Comments on: MLK DAY, 2008 http://raineweaver.com/secretgarden/2008/01/21/mlk-day-2008/ Tue, 24 Apr 2012 20:11:24 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Raine http://raineweaver.com/secretgarden/2008/01/21/mlk-day-2008/comment-page-1/#comment-3687 Raine Tue, 22 Jan 2008 06:21:30 +0000 http://raineweaver.com/secretgarden/2008/01/21/mlk-day-2008/#comment-3687 I remember a bit of those times (yes, I'm getting old!). It IS hard to believe such powerful words, the foundation of our democracy, could be totally ignored to suit self-serving purposes, ignorance, and fear. But they were, and are today in different, more subtle guises, and apathy is oh so easy. I remember a bit of those times (yes, I’m getting old!). It IS hard to believe such powerful words, the foundation of our democracy, could be totally ignored to suit self-serving purposes, ignorance, and fear.

But they were, and are today in different, more subtle guises, and apathy is oh so easy.

]]> By: Bernita http://raineweaver.com/secretgarden/2008/01/21/mlk-day-2008/comment-page-1/#comment-3686 Bernita Mon, 21 Jan 2008 22:21:06 +0000 http://raineweaver.com/secretgarden/2008/01/21/mlk-day-2008/#comment-3686 I have always found it so hard to understand how those wonderful lines could be interpreted any other way. Those truths ARE self-evident., and the rights ARE unalienable. I have always found it so hard to understand how those wonderful lines could be interpreted any other way.
Those truths ARE self-evident., and the rights ARE unalienable.

]]> By: Melissa Blue http://raineweaver.com/secretgarden/2008/01/21/mlk-day-2008/comment-page-1/#comment-3685 Melissa Blue Mon, 21 Jan 2008 17:58:46 +0000 http://raineweaver.com/secretgarden/2008/01/21/mlk-day-2008/#comment-3685 The Constitution is the best work ever written. The problem came from others interpretation of it. What the Civil Rights movement did was point it out in protest, marches, and only God knows how much else. It is very humbling to think about how many people died so I could sit at the front of a bus, sit in a classroom with non-"coloreds", so that I could vote and not be subjected to guessing how many jelly beans are in a jar. So no you were right Raine to post the picture. He didn't get a national holiday because he made a few speeches. The Constitution is the best work ever written. The problem came from others interpretation of it. What the Civil Rights movement did was point it out in protest, marches, and only God knows how much else. It is very humbling to think about how many people died so I could sit at the front of a bus, sit in a classroom with non-”coloreds”, so that I could vote and not be subjected to guessing how many jelly beans are in a jar. So no you were right Raine to post the picture. He didn’t get a national holiday because he made a few speeches.

]]> By: shesawriter http://raineweaver.com/secretgarden/2008/01/21/mlk-day-2008/comment-page-1/#comment-3684 shesawriter Mon, 21 Jan 2008 17:03:53 +0000 http://raineweaver.com/secretgarden/2008/01/21/mlk-day-2008/#comment-3684 The sad thing is, this didn't happen a hundred years ago. That's what's so incredible. I was a baby, but my mother and grandmother remember these things. That it took the federal government until the late sixties to fully understand The Declaration of Independence is freaking amazing. "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights...." :roll: The sad thing is, this didn’t happen a hundred years ago. That’s what’s so incredible. I was a baby, but my mother and grandmother remember these things. That it took the federal government until the late sixties to fully understand The Declaration of Independence is freaking amazing.

“We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights….”

:roll:

]]> By: Amie http://raineweaver.com/secretgarden/2008/01/21/mlk-day-2008/comment-page-1/#comment-3683 Amie Mon, 21 Jan 2008 16:57:12 +0000 http://raineweaver.com/secretgarden/2008/01/21/mlk-day-2008/#comment-3683 A. Men..... A. Men…..

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