No offense to Coretta.Civil rights pioneer Coretta Scott King Coretta Scott King (April 27, 1927 – January 30, 2006) was the wife of the assassinated civil rights activist Martin Luther King, Jr., and a noted civil rights leader, author, singer, and founder and former president of the King Center in Atlanta, Georgia. wasn't afraid of offending people with her pro-gay views. But when the gay rights group National Black Justice Coalition asked The Afro American Newspapers of Baltimore and Washington, D.C., to run an advertisement with an image of homophobic protesters at King's February funeral, the paper refused, saying the ad was too offensive. Ray Daniels, director of communications Director of Communications is a position in the private and public sectors. The Director of Communications is responsible for managing and directing an organization's internal and external communications. for the coalition, said his group "was shocked and surprised by the rejection. Their refusal to run the ad"--part of a national fairness campaign against religion-based bigotry--"clearly adds credence to our ideology that homophobia homophobia Psychology An irrationally negative attitude toward those with homosexual orientation, or toward becoming homosexual. See Closet, Gay-bashing, Heterosexism. Cf Gay, Homosexual, Phobia. exists in all facets of our culture." But Susan Warshaw, the newspapers' national sales manager sales manager n → gerente m/f de ventas sales manager n → directeur commercial sales manager sale n → , told The Advocate, "We made it very clear that we had no problem with [the ad's] message," and agreed to run it without the photo. |
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