about Dr. Martin Luther King? He was a devout Christian minister and used the MORAL AUTHORITY of his faith to shame America into seeing the injustice of racism and working to end it. He even gave his life for his cause, but NEVER gave in to violence and hatred. Truly Christ-like. He was not perfect (who is?), but he made this a better country and richly deserves the holiday honoring him.
Would he have been as successful, and convincing, without his faith? I don't think so. I think it gave him strength, and worked to convince others. I don't think he was a fool for believing, and I don't think he was a fraud just using religion to an end. And the phrase "you can't legislate morality" was first used by racists who said "why does the government have a right to tell me whom I have to hire?"
I have no idea what Dr. King thought of abortion or same-sex marriage, but do you think some of the "Christian bashers" in society fail to see the whole picture?
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