Diversity and inclusion cannot exclude anyone, an issue that has created great conflict in the Black church as the momentum for LGBT rights has increased.
Last week, after the announcement of President Obama’s historic endorsement of same-sex marriage, the Rev. Jesse Jackson led the public pronouncements for equality, calling this “a bold step in the right direction for equal protection under the law for all citizens” and saying he wished the president had also pushed for federal equality rights for LGBT people instead of leaving it up to the states.