“I think (African-Americans) would have been happy to have a referendum on civil rights rather than fighting and dying in the streets in the South.”
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New Jersey governor and Republican darling CHRIS CHRISTIE, who is pushing for a voter referendum on marriage equality in his state rather than take up the issue in the Legislature.
Yes, because in those good old days, a referendum was a realistic option for African-Americans, you fucking idiot.
(via jasencomstock)