Posted on 09/01/2018 11:12:06 AM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
The funeral for Aretha Franklin in Detroit on Friday also briefly became an impromptu forum on the Black Lives Matter movement and other issues critical to the African American community.
The Queen of Soul was remembered during a nearly eight-hour service that featured tributes from former U.S. President Bill Clinton and civil rights leaders, as well as often emotional performances by entertainers Ariana Grande, Jennifer Hudson and Gladys Knight.
The Rev. Jasper Williams Jr., pastor at Salem Baptist Church in Atlanta, delivered the eulogy for Franklin and used his time at the podium to raise social issues he said were critical to the black community.
“Do black lives matter? Let me answer like this. No. Black lives do not matter, black lives will not matter, black lives ought not matter, black lives should not matter, black lives must not matter until black people start respecting black lives and stop killing ourselves, black lives can never matter,” Williams said....
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Aretha would have been appalled by this funeral.
How much did her family get for turning the Funeral into a Circus ?
Aretha Franklin “black” funeral - truth
John McCain “white” funeral - bullshit
Compare and contrast.
Aren’t CHRISTIAN funerals meant to pay respect to the deceased and remind people that JESUS is the only way to heaven?
What are things like back in the 19th Century?
I wonder. Good point.
Certain people never miss an opportunity to turn tragedy into political currency.
STFU about BLM - stop committing crime, and stop using tragedies to put all the blame for your self-induced pathologies on Whitey.
How many ‘potty breaks’ did they have.?
Lunch and dinner intermissions?
Best part of the whole shebang was aunt maxie giving a movie from a cartoon salute to the crowd and the crowd giving a standing ovation. Where else can you find a crowd of supposed adults with an iq average about 50 since they believe some magic sci fi movie characters and country are real ?
Has Al Dumbton sung R-E-S-P-I-C-T yet?
I didn’t read the entire speech, but the excerpt from Rev. Jasper Williams, Jr. was pretty impressive. Brave, honest, direct, and true words.
LOLOLOL
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