Rodricks: The irrational fears of same-sex marriage foes

People who were paying attention in history class when the teacher got to "civil rights movement" must be astonished that an African-American minister with gray hair — a man who was state director of the NAACP in his native Mississippi and regional director of the organization in Maryland — could not only oppose extending equal rights to gay couples but advocate quashing the First Amendment rights of a pro football player.

Dan Rodricks

September 10, 2012