GWB: A More Welcominger Jim Crow

Democratic presidential candidate and former U.S. Sen. Carol Moseley Braun (D-Ill.) called Bush’s latest statement against gay marriage an example of how his administration is turning back the clock on civil rights.

“His actions harken to the days of Jim Crow, when government legally required discrimination,” Moseley Braun said. “It’s the wrong direction for the country.”

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I like her. I don't believe she's ready for the WH...yet. But I hope to see her stay busy, and I hope to see her name on a ballot further down the line.

Ambassador Carol Moseley Braun, Democratic candidate for President, also responded to George Bush's plan to use government lawyers to define marriage and take away basic human rights.

"This is yet another example of the Bush Administration's obsession with using the full power of the federal government to take away civil liberties. The decision by President Bush to use the resources of the White House to seek legislation that prohibits a fundamental right, the right to marry, sets back the clock on civil rights for all Americans.

"Americans in this century expect protection of their fundamental rights and freedoms from the government. Instead, this Administration seems intent on returning to the days when the power of the federal government was used to intrude on the civil rights of Americans. No President has taken such a strong stand against the civil rights of Americans since Woodrow Wilson formally segregated federal Civil Service in 1913."

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