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....He may have done some good for Black Americans, but I also think that he laid the groundwork for even more problems by helping to put them on the Government plantation and destroying Black families.

Would it be appropriate to say that much of King's work was Church-based? (A point that the Left likes to hurry past, it seems) Black America, at that time, was very religious and far stronger as families than they are today. Somewhere between Selma and the Great Society, God was erased from the equation and replaced by the Welfare Check. Was it King himself who did this or white liberal Government bureaucrats who condescendingly ripped away people's pride and sense of self-worth because 'they need our help'? I tend to feel that it was more the latter, who continue to wrap themselves in King's mantle while gutting the heart of his intent.

"Would it be appropriate to say that much of King's work was Church-based? (A point that the Left likes to hurry past, it seems) Black America, at that time, was very religious and far stronger as families than they are today. Somewhere between Selma and the Great Society, God was erased from the equation and replaced by the Welfare Check. Was it King himself who did this or white liberal Government bureaucrats who condescendingly ripped away people's pride and sense of self-worth because 'they need our help'? I tend to feel that it was more the latter, who continue to wrap themselves in King's mantle while gutting the heart of his intent."

Being as I don't (didn't) trust King, I have to say that the church was a convenient cloak both to give credence to his actions and to divert the church from the role of saving souls.

Mind you, I am not suggesting that there weren't wrongs that needed to be righted or that the church doesn't have a role in helping the community, but the church's primary mission is to preach the gospel and save souls.