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&lt;p&gt;Christopher Harris, M.D., Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at the Monroe Carell Jr. Children's Hospital at Vanderbilt University, has been a pediatrician for twenty years.  A gay African-American with a 3-year-old daughter, Harris was invited in 2005 to testify before a U.S. Senate subcommittee about the Federal Marriage Amendment and explain why denying same-sex couples the right to marry would negatively impact the health and security of their children.  He is one of more than 750 pediatricians who organized to oppose the Federal Marriage Amendment.&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Martha Juillerat&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Founder, Shower of Stoles Project&lt;br /&gt;2006&lt;/p&gt;</text>
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As one of the early leaders of CRH, Lewis was present at the Mardi Gras Ball at California Hall on January 1, 1965. The blatant police harassment of the homosexual participants in this gala event that was a benefit for CRH led Lewis and other CRH clergy to hold a press conference the following morning to express their outrage at the police and city officials.  The widespread media coverage of their press conference and other reactions to this incident spurred the development of the gay and lesbian rights movement in the San Francisco Bay area.&#13;
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