King's niece defends rally on anniversary of "I Have a Dream" speech
 

(CNN) -- The Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.'s niece is slated to speak Saturday at a controversial rally by radio talk show host Glenn Beck scheduled to take place in the same location as her uncle's "I Have a Dream" speech.

Saturday is also the 47th anniversary of the speech the civil rights leader delivered in front of the Lincoln Memorial.

Beck, a hero to many conservative voters across the country, says that the mission of the rally is to honor American troops and that the event is nonpolitical. The rally is hosted by Beck and the Fox News Channel.

http://edition.cnn.com/2010/US/08/28...eck/index.html



Note:August 28, 2010 Updated 0951 GMT

I can't believe the negative attention this is generating in the press, and apparently around the country. It's been on TV all morning and most of the commentary has been, at best, contemptuous. 'Cept on Fox, naturally.

I guess I don't understand why this perfectly reasonable example of public assembly is getting so much flak from the left. I thought liberals were supposed to be advocates of freedom, human rights, and tolerance. So what is this junk?-
Ok so now it's offensive when they (not the same guys from 5 decades ago) excercise a perfectly normal right in a lawful fashion? Does that not make sense to anyone else?

Liberals are not advocates of anybodies civil liberties or freedoms, but their own. The liberal media sure is trying to put a negative spin on this ,they sure betted on the wrong horse.

Yeah I'm kinda confused here too. Wasn't it the Democratic party of the time that supported segregation?:06:

Ech, I feel the same way about that 200-foot statue of Osama Bin Laden I hear Obama is building beside Ground Zero - don't like it that much, would prefer it didn't go ahead, but that situation is still preferable to it being prohibited.

You jest, but protection of freedoms is that important to some people, including this person. If someone wanted to build a statue of Bin Laden, you would see me protesting it, but not advocating its prohibition.

Know what, it's working on me. Cause seriously, when on the front page msn.com i see this headline:

My first reaction is "**** YOU! you god damn religious ******** intent on ramrodding your dogma until were all living under your freaking THEORCRACY! Like a god damn christian version of IRAN!"

I have no desire to read a god damn thing after that. That head line ALONE was enough to make me pound my fist, because it struck JUST the right cord.

If it someones intent is to push me further away from the republican party... it's working. That headline REALLY pissed me off. I hate having religion ramrodded with a passion. Any group ran by the religious right, will NOT get my vote. They are too extreme, too one sided, too near sighted, hipocritical, preach tolerance when they have none, and every other negative connation i can conjur.

/end rant.

For what it's worth, I feel the same way. I have never believed that God and politics made a good pair.

@ Tak and Duc... you know what, you're Deuce to me from now on. That sounds cool enough to be a nickname, and it fits with my prerogative of developing a short name for everyone.

I doubt the Republican party is trying to attract either one of you, at least, not here. I'm a pretty devout Christian and they aren't doing much to attract me, either. I prefer that religion become seperate from policy.

As we all know, the GOP has a very strong and active Christian demographic that they cannot afford to lose, so they will continue to court their vote. Politically speaking, you just can't put a price on that kind of often blind) devotion, so don't expect them to do anything differently unless the Dems, many years from now, make a successful play for the religious right.

All that aside, these people still have a right to assemble and they have a right to their views. There is no sense in directing your anger or efforts at them. It would be better spent ensuring that they are not given a tool with which to make religious priorities policy.

Except the headline is on MSN.

If a democrat read (and believed) all the headlines on Fox, they'd be pounding their fists, too, no?

The left and right play this religious nonsense.

You get the "religious right" on one side, and apologists for Islamic fundies on the other. All the "religious right" inspired attacks (abortion bombings, etc) in the country have harmed under 2 dozen people. Islam has a higher body count, so I'll worry about them first.

The left thinks nothing at all about supporting religious bigots like the Nation of Islam morons, for example. Listen to any of the speeches at that so-called "million man march?" Did you notice the disconnect between the bits shown on the network news, and the hate-fest stuff they left on the editing room floor?

That's exactly what lefties are doing here. Protesting the offensiveness of it, but not calling for it not to take place. No matter what strawmans people here want to put up.

I wonder what the ruling class thought of it , hope they didn't choke on their lobster. Wonder how the lap dog media will spin this, they said god bless America and prayed for our president and congress. I stand corrected this is the most beautiful sound I ever heard http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OO5y2...eature=related

The rant is understandable. The language is not.

What about a Subsim donations box for every language bleep?

:haha: A SubSim swear jar.

So if Beck is encouraging the tea party gathering to return to God does that mean all the tax protesters will no longer complain about tax?

if you are a tax collecter, they probably will give you a nice burial and say a few good words.

Meanwhile his son, Martin Luther King III, decided to join the counter-rally.

http://www.aolnews.com/nation/articl...-king/19612128

Wondered when this day would come. I'm not pleased that it has, but not surprised either.

The Left's problem isn't the rally is on the day of King's "Dream" speech but because it's hosted by their biggest threats, Beck and Fox News.The Left goes absolutely crazy their lap dog media is all suffering big time in ratings compared to Fox News and thus suffering in their influence. Beck is currently rather influential and it drives the Lefties and some Republicans nuts.The Left is just angry because the election of Obama and all the crap he has done thus far has awaken the sleeping giant in a way, Americans have caught on to the BS of the left and come November they are going to do something about it.Duci, I'm not big on the religious stuff either but keep in mind Beck is a commentator who is a religious man, not a represenative of the GOP, so don't let it drive you back towards the bad guys.

Some have do actually have a problem with it being on the date and location of the "Dream" speech but they are just whining.Martin Luther King does not own August 28th for the rest of eternity nor does he own the Lincoln Memorial so anyway is free to have a rally there.

I have said before I am not a big fan of his and hate to defend him but felt it was needed.