Pastor calls for unity

MLK was all about personal responsibility and being judged by the character and not the color. For decades this message has been perverted and reversed by the Jesse Jackson type race pimps who were interested only in their personal power. Now the message is coming back to it's original intent. The new black leaders of the community are successful businessmen and responsible people that teach the message of self reliance and preparation for life. Honor is beginning to regain a place of respect. I hope this trend continues.

you were silent and on the sidlines then and you still are now. HELLO!

your intelligence is also unwavering

Does anyone know for sure if King lived a Christian lifestyle. I have heard things about being un-faithful to his wife.

Soldout, all have fallen short of the glory of God. Even weak minded individuals as yourself and patriciathomas. If you don't have anything positive to say, why don't you just take a "time out" for the MLK Holiday. You two are as bad as the radicals that protested at the funerals of soldiers killed in Iraq. How low will you go to make your Warped points?

fred dont pay attention to them, alot of folks are sitting around and laugh at these comments, its like a comic relief at my job.

I certainly agree that MLK would be proud that someone of color has reached the office of President. I actually think we should have moved the inauguration up one day so that Obama could have been sworn in on MLK day. However, if indeed MLK sincerely preached character not color, he may be disappointed from what we have seen thus far from Obama. I hope not. Lord knows we need a good leader. But the best predictor of future behavior is past behavior.

Since when is aking a guestion a bad thing? I asked it to see if I would get a fair response. King said for us to judge him by his character and not the color of his skin. I see I did not get an answer but got an attack instead. Yes Christians fall short but they are commanded to repent and turn from their wicked ways.

Since I didn't know or recieve the anwer to my original question I was able to find it at http://marriage.about.com/od/politics/p/martincoretta.htm

soldout, the negative response and otherwise lack of answer from the fred was your answer. Of course MLK lived a life of excess because of his power, that didn't mean he didn't have a good message that has been ignored by the entitlement community so far.

Being unfaithful to your wife, and producing children at random is not frowned upon in the black community...so yes, MLK, is idolized by many even though he was a cheater in his marriage.

Jillian who gave you the green light to speak for the African-American community about the acceptance of unfaithfulness and producing children at random when it is apparent that you have a narrow minded view which is also not representative of the African-American community for the most part.

As a minister, MLK started with a vision from God & traded it for the dreams of men. Dreams die with the dreamer, Gods vision is the coarse of history. God's purpose has always been to redeem his "children of God" from the "created of God" God loved MLK and like other great leaders in the Bible God allowed his legacy, good and bad, to be apparent to encourage us. I pray that Obama has a vision from God and won't trade it for the dreams of men. Many will say that because of his belief on different issues that he is is not obedient to the authority of God but scripture teaches us that God puts kings on their thrones and he blesses or curses them according to His good pleasure and purpose. It also teaches us that God removes His hand of grace from His people when we become rebellious for His name sake. If His church is to be judged and disciplined in this generation then His church must be prepared to praise Him all the more in time of famine, pestilence and disaster. His healing comes when we are reaching out rather than crying over our misfortunes and blaming others. Isaiah 58

Since you asked, the 1st Amendment gave me the right to speak...and I am not speaking for anyone other than myself. I know what I have seen ....if you were to look at the world of sports alone you would see tons of evidence backing up the truth of what I said among black athletes hailed as "heroes" when in fact they are anything but a role model.