The reason why, looking back at USA’s Civil Rights era legislation we see leadership is that politicians, litigators and activists were bravely pushing for rights that the public wasn’t ready to extend. In comparison, today’s power brokers appear to be following public opinion, changing their mind because the wind is suddenly blowing a new way.
▻http://thesocietypages.org/socimages/2014/10/18/chart-of-the-week-politicians-are-following-not-leading-on-same-sex
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