MLK DAY 2010 ....there is still work to be done

Today is the Martin Luther King Holiday in honor of the life and work done by Rev. King in the name of non violent social change. At the MLK Center web site it says that Rev King worked so that "Racism and all forms of discrimination, bigotry and prejudice will be replaced by an all-inclusive spirit of sisterhood and brotherhood."

Reverend King brought about significant social change and much greater equality for America. Yet, today as the struggle for equality continues, there is no voice among the Black Community who will speak out in favor of Freedom to Marry. Not even Barrack Obama will support Gay Marriage. The question today is this: Was this struggle for equality a BLACK issue or a movement to expand Human freedom? Sadly, after all the talk is done, Blacks are generally not supportive of "equal rights" for the Gay community.

Prior to the 1967 Supreme Court Decision, Loving v Virginia, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loving_v._Virginia interracial marriage was illegal in 15 US States under anti-miscegenation laws. These laws based on moral and religious beliefs made it a crime to marry blacks and whites. The NAACP and Reverend King long sought the end of these laws and viewed them as unfair. In this case, the court ruled that Virginia's anti-miscegenation statute violated both the Due Process Clause and the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment.

Today in Kalifornia and throughout America and Europe, citizens are working to expand this freedom granted to Blacks in 1967, 40 years ago. The Freedom to Marry movement asks that all citizens be granted these same rights to marry whom they choose. On MLK Day I am asking Black Americans to speak out in support of this right for others. Where is the outrage and where are the Marches among Blacks in support of others? Social Change and Freedom did not come to Black America without the support of others. It's time to return the favor.