He was only 39 when he was assassinated! I had thought he was at least in his mid to late 40's! Anyway.............
Quit it, you're making me blush. Serious note, he is a true hero of mine and both he and his goals deserve respect and contemplation.
I thought Sly's comment was funny. Especially if you know history and appreciate Lutheran related jokes.
It is a good thing to see that we as a society have moved to the point where racism is not the norm. It may always exist on some level but it is the minority at least.
Yesterday I explained to my 7 year old son the importance of this day (and MLK's life). He had this really puzzled look on his face when I told him how there were a lot of people who were mean to people with dark skin (like my son's friend across the street), and he told them to stop it, and somebody killed him for it. My son's expression was something I'd like remember and hold on to as he gets older and more jaded.
I think he was one of america's greatest men. But how does it square with separation of church and state to make a holiday for a baptist minister? I'm not at all against the holiday in his name. It's just a question that I've had all along.
I don't have a problem with it. If he was like the original Martin Luther and made his name by advocating for a religion, it'd be different. But the celebration of MLK has almost nothing to do with the Baptist Church.
I think King considered himself to be a minister above all else. Even so, in a society that is actively purging religion and religious display from the public square, the holiday is quite the opposite.
Made you don't intend it this way, but your last two posts come across as stirring up shit for posts and making liberals angry. To answer your original question, I concur with mook. This holiday is in celebration of unity of american cultures and all colors of skin.
I'm all about the celebration, the unity, being colorblind about skin pigment. All I'm doing is pointing out that spending $.01 of the treasury on the holiday might be considered establishment of religion (baptist).
MLK Day has nothing at all to do with religion in general or the Baptist church specifically, or even the fact that MLK was an ordained minister.
