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"At the height of antagonism toward Japanese Americans, after Pearl Harbor, George Brown stood up against the terminations of public employees of Japanese ancestry and the forced relocation to U.S. internment camps of families like mine. He also fought for gay people's equality. In one of the bravest votes of his career, he rejected the discriminatory law that denied recognition to same-sex couples and undermined the constitution, called the Defense of Marriage Act. He was an outspoken believer and lifelong fighter for civil rights."

George Takei, actor, activist, and volunteer in George Brown’s 1970 campaign for U.S. Senate

"At the height of antagonism toward Japanese Americans, after Pearl Harbor, George Brown stood up against the terminations of public employees of Japanese ancestry and the forced relocation to U.S. internment camps of families like mine. He also fought for gay people's equality. In one of the bravest votes of his career, he rejected the discriminatory law that denied recognition to same-sex couples and undermined the constitution, called the Defense of Marriage Act. He was an outspoken believer and lifelong fighter for civil rights."

"At the height of antagonism toward Japanese Americans, after Pearl Harbor, George Brown stood up against the terminations of public employees of Japanese ancestry and the forced relocation to U.S. internment camps of families like mine. He also fought for gay people's equality. In one of the bravest votes of his career, he rejected the discriminatory law that denied recognition to same-sex couples and undermined the constitution, called the Defense of Marriage Act. He was an outspoken believer and lifelong fighter for civil rights."

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