Posted on 04/03/2003 5:29:15 PM PST by NewDestiny
BOND LEADER: “BURK, JACKSON USING BLACKS”
Los Angeles - Rev. Jesse Lee Peterson, Founder and President of BOND, the Brotherhood Organization of A New Destiny, today announced details about his organization’s plans to rally in support of the all-male Augusta National Golf Club during the Masters’ Tournament. The rally will take place on Saturday, April 12, 2003, from 9 a.m. till 4 p.m. on a 5-acre parcel of land located on Washington Road (lying just East of Woodsedge Drive), less than a half mile from the front gates of Augusta National. Martha Burk, chair of the National Council of Women’s Organizations and the Rev. Jesse Jackson, head of Rainbow/PUSH, are planning to protest the private club in an effort to force it to open its membership to women.
“We have been issued a permit to protest by the Richmond County Sheriff’s Office, and we are going to Augusta to show our support for the club. We’re going there to stand up for the rights of all private American institutions to set their own membership policies without interference from professional agitators like Martha Burk and Jesse Jackson,” said Rev. Peterson.
“Furthermore, we want to send a message to these groups that we will not stand by and allow them to use the black community to advance their liberal agenda,” said Rev. Peterson. It has recently been reported that Burk compared women returning from war and facing ‘discrimination’ at Augusta National to the segregation blacks faced in the United States after returning from World War II. Jackson has called the club’s policy “gender-apartheid.”
“It is absurd for Burk to equate the discrimination faced by blacks during segregation to the plight of white millionaire women who can’t join a private golf club—this women has lost it! I’m asking people from across the country to join us in Augusta to support the club,” added Rev. Peterson. He also asked Americans to pray for the men and women in the armed forces and for President George W. Bush.”
For more information on BOND’s rally in support of Augusta National, please visit http://www.bondinfo.org
Good outfit!
Having met, heard and spoken with this man, I believe that he will one day be a leader of his race, perhaps even greater than MLK.
He is a very soft spoken man who has truly walked the walk and does not flinch under criticism of the so-called black leaders.
For people who wish to hear the truth about the condition of the black community from a fearless leader, I strongly suggest you attempt to hear this man speak or get a hold of his book, "From Rage to Responsibility."
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