded to support civil rights, hasn’t taken a stand on same-sex marriage. He said his group has fought issues relevant to gays, “including school bullying, hate crimes and employment discrimination. But we’re a barge, not a speedboat. We’re not going to repeat the mistakes of so many other institutions that have literally torn themselves apart over this divisive issue.”
http://www.sfgate.com/columnists/garchik/
