Local NAACP leader’s opposition to anti-discrimination ordinance sparks anger

Michigan Messenger ^ | 9-2-2009 | Todd A. Heywood

[Westlander]

HAMTRAMCK - Residents and civil rights advocates are appalled that Asm Kamal Rahman, a leading voice in the successful ballot initiative to overturn a local anti-discrimination ordinance last year, is now sitting on the boards of civil rights groups in southeast Michigan.

[Westlander]

oOOopS.

[Tzimisce]

I’ve been arguing with libs for years, telling them you might feel at one with this or that group...but does said group feel at one with you?

[paudio]

Both Left and Right are often guilty of this simplified assumption, that is, the person who shares your ideals on one issue would also share your ideals on other issues.

[SunkenCiv]

Asm Kamal Rahman, a leading voice in the successful ballot initiative to overturn a local anti-discrimination ordinance last year, is now sitting on the boards of civil rights groups in southeast Michigan.

For 'anti-discrimination' read 'government-sanctioned discrimination'.