tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6314891743204395487.post8340183180455905717..comments2024-02-05T03:41:13.688+01:00Comments on Mikeb302000: Former NRA President Charlton Heston to Get US Post Office Stamp Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09806175370305006933noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6314891743204395487.post-25480184101653434102014-02-24T17:02:35.362+01:002014-02-24T17:02:35.362+01:00Also, his civil rights advocacy was a lot broader ...Also, his civil rights advocacy was a lot broader than just the Second Amendment.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6314891743204395487.post-86601096949807537312014-02-24T16:47:24.020+01:002014-02-24T16:47:24.020+01:00"During the March on Washington for Jobs and ..."During the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom held in Washington, D.C. in 1963, he accompanied Martin Luther King Jr.<br /><br />"Yet, following the assassination of Senator Robert F. Kennedy in 1968, Heston and actors Gregory Peck, Kirk Douglas, and James Stewart issued a statement calling for support of President Johnson's Gun Control Act of 1968. The White House had actually solicited Heston's support. He endorsed Hubert Humphrey in the 1968 Presidential election."<br /><br />"By the 1980s, Heston supported gun rights and changed his political affiliation from Democrat to Republican. When asked why he changed political alliances, Heston replied "I didn't change. The Democratic party changed."<br />http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlton_Heston#Political_activism<br /><br /> His comment regarding the Democratic party is interesting considering we have heard the same comments regarding the Republican party. ssgmarkcrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14480230040370709682noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6314891743204395487.post-82559900780943299592014-02-24T14:31:46.179+01:002014-02-24T14:31:46.179+01:00I think this has far more to do with his acting ca...I think this has far more to do with his acting career than with his civil rights advocacy.Kurt '45superman' Hofmannhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14091930034162667742noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6314891743204395487.post-38360372197386573222014-02-24T11:48:57.920+01:002014-02-24T11:48:57.920+01:00He'll be remembered for a lot more than that.He'll be remembered for a lot more than that.Greg Camphttp://gregorycamp.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.com