And another big boost !!!

Today, the Board of the NAACP voted 
to endorse marriage equality.

This is a 64 member board (if all voted) and only two opposed it.

This is almost as big as President Obama's endorsement.   It follows in the tradition of the NAACP's standing for equal rights for all people, as in this statement from the group:

"The NAACP Constitution affirmatively states our objective to ensure the 'political, education, social and economic equality' of all people. Therefore, the NAACP has opposed and will continue to oppose any national, state, local policy or legislative initiative that seeks to codify discrimination or hatred into the law or to remove the Constitutional rights of LGBT citizens. We support marriage equality consistent with equal protection under the law provided under the Fourteenth Amendment of the United States Constitution. Further, we strongly affirm the religious freedoms of all people as protected by the First Amendment."

This is particularly significant however because, in the African-Amercan religious communities, opposition to homosexuality is very strong, based on Biblical objections.

Part of the surprising reactions to Obama's endorsement, however, have been a number of the black religious leaders who said they didn't agree but it was not a deal-breaker.  They would still vote for his re-election.

This NAACP endorsement should help shore up that kind of support from this important community.

And it's one more step toward this becoming a non-issue within the next decade.  It might not take that long, especially if the November voters reject candidates from the extreme right.  That's more likely to happen in national elections than local ones, where state laws are made.

But equality will come.  It's a matter of time, and the speed is picking up . . . remarkably.

Ralph