"That all changed after he became a radical gun activist ! Charlton Heston 's civil rights credentials are seriously sullied by his bigoted and homophobic remarks and his attacks on racial minorities . The endorsement by white supremacist David Duke further threatens to erode the considerable respect many Americans felt toward Heston for his years-ago commitment to human rights . -Julian Bond , Board Chairman , NAACP"
"Really Brady . It is widely recognized that Mr. Heston gave away a very promising film career in order to take such an unpopular stand at that time . In fact he worked very little in films after that . I think the above statement was a political one , an anti-gun one , without much fact to back it up . I do n't think a man of such principle changes his mind when all he actually work to accomplish comes to pass . But you can push your poison just as far as you want to . You have a first Amendment right to do so . Mr. Heston would have wanted it that way !"
"Charlton Heston 's civil rights credentials are seriously sullied by his bigoted and homophobic remarks"
"Mr. Heston gave away a very promising film career in order to take such an unpopular stand at that time ."