This year, MLK Day is extra special for two reasons

[thatcrazycajun]

1. Today we commemorate what would have been Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s 80th birthday, but for the assassin's bullet that took him from us far too soon. (The actual date of his birth was the 15th, last Thursday, but that's government holidays for you.)
2. Tomorrow, our nation takes one gigantic step further toward finally achieving the dream of which King spoke so eloquently just three months and two days after I was born. Within sight of the place he gave that speech, our first African-American President will be inaugurated around 12 noon Eastern time.

For these reasons and many, many more, I once again share this graphic created by me from his image and words.

May each of us continue to work, each and every single day and in whatever ways we can, however small, to bring his dream closer to being the reality we all share. And as for anti-equality Pastor Rick Warren, who was inexplicably invited to speak both here today in Atlanta at the official ceremony for King's birthday and also to the far bigger shindig in D.C. tomorrow, we all need to work on clueing him and those who share his views to the real meaning of the Reverend Doctor's last sentence above.

Comments

[smoooom.livejournal.com]

Having not heard of Rick Warren I looked him up. I have not idea about why he was asked to speak today. I would hazard a guess that the President-Elect asked to so pray for a number of reasons. The was a Presidential Forum in his church. - Perhaps that started the idea. And I also thought that perhaps he was asked because Mr Obama wanted to show that he could be accepting of the more Fundamentalist aspects of Christianity. With necessarily agreeing with it. I don't expect that much will come of a possible good will gesture. Just my 2 cents. For what it's worth

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[shelleybear.livejournal.com]

Rick Warren need to see this.

[celticdragonfly.livejournal.com]

Dr. King was such an amazing man. I can never find the right words - but saying he was one of the greatest American sages is the closest I can come right now.