rs ago a child's mother from the streets of columbia was trafficked enslaved, rate. she said, i have never had a dream. can my child have one? friends, all the great religions teach us to care for our children. let the children come to me. do not hinder them for the kingdom of god belongs to them. the holy koran says -- kill not your children because of poverty. friends, there is no greater violence than to deny the dreams of our children.

therefore, i refuse to accept that all the temples and mosques and churches have no place for the dreams of our children. i refuse to accept that the world is so poor that one week of military expenditures can bring the children to our classrooms. i refuse to except that all the laws are unable to protect our children. i refuse to accept that the shackles of slavery can ever be stronger than freedom. i refuse to accept that. [applause]

>> my only aim in life is that every child is free to be a child. free to go and love. free to eat, sleep, and see the light. free to love and cry. free to play and learn. free to go to school. and free to dream. i have the privilege of working with many courageous people who have the same aim. we have never given up against any threat or attack.

and we will never. we have made progress in a couple of years, a couple of decades. we have reduced the number of out of school children by half. we have reduced the number of child laborers by a third. we have reduced child mortality, malnutrition. and we have prevented millions of child deaths. but let us make no mistake, the great challenges still remain. friends, the biggest challenge or the biggest crisis knocking on the doors of humankind are

fears and intolerance. that gives them a meaning and an objective of life. and an education that gives them their youth. i'm afraid that the day is not very far than the cumulative result of all the failures will culminate in an unprecedented violence. and that will be suicidal for humankind. rights security hope can only , be restored through education. young people like malala -- i

started calling her my daughter malala, not just malala -- so my daughter malala and other daughters, and sylvia, and the doctors from africa, and all over the world. they are rising up. they are choosing peace over balance, tolerance over extremism, and hope over fear. the solutions are emerging, but these solutions cannot be found in the deliberations in conferences alone. and they cannot be found from a distance. they lie in small groups and

organizations. and individuals who are confronting the problems every day. even if they remain unacknowledged, unrecognized and unknown to the world. the solutions are with them. friends, what is missing now -- of course, my paper is missing. [laughter] no problem. i will continue without that.

we can do it. i -- you may ask that what one person can do. i can recall a story of my childhood. a heavy fire broke out in the forest. thank you so much. i don't know whether it happen with some laureate before or not, but it is happening today. [laughter] [applause] and -- and the best thing happened that a young

courageous pakistani girl has met an indian father. and an indian father has met a pakistani daughter. [applause] i was telling you the story of my child -- what i remember from my childhood. a heavy fire broke out in the jungle, of forest. everybody was running away including lions, the king of the forest. suddenly he saw a bird rushing straight to the fire. he asked the bird, what are you doing? the bird said, i'm going to extinguish the fire. the lion laughed and said, how

can you do it? keeping just one drop of water in your beak? but the bird was adamant. she said i am doing my part. , [applause] eighteen years ago, millions of peoples, individuals, marched around the globe. they demanded a new international law for the evolution of child labor. and it has happened. we did it. millions of individuals together did it.

friends, we live in an age of globalization. we are connected through high-speed internet. we exchanged our goods and services in one single global market. thousands of flights everyday connectors from one corner to another corner of the globe. but there is one serious difference. and that is the level of compassion. let us not forget and transform individual compassion into global compassion. let us globalize compassion. [applause]

mahatma gandhi said, if we are to teach real peace to the world, we shall have to begin with the children. let us unite the world ffor compassion for our children. [applause] i ask -- whose children are they? whose children are they who harvest cocoa, but have never tasted chocolate? whose children are they who are dying of ebola? whose children are they who are

kidnapped and made to work? they are all of our children. i remember an eight-year-old girl -- she was sitting with me in my car right after the rescue. she asked me, why did you not come earlier? her question shook me, and had the power to shake the whole world. what are we doing? what are we waiting for? how many girls have to go without rescue? children are questioning.

children are questioning our inaction, and watching our action. we need collective action with a sense of diligently. every single minute matters. every single child matters. every single childhood matters. [applause] therefore -- therefore, i challenge the pacifisty. i challenge the culture of silence, and the culture of pessimism. i call on the governments, businesses, workers, teachers,

ngo's, faith leaders, and each one of us to put an end to all forms of violence against children. slavery, trafficking, child labor, child sexual abuse, illiteracy -- these things have no place in any civilized society. [applause] friends, we can do this. go forth and make child friendly policies, and invest in education and young people. the businesses must be more responsible, accountable, and innovative. ready to deal with partnerships. governments must work together to accelerate action. global society must rise above

the businesses. faith leaders and institutions and all of us must stand with our children. we must be bold. we must be ambitious. and we must have the will. we must keep our promises. over fifty years ago, on the fourth day of my trip, i met a boy. a boy sitting outside the gate of my school. i asked my teacher, why is he sitting outside? why is he not with us in the classroom? she had no answer. one day, i gathered all my courage and went to the father of the little boy. and he said, sir, i have never

thought about it. we are born to work. his answer made me angry. and it -- it still makes me angry. as a child, i had a vision of tomorrow. a vision that a little boy is sitting with me in my classroom. now, the tomorrow has become today. i am, today. you are today. today is the time for every child to have the right to freedom, the right to health the right to education, the right to safety, the right to dignity, the right to equality and the right to peace. [applause]

today -- today, beyond the darkness, i see the smiling faces of children and blinking stars. today, in every name of every person, i see my children are playing and dancing. today, in every plant in every city and every mountain, i see children are growing freely with dignity. friends, i want to see and feel this today inside you. my dear sisters and brothers, as

i said, many interesting things are happening today. but may i request you to put your hand close to your heart. close your eyes. and feel the child inside you. and so, you can. listen to that child. listen, please. today, i see thousands of mahatma gandhi's, nelson mandela's, martin luther king's calling on us. let us democratize knowledge. [applause]

let us democratize justice. [applause] together, let us globalize compassion. i call upon you in this room and all across the world. i call for a much for rights for education. and a call for march from violence two piece. -- piece. [speaking foreign language] let us march from ignorance to awakening. let us march from darkness to light.

let us march from mortality to divinity. let us march -- [applause] thank you. [applause]

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[applause] >> thank you, indeed. mr. kailash satyarthi, you proved what i have said -- the only tyrant of yours is the voice coming from the inside. which is also the case with regard to the second noble peace prize winner, malala yousafzai.

i call you for to give your noble peace prize lecture. [applause] >> thank you so much. thank you. [applause] thank you. [applause] thank you for that. [applause] [speaking in a foreign language] in the name of god, the most merciful, the most beneficient.

your majesties, the royal highnesses, distinguished members, sisters and brothers, today is the day of great happiness for me. i am humbled that the noble committee has selected me for this precious award. thank you to everyone for your continued support and love. thank you for the letters and cards that i still receive from all around the world. your kind and encouraging words strengthen and inspire me. i would like to thank my parents for their unconditional love. thank you to my father for not

clipping my wings, and letting me fly. [applause] thank you to my mother for inspiring me to be patient. and to always speak the truth, which we strongly believe is the true message of islam. and also, thank you to all my wonderful teachers who inspired me to believe in myself and be brave. i am proud -- i am very proud to be the first pakistani and the

youngest person to receive this award. [applause] along with that -- along with that, i'm pretty certain that i'm also the first recipient of the nobel peace prize who -- still fights with her younger brothers. [laughter] i want peace everywhere, but my brothers and i are still working on that. [laughter] i am also honored to receive this award together with kailash satyarthi, who has been a champion for children's rights

for a long time. longer, in fact, than i have been alive. i am proud that we can work together. we can work together and show the world that an indian and a pakistani can work together and achieve their voice of children's rights. [applause] dear brothers and sisters, i was named after our joan of arc. the word malala means grief stricken, sad. but in order to learn from happiness, my grandfather always

call me malala, the happiest girl in the world. and today, i am very happy that we are together fighting for an important cause. this award is not just for me. it is for those forgotten children who wanted education. it is for those forgotten children who want peace. it is for those voiceless children who want change. i am here to stand up for their rights, to raise their voice. because it is not time to pity them.

it is not time to pity them. it is time to take action. so it becomes the last time -- the last time -- so it becomes the last time that we see a child deprived of education. [applause] i have found that people describe me in many different ways. some people call me the girl who was shot by the taliban. and some -- the girl who fought for her rights. some people know that i am a laureates now; however, i'm still known is that annoying bossy sister.

as far as i know, i am just a committed and even stubborn person who wants to see every child getting education. who wants to see women having equal rights. and who wants peace in every corner of the world. [applause] education is a blessing of life, and one of necessity. that has been my experience, given the seventeen years of my life. i always loved learning and discovering new things.

i remember when my friend and i would decorate our hands on special occasions. and instead of trying flowers, we would paint our hands with mathematical formulas and equations -- hands with mathematical formulas and equations. our future was right there in that classroom. we would sit and learn and read together. we loved to wear neat and tidy school uniforms. and we would sit there, with big dreams and our eyes. we wanted to make our parents proud. and prove that we could excel in our studies and achieve those

goals, which some people think only boys can. but things do not remain the same -- did not remain the same. i was in a place of tourism and beauty. suddenly, changed into a place of terrorism. more than 400 schools were destroyed. women were flogged. people were killed. and our beautiful dreams turned into nightmares. education went from being a right. girls were stopped from going to school.

when my world suddenly changed my priorities changed, too. i had two options. one was to remain silent, and wait to be killed. and the second was to speak up and then be killed. i chose the second one. [applause] i decided to speak up. [applause] >> we cannot just stand by and see those injustices of terrorist denying our rights

come up ruthlessly killing people and abusing the name of islam. we decided to raise our voice, and tell them -- have you not learned? have you not learned that in the holy koran, allah says if you kill one person, it is if you killed all humanity. do you not know that mohammed, the prophet of mercy, he says do not harm yourself or others? do not know that the very first word of the holy quron, is the word that means read. terrorist tried to stop us, and me and my friends are here today, on a school bus, in 2012. but neither their ideas nor their bullets could win.

we survived. and since that day, our voices have grown louder and louder. [applause] >> i tell my story, not because it is unique, but because it is not. it is the story of many girls. today, i tell their stories too. i have brought with me some my sisters from pakistan, for my

new -- from nigeria, from syria, who share this story. my sisters, who were also shot dead in our school bus. but they will not stop learning. my brave sisters. we went through severe abuse and extreme violence, even her brother was killed. but she did not succumb. also my sister is here, who i met during my campaign. my 16-year-old courageous sister, from syria, who now lives in jordan as a refugee. and she goes from tent to tent encouraging girls and boys to

learn. and my sister, from the north of nigeria, where boko haram stops girls come and even kidnaps girls just for wanting to go to school. there is wonder. one person, 5'2" and just tall if you include my heels. that means i'm five foot only. i'm not alone voice. i am not a lone voice. i am many. malala, and i am all these others. i am those 66 million girls who are deprived of education. and today, i'm not raising my

voice, it is the voice of those 66 million girls. [applause] >> sometimes people like to ask me -- why should girls go to school? why is it? today, and half of the world, we see progress and development. however, there are many countries where millions still >> sometimes people like to ask me -- why should girls go to school? why is it? today, and half of the world, we

see progress and development. however, there are many countries where millions still prefer -- still suffer from the very old problems of war poverty, and injustice. we still see conflict, in which innocent people lose their lives. and children become orphans. we see many people becoming refugees. in afghanistan, we see families

being killed in bomb blasts. many children in africa do not have access to education because of poverty. and as i said, we still see girls who have no freedom to go to school in the north of nigeria, many children in countries like pakistan and india as we mentioned, many children -- especially in india and pakistan are deprived of the right to education. because of social status, or having been forced into child marriage or child labor. one of my very good school friends, the same age as me, who

has always been bold and confident girl, dreamed of becoming a doctor. but her dream remained a dream. at the age of 12 years old, she was forced to get married. and then soon, she had a sun. she had a child, and when she had birth of the child come at only 14 years old, i know that she could have been a very good doctor. but she couldn't, because she was a girl. her story is why i dedicate the nobel peace prize money to the malala fund. to help give girls quality education everywhere, anywhere in the world. and to raise their voices, the

first place the funding will go to his were my heart is. to build schools in pakistan. especially in my home. [applause] >> in my own village, there is still no secondary school for girls. it is my wish and my commitment, and now my challenge, to build one. so that my friends and my

sisters can go there to school and get quality education. they get this opportunity to fulfill their dreams. this is where i will begin. but it is not where i will stop. i will continue this fight until i see every child, every in the school. dear brothers and sisters, brave people who brought change, like martin luther king and nelson mandela. mother teresa, and others once stood here on this stage. i hope that the steps i've taken so far, and will take on this journey, will also bring change -- lasting change. [applause]

>> my great hope is this -- this will be the last time we must fight for education. that for this, once and for all. we have already taken many steps. now, it is time to take a leap. it is not time to tell the world leaders to realize how important education is. they already know it. their own children are in good schools. now, it is time to call them to take action for the rest of the

world's children. we ask the world leaders tonight's -- to unite and make education a top priority. 15 years ago, the world leaders decided to set millennium development goals. in the years that have followed, we have seen some progress. the number of children out of schools has been half as kailash satyarthi said. but the world's focus only on

primary education, and progress did not reach everyone. in the year 2015, the percentages from all around the world will meet. -- representatives from all around the world were meat. the united nations will set the next rounds of goals. this will set the world's ambition for the next generation. the world can no longer accept that basic education is enough. why do leaders accept that for children in developing countries, only basic literacy is sufficient, when their own children do homework in algebra, mathematics, science and physics. leaders must seize this opportunity to guarantee a free quality primary and secondary education for every child. [applause] >> some will say this is impractical.

or too expensive to or too hard. or maybe even impossible. but it is time the world thinks bigger. your sisters and brothers, the world may understand it, but we children don't. why is it that countries which we call strong are so powerful in creating wars, but are so

weak in bringing peace? [applause] >> why is it that giving guns is so easy, but giving books is so hard? why is it that making thanks is so easy, but building schools is so hard we are living in the modern age. and we believe that nothing is impossible. 45 years ago, we reach the moon. and maybe we will land on mars. then come in this 21st century we must be able to give every child quality education. your sisters and brothers, dear fellow children, we must work, not weight. not just the politicians and the

world leaders, we all need to contribute. me, you, we. it is our duty. let us become the first generation to decide to be the last. let us become the first generation that decides to be the last that sees empty classrooms, and wasted potential. let this be the last time that a girl or a boy spends their childhood in a factory. let this be the last time that the girls get forced into early child marriage.

let this be the last time that a child loses a life in war. let this be the last time that we see a child out of school. let this end with us. let's begin this ending together, today, right here, right now, let's begin this ending now. [applause] thank you. [applause]

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"washington journal" recently sat down with the michigan congressman who became the dean of the house of the 114th congress. congressman conyers talked about his new role and what his responsibilities will be.

>> joining us from detroit is the incoming dean of the house and senate, john conyers from michigan. good morning. >> good morning to you. >> tell folks a little about the position you are about to assume. >> well, the first requirement is longevity. the dean of the house is the longest-serving member in the house of representatives, and he has the distinct honor on opening day, january 6, two swear in the incoming speaker of the house, which is a constitutional office. even though the present speaker of the house is going to be the same one, he will still have to be sworn in again. that's where i come in.

>> so you will do that today. tell us a little bit about the longevity aspect of it. you come to this position taking over from representative dingell. talk about taking over, and the fact he is a fellow michigander as well. >> not only that, his father and my father were good friends. he and i are good friends. he was once my congressman, and i have been talking with him about this job. the important duty is of course on opening day, when we swear in the incoming speaker of the house for the next session of congress. >> so you have been talking to him about the job. what kind of advice has been given to you about it? >> well, he has given me some good advice. stay calm, get your swearing-in statement together so you can have the incoming speaker raise

his right hand with you and say that he will support the constitution of the united states, and some other things. and we will be all set. >> you will become the first african-american to assume this position. what does that mean to you? >> i think it is a high honor under any circumstances, but i think it is even more significant that of all the members in the congress, i am now the longest-serving, and the first african-american to hold that rank. i value it, and i'm very proud of it. >> with your new platform as dean, even after you do the ceremonial aspect of it, do you use your platform to talk about race issues, to talk about other issues near and dear to you? >> absolutely. the dean of the house has a special recognition. and it gives a little more added authority to the positions i take, so i will be very carefully assessing what i say and what positions i have -- advocate as new dean of the house. i follow a very distinguished member of congress, who was the dean for a long time himself. he is stepping down. of course, his wife is replacing him, debbie dingell. we are looking forward to working with her and the entire michigan delegation. >> as you become dean now, do you get any privileges with that? better office space, your choice of committee? how does that work? >> we have been looking to see if there are any perks. guess what? we haven't found one. >> but you are the longest-serving member now. with this freshman class coming in, because you hold the title of dean, what advice would you give the freshman class, being the longest-serving member? >> well, i would advise them to be very careful and thoughtful about the votes they cast, and

>> with your new platform as dean, even after you do the ceremonial aspect of it, do you use your platform to talk about race issues, to talk about other issues near and dear to you? >> absolutely. the dean of the house has a special recognition. and it gives a little more added authority to the positions i take, so i will be very carefully assessing what i say and what positions i have -- advocate as new dean of the house. i follow a very distinguished member of congress, who was the dean for a long time himself. he is stepping down. of course, his wife is replacing him, debbie dingell. we are looking forward to

working with her and the entire michigan delegation. >> as you become dean now, do you get any privileges with that? better office space, your choice of committee? how does that work? >> we have been looking to see if there are any perks. guess what? we haven't found one. >> but you are the longest-serving member now. with this freshman class coming in, because you hold the title of dean, what advice would you give the freshman class, being the longest-serving member? >> well, i would advise them to be very careful and thoughtful about the votes they cast, and that they want to realize that every vote they cast the comes

a part of our congressional history. and we don't want them to go and get into a mood or into a group about which they will be saying later on that they were sorry, they were running in a direction they really didn't support. >> joining us, the longest-serving member of congress, the dean of the house of representatives, john conyers from michigan. thank you, representative. appreciate your time. >> it is a pleasure being with you. have a good new year.

>> there's always been a strain of conservative thought of life in american christianity about marriage family, and abortion and other issues. yet they have one big difference. they are locked into a history of slavery and the fight for civil rights in america. what is different that they have voted primarily democratic when they could vote giving the illusion that they signed all the policies. while they have voted against democrats issues like same sex marriage have driven their exodus from the party. consider 2004 when george bush received 11% of the vote. that was kind of an interesting anomaly and i could go into that but that's another story altogether. but that leaves the question.

how do they align their beliefs? how do they ration lise voting while chastising him about the policies they believe hurt black families? what issues prompt them to make alliances against the nation's first black president? to understand this division i would like to briefly look at a history of involvement in same sex marriage and abortion issues during the age of obama. they have fiscal and economic concerns but religious concerns are rooted in historicle issue and see a new resurgeonance in order to fight for what they believe to be the history of black families. on intellectuals, michael states at the outset that when one considers the extent to which american conservatism has been conditioned by racist

notions by black infire yorty the existence of powerful black spokespeople is astounding. in his book, attempts to understand in spite of the inherent racial bias, my contention is that you cannot understand these black conservatives without understanding how notions are valued as a counter narrative to the den gration of african americans racially and in white conservatism. taking this seriously as well as beliefs gives different genealogy for black conservetives that does not begin in the 1970s but in the 19th century. according to the studies at berkeley, more organic conservatism which starts in the 19th century focused on uplifting morality. embracing a white standard for

black moral wars was the key to success, assimulation, and respect. while the genealogist of black conservatism is sound i believe a shift from focus within black christian churches to embrace prosperity and a resurgence is part of the issue. a piece i wrote entitled the black church from prophesy to prosperity i argued that polt ticks are lodged in emphasis of black churches switches from action to prosperity. additionally these churches shifting focus from structural since of racism to individual sins of becoming respectable led to a diminishing to their voys in the public realm. it is this that engaged president obama that put them in a quandry. how to put forth the issues that they care about as either

issues that everyone should care about or issues affecting the african american community. what does the election of the nation's first black president do? do they remain in the african american community to fight for the ideal of the black family or do they partner with white evangelicals. i believe that those that remain true to specific issues allows them to fight for black family while at the same time balkanizing them from both communities. african american conservatives and abortion. both conservatives and nationalists in the community historicically have used the term genocide to describe abortion. this reduction arises from a misappropriation of a quote by margaret sanger founder of planned parenthood. the negro project which was

started by her was designed to bring health care to black women in the south. both the negro physician and religious minister should work together in order for the project to succeed and gain the trust of the black community. she wanted a minister to debunchingt claims if they arose that the program was designed to exterminate the community. they would simply turn this phrase and say that she wanted to exterminate the black community not save it and would do that through abortion. slavery's another appeal to promote the idea that black people are being considered less than human by abortion rights act vivets. using the dread scott decision, pro life including african americans, claim that the declaration of african americans as three fifths of a

person rowe versus wade does the same thing. rod, a white mega church pastor began to preach a series on how abortion was black genocide. in february of 2008 he would also go along to be a supporter of john mccain and then he had to get rid of him two months later in his own problems. other people would pick up the tempo using the term and linking obama to it. individuals would copt to do this throughout the 2008 campaign and put their -- they would put their dissent in front of major democratic events. for instance when the convention was held in denver in 2008 they protessed along with a whole lot of other pro life democratic activists. but this signal of how to renew

tactics and when we think about what happened right after the inauguration there became an uptick in how people went after pro life issues and complaining about obama. so one of the things that happened during this time was the new movie that came out in june of 2009. this was called was martha 21. this depicted how abortion had targeted black communities. the word means tragedy or disaster and used a real conspiracy thesis for the origins of the movement. copies of the dvd were available to churches and individuals and there was also a compelling on you tube. this was shone at colleges and

universities and conservative leaders picked it up. the coordinator for georgia right to life began traveling to show the movie. coupling it with over 80 billboards around atlanta saying that black children are an endangered species, they were directed to a site and the director of the georgia right to life would tell the "new york times" that she was surprised they were spending less money and had more calls to the hot line as a result of this movie being shown in the atlanta and georgia area. similar bill boards would appear across the country including in chicago, in new york and the founder of life always, on the south side of chicago the billboards had a picture of president obama with a caption, every 21 minutes our next possible leader is

aborted. broden a rather colorful person who ran for congress but lost is touted on the coalition website with the following quote. the practice of abortion is a genocidal plot to decimate the democracy of our community and black leaders are silent. this is egregious and tant amount to approval. speakers prolifers are not known to the black population but are known to the white circles and they have achieved the respectability that the 19 and 20 century conservative is desire but they have not gained those who vote democratic to switch their voting patterns simply out of desire to see rowe versus wade repealed. we now want to shift to talking about same sex marriage. while black conservatives work

hard to make african americans pay attention to their cause, the marriage between a man and a woman had much more attention. there was a 2% difference in the percentage of black protestants to 2013, 64, that changed their minds about same sex marriage on the grounds of religious belief. in other words it was only a 2% difference. while that percentage has changed within the last year and i believe that's in part because of obama despite the tendency to vote for other liberal causes their stance on same sex marriage is holding firm. part has to do with religious belief but also the opposition equating it to civil rights. leaders such as fred

shullsworth made it clear that same sex marriage was not a cause to be related to the civil rights movement. despite what many in this world may argue i cannot move from the position that same sex marriage were meant to be shared between a man and a woman. god createdmen member to be husbands of wives and women to be wives to husbands. opposition to same sex marriage were presented a conundrum. on the one hand, they're likely more to vote for democratic candidates. the question is should they be considered to be true conservative voters? before 2008, obama himself had articulated several positions on same sex marriage including yes as far as back as 1988,

undecided, repeal of domea and supporting civil rights. his announcement of his support for same sex marriage actually took black conservative leaders by surprise. the naacp announcing that they supported the president's statement on same sex marriage was another blow that puts black conservative leaders on the defensive. two of those who oppose his position who uses catchy phrases was on every news show on the days following the announcement expressing his di may of the president's decision. i think this really captures the essence of what was going on. my response was shock and disappointment. and while many clergy are trying to discern is this decision made out of political

expediencice or moral conviction? this does not make sense given what has happened in north carolina. so my question is he, obama exchanging one minority for another? it has been speculated that the president is taking the black vote for granted so did he think he could do this without losses of black supporters? the president has not been able to find one leader of note to stand with him on this issue. other noted leaders after the announcement in may of 2012 joined with white conservatives to confront the president on the issue of same sex marriage. in an interview with christian broadcasting bishop announced i don't think it's the same to the civil rights fight at all. it's a fight between right and wrong. this happens to be wrong. what was noticeable was the

reiterations of black denominations in particular on the answer of same sex marriage. the church of god and christ, the largest pent colve denomination in the country immediately reissued this statement on marriage from 2004 to the press and members of the denomination. linking the debate to civil rights their statement focused on god and marriage between a man and a woman. the zy on church reiterated their position but also made the distinction between the rights of the states and rights of the church. i should say here that a lot of black churches in the 90's were for civil unions but not for same sex marriage. more importantly, the statement noted that positions of the president are consistent with the interest of our congregational members and issues not the issue, become our conversation. even jam al would secede,

registering voters at the church in baltimore. bryant held fast to his 07 position of __ known as referendum six in maryland. after a battle there between black pastors and churches for and against the referendum, it passed on election night 2012, along with president obama for a second term. the fight of african american voters for obama really did not occur, with obama receiving more than 90% of the african_american vote. let me dollars to close. what are we to make of these two issues abortion and same_sex marriage? despite the disability of black conservatives during o