Former GOP chairman Michael Steele said that gay rights should not be equated with black rights in an exchange with LGBT activist and former Lt. Dan Choi on MSNBC's "Now with Alex Wagner," Raw Story reports.
 

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"First off, let's just be very clear," Steele said sternly. "There are a significant number of African Americans, myself included, who do no appreciate that particular equation. OK? Because when you walk into a room, I don't know if you are gay or not, but when I walk into a room, you know I'm black. 

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