I'm really heartened by all of the emails, Facebook messages, and kind words that I've received over the last 24 hours. Snider responded to the overwhelming amount of feedback on his blog.
Over the weekend, websites such as BuzzFeed and Gawker posted the two-month old video, and it has now been viewed over 2.5 million times.
I hope you will stand on the right side of history.' Snider concludes by telling the audience, 'I hope you will not make the same mistake. He just replaced the term 'racial integration' with 'gay rights'-supporting the view of many that gay rights is really the civil rights issue of our time. Snider pauses and reveals that his speech was made up of quotes from white, pro-segregation preachers from the 1950s and 60s.
