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I'm not black but I don't see any dichtomy. MLK was instrumental in the civil-rights movement. Whether he was Christian or not, that's a separate issue. Blacks can still revere him as a leader, just not as a Christian one (if this article is correct).

It's like those who hold Gandhi as a great leader -- he was hindu, but that does not take away from what he did and I don't see why a Christian cannot still hold Gandhi as a great MAN (note: MAN, human being with human faults and failures -- the greatness part is overcoming those human frailures (:) and doing something great)

It's like those who hold Gandhi as a great leader -- he was hindu, but that does not take away from what he did and I don't see why a Christian cannot still hold Gandhi as a great MAN (note: MAN, human being with human faults and failures -- the greatness part is overcoming those human frailures (:) and doing something great)

Part of the reason he was revered as much as he was by a large percentage of Americans was that he was a CHRISTIAN minister and did these things.

As for this Christian, this removes a whole lot of luster and most of my respect.

And the primary reason for this are my priorities as a Christian, namely, God is first, and everything else is second, third, and so on.

Apparently MLK was not a Christian and more closely aligned with Marx.