PolitickerNJ.comDecember 8, 2009
Former U.S. Attorney General and Princeton Resident, Nicholas Katzenbach, the man who took on former Alabama Gov. George Wallace over integration at that state's flagship public university (at right in photo), has lent his voice to the New Jersey marriage equality movement. Katzenback expressed his support for the freedom to marry in an open letter to state senators:
Dear Senator,
I support and urge passage of the marriage equality bill.
I am fortunate in my own marriage of almost 64 years to a woman I love. I, like many older people, grew up in a society which disdained homosexuality and socially ostracized those who practiced it. I know it is difficult for many to put aside those feelings and support different relationships. But I believe there can be genuine love and affection for another of the same sex and I see no reason not to support those feelings or to seek to impose a different set of values in what amounts to a social bias. Love in a world of danger and difficulties is worth our wholehearted support and we have no right and no interest in imposing outdated social views on others.
It is always the right time to do what is right. And sometimes it takes courage and understanding to do so. Marriage equality legislation is the right policy to support. In our hearts we know that.
Sincerely,
Nicholas deB. Katzenbach
65th Attorney General of the United States [Link]
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