I think that if we can take a day out to honor blacks, we can have a day to honor us gays too! Don't you think? Maybe we need to have a march on washington?

edit: Of course, we'd have to dodge Bush's henchmen with their fire hoses.

Yes, we need to march on Washington! The month of June is already being associated with Gay Pride, so I say we march in June!

I wonder what the good church man, Rev. Dr. King, would have thought about the gay civil rights movement.

Would he have "loved the sinner, hated the sin", seeing us as a sexual act prohibited by Moses? Or would he have seen us for what we are, normal citizens being denied civil rights?

Would he be offended by our drive for equality, irritated by our claiming "Civil" rights?

Would he see a time when people are not judged by the color of their skin or their sexual orientation, but by the content of their character?

Would he have seen us as fellow strugglers - or would he have seen us as others, to be denied our birthrights?

I want to believe, very much, that my hero, Dr. King, would have seen me as his equal. He was a remarkable man, one of great passion, vision, and conviction. I honor his memory, his courage, his very existence every year.

But so many people I admire insist on seeing me as second class - it leaves me wondering. Would Dr. King have been on my side?

There have already been at least four gay marches in Washington -- in 1979, 1987, 1993 and 2000. Attendance at the last one was estimated at between 100,000 and 500,000. Maybe it's time for another. As bad as thing are now, and with the current government, the time may be right.

King not only fought for Blacks, but he also fought for Unionist, women and the poor. The King holiday should be celebrated by all Americans regardless of the color of their skin.

Good question. Gay rights were not even a thought in 1968. In fact, to most Americans, "gay" didn't even exist. One would like to think that King's pronouncements of equality would now include us, if he were alive today. Coretta says they would.

But King was the preacher of a black Baptist church, and many black ministers are homophobic. So who knows?

Since there is no answer, I say just look at the words, which are inclusive. They have long outlived the man.

Good answer - stand by inclusion!