Posted on 12/10/2004 11:12:05 AM PST by NormsRevenge
ATLANTA - Gay rights activists are denouncing an anti-gay marriage march that starts near the tomb of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. as an effort to hijack the slain civil rights leader's legacy.
The march, set for Saturday, is being organized by the predominantly black 25,000-member New Birth Missionary Baptist Church of suburban Atlanta, whose pastor, Bishop Eddie Long, opposes gay marriage and counsels gay members to abandon their lifestyle.
The church's Web site said one of the march's goals is to promote a constitutional amendment to "fully protect marriage between one man and one woman."
A quote from King appears on the site where details of the march are posted, and marchers are instructed to gather at the King Center, the memorial where he is buried.
"To march from the King Center against the rights of gays is a slap in the face to the legacy of Dr. King," said Keith Boykin, president of the National Black Justice Coalition, a gay activist group.
"Dr. King said injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere, but Bishop Long seems to think that injustice against gays and lesbians is perfectly fine."
In a statement, Long said the march "was not derived out of an idea to protest same-sex marriage but to present a unified vision of righteousness and justice." He said the march also seeks to promote education reform, affordable health care and programs that create wealth for minorities.
Rosalind McGinnis, managing director of the King Center, said the organization is not endorsing the march. King's widow, Coretta Scott King, has called gay marriage a civil rights issue and denounced proposed amendments to ban it.
Last month, state constitutional amendments banning gay marriage were approved in 11 states, including Georgia.
It isn't clear in this AP article just what the offending quote was.
Who knew that Dr. King's real mission was about achieving gay rights?
Gee, you find out something new every day.
I guess the actual quote is a top secret, as neither the quote or the site where you could find it is identified....
The secret of a well written article...keep em guessing.
So you couldn't find the quote either?
Whaddya think? Was the quote purposely omitted from the article because it maybe made too much sense in the case against gay marriage?
'Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.'
“History will have to record that the greatest tragedy of this period of social transition was not the strident clamor of the bad people, but the appalling silence of the good people.”
– Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
I saw that quote, but couldn't see how an anti gay marriage group would use it for their cause. It's not particulary supportive of gay marriage activism either. What am i missing?
Amen.
How ironic that the same gay rights activists have no compunctions in aligning themselves with oppressed slaves but not with emancipated blacks.
The Remnant will march on December 11
“History will have to record that the greatest tragedy of this period of social transition was not the strident clamor of the bad people, but the appalling silence of the good people.”
– Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
I am not sure myself.
Let us hope someone else can enlighten us. ;-)
You can see why they did not include the actual quote, it is hard to deny the truth in it.
The gay activists probably think that most people, upon seeing that quote, would assume that the "bad people" are the gays, and that the "good people" are defenders of traditional marriage. It doesn't work for them, so they omitted it.
see post 12...
Thanks.
LOL! That's as funny as those AP stories about some racial or ethnic slur and they fail to print the offensive words so we can decide for ourselves whether someone was insulted.
In "Letter from Birmingham City Jail," Dr. Martin Luther King stated, "A just law is a man-made code that squares with the moral law or the law of God."
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