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MLK Day Reflection for LGBTQ Justice in the Black Church | Pam's House Blend

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MLK Day Reflection for LGBTQ Justice in the Black Church

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. (image: germeister, flickr)

Today is MLK Day.

I am proud to count myself among the many people working for social justice today who stand on the shoulders of Martin Luther King, Jr.

Too many people think King’s statements regarding justice are only about race and the African-American community – thus excluding the LGBTQ community. But King said that,

The revolution for human rights is opening up unhealthy areas in American life and permitting a new and wholesome healing to take place. Eventually the civil rights movement will have