African Democarats resists comparison of gay 'marriage' to civil rights

Congressional black Democrats said homosexuals' struggle to legalize same-sex "marriage" and the civil rights movement of the 1960s should not be compared.

Members of the Congressional Black Caucus said they were on shaky ground with their constituents after the presumptive Democratic nominee Sen. John Kerry compared last week the two issues during a town hall meeting in Jackson, Miss., .