{"id":340,"date":"2011-01-17T11:30:42","date_gmt":"2011-01-17T11:30:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/beliefbeat\/2011\/01\/rev-martin-luther-king-jr-day-faith-news-roundup.html"},"modified":"2011-01-17T11:30:42","modified_gmt":"2011-01-17T11:30:42","slug":"rev-martin-luther-king-jr-day-faith-news-roundup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/beliefbeat\/2011\/01\/rev-martin-luther-king-jr-day-faith-news-roundup.html","title":{"rendered":"Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day: Faith News Roundup"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Today is the U.S. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/the-press-office\/2011\/01\/14\/presidential-proclamation-martin-luther-king-jr-federal-holiday\">federal holiday marking the birthday of the Rev. Dr.&nbsp;Martin Luther King Jr., <\/a>which some people observe as <a href=\"http:\/\/mlkday.gov\/\">a national day of service<\/a>.&nbsp;(The civil rights icon would have been 82 this year.)<\/p>\n<p>Here are some faith-related links:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.jta.org\/news\/article\/2011\/01\/16\/2742569\/giffords-husband-urges-volunteer-service#When:13:03:00Z\">Giffords&#8217; husband urges volunteer service on MLK Day <\/a>(JTA)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/religion.blogs.cnn.com\/2011\/01\/16\/obamas-attend-church-in-washington\/\">Obamas attend church in Washington <\/a>(CNN Belief Blog)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/onfaith.washingtonpost.com\/onfaith\/guestvoices\/2011\/01\/honor_dr_martin_luther_by_embracing_american_muslim_community.html\">Honor Dr. Martin Luther King by embracing the American Muslim community <\/a>(Russell Simmons and Rabbi Marc Schneier for On Faith)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.politicsdaily.com\/2011\/01\/15\/is-the-black-church-dead-debate-flares-among-african-american-c\/\">Is the Black Church dead? Debate flares among African American Christians&nbsp;<\/a>(Politics Daily)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/ncronline.org\/blogs\/ncr-today\/martin-luther-king-jr-would-support-afghan-war-defense-department-says\">Martin Luther King Jr. would support Afghan war, Defense Department says <\/a>(National Catholic Register)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/news\/opinion\/forum\/2011-01-17-column17_ST_N.htm\">MLK was a religious visionary, too <\/a>(Eboo Patel for USA Today)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.episcopalcafe.com\/lead\/race\/how_would_martin_luther_king_j.html\">How would Martin Luther King Jr.&#8217;s last Sunday sermon play today?<\/a> (Episcopal Cafe)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Share your thoughts &#8212; including any other&nbsp;news&nbsp;links that relate to this topic &#8212; in the Comments section below.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"Apple-style-span\"><span class=\"Apple-style-span\">*<a href=\"http:\/\/feedburner.google.com\/fb\/a\/mailverify?uri=beliefnet\/beliefbeat\">Click here to<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span><strong>subscribe to Belief Beat<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/strong><\/a>and<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/beliefbeat\">click here to<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span><strong>follow Belief Beat on Twitter<\/strong><\/a>.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today is the U.S. federal holiday marking the birthday of the Rev. Dr.&nbsp;Martin Luther King Jr., which some people observe as a national day of service.&nbsp;(The civil rights icon would have been 82 this year.) Here are some faith-related links: Giffords&#8217; husband urges volunteer service on MLK Day (JTA) Obamas attend church in Washington (CNN&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-340","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","category-politics"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Rev. 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