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Diane Granley:
[head of the American Family Association of Pennsylvania speaking at the hearing on proposed anti-discrimination legislation]
Civil rights have long been fought for disenfranchised groups of people. African-Americans led the fight for Civil rights, seeking the right to vote and no longer requiring to sit in the back of a bus. But a person's skin color and national origin is unchangeable. Joe Wilson:
Again, Gramley was trying to use race as a wedge to divide. But this time she was dealing with people experienced in Civil rights law
[head of the American Family Association of Pennsylvania speaking at the hearing on proposed anti-discrimination legislation]
Civil rights have long been fought for disenfranchised groups of people. African-Americans led the fight for Civil rights, seeking the right to vote and no longer requiring to sit in the back of a bus. But a person's skin color and national origin is unchangeable. Joe Wilson:
Again, Gramley was trying to use race as a wedge to divide. But this time she was dealing with people experienced in Civil rights law
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have long been fought for
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by disenfranchised groups of people
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African Americans led the fight for civil rights
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seeking the right to vote and to no longer
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be required to sit at the back of the bus
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But a person's skin color or national origin
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is unchangeable
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Wilson Again Gramley was trying to use race
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as a wedge to divide
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But this time she was dealing with legislators
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who were experienced in civil rights law
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Movie Summary
The announcement of filmmaker Joe Wilson's wedding to another man ignites a firestorm of controversy in his small hometown and a plea for help from the mother of a gay teen being tormented at school.