Just playing the cards I'm dealt

“But dear God. We should not be putting civil rights issues to a popular vote that is subject to the sentiments and passions of the day. No minority should have their rights subject to the passions and sentiments of the majority. This is a fundamental bedrock of what our nation stands for. And I get very concerned that we have created in our state— and we refuse to address it, to call it like it is— that we’ve created a second-class citizenship in our state. That’s what we have in America right now, we have two classes of citizens. Jackie Robinson said the right of every American to first class citizenship is the most important issue of our time. Let’s stop the rouse: we have two types of citizens right now in our state… .I read the Fourteenth Amendment clearly. It talks about equal protection under the laws. And that was never something that should go out to a popular vote whether blacks, women, or other minorities should have equal, first, class citizens… .And so, to me, this is infuriating, that we are still in the 21st century, and we haven’t created equality under the law. And so, I will be, fundamentally in the fiber of my being, in support of equal citizenship for all people in this country.”