Family Equality Council Issues Statement on Death of Rep. Lewis
July 21, 2020
July 21, 2020
WASHINGTON, July 21 -- The Family Equality Council issued the following statement by CEO Rev. Stan J. Sloan:
Family Equality, alongside LGBTQ+ families everywhere, mourns the death of Congressman John Lewis (GA-5). Lewis, a hero of America's civil rights movement since the early 1960s, served Georgia's fifth district in Congress since 1986. In earlier years, he suffered numerous beatings and jailings--literally putting his body on the line on the Edmund Pettus Bridge and across the . . .
Family Equality, alongside LGBTQ+ families everywhere, mourns the death of Congressman John Lewis (GA-5). Lewis, a hero of America's civil rights movement since the early 1960s, served Georgia's fifth district in Congress since 1986. In earlier years, he suffered numerous beatings and jailings--literally putting his body on the line on the Edmund Pettus Bridge and across the . . .