She sat down in order that we might stand up. Paradoxically, her imprisonment opened the doors for our long journey to freedom.

She sat down in order that we might stand up.

In many ways, history is marked as 'before' and 'after' Rosa Parks. She sat down in order that we all might stand up, and the walls of segregation came down.

Capital punishment turns the state into a murderer. But imprisonment turns the state into a gay dungeon-master.

In many ways, history is marked as 'before' and 'after' Rosa Parks. She sat down in order that we all might stand up, and the walls of segregation came down.

The crisis is not an opportunity to change the character of Louisiana's political order. We must not use the crisis to turn Louisiana into a red state -- this is a rainbow state.