John Lewis’s motorcade stops at rainbow crosswalks to honor his support for LGBTQ people

John Lewis’s motorcade at the rainbow crosswalk in Atlanta
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The hearse carrying the late civil rights legend Rep. John Lewis (D-GA) stopped by Atlanta’s rainbow crosswalks in remembrance of his embrace of LGBTQ equality.

The motorcade made its way from Dobbins Air Force Base in Atlanta to the Georgia State Capitol on Wednesday. The motorcade stopped at the rainbow crosswalks at 10th Street and Piedmont Avenue to pay tribute.

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A crowd had gathered at that intersection to applaud and honor the stalwart – and early – supporter of LGBTQ rights.

The motorcade approaches the crosswalk at around the 12-minute mark in the video before.

In 1996, over a decade before LGBTQ rights would get support from mainstream Democrats, Rep. Lewis gave an impassioned speech on the House floor opposing the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), which banned the federal government from recognizing marriage equality.

“This is a mean bill,” he said. “It is…

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