{"id":456,"date":"2011-04-05T10:56:32","date_gmt":"2011-04-05T14:56:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/beliefbeat\/?p=456"},"modified":"2011-04-05T11:02:28","modified_gmt":"2011-04-05T15:02:28","slug":"what-would-martin-luther-kings-dream-be-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/beliefbeat\/2011\/04\/what-would-martin-luther-kings-dream-be-today.html","title":{"rendered":"What Would Martin Luther King&#8217;s Dream Be Today?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Yesterday marked the 43rd anniversary of the assassination of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.\u00a0(Not to be confused with MLK Day in mid-January, which marks the civil rights leader&#8217;s birthday.)<\/p>\n<p>As PBS&#8217;s\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/episodes\/march-28-2008\/continuing-kings-legacy\/5021\/\">Religion &amp; Ethics Newsweekly reported on the 40th anniversary<\/a>, King was killed while in Memphis helping sanitation workers who were on strike trying to get recognition for their union.\u00a0But, if\u00a0he were alive today, &#8220;would he be campaigning for economic justice, or might he be a social conservative opposing abortion, or both?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Some recent faith-related\u00a0links:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.episcopalcafe.com\/thesoul\/daily_reading\/there_is_freedom.html\">There is freedom <\/a>(Episcopal Cafe)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/azstarnet.com\/news\/opinion\/article_98d88bd2-709e-5dcf-8167-62ccbeff2d5e.html\">Dr. King had words for today&#8217;s anti-union effort <\/a>(Miami Herald)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/alexander-mikulich-phd\/remembering-mlk-honor-the_b_843848.html\">Remembering MLK: Honor the Dignity of Workers <\/a>(Huffington Post)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/opinions\/from-mlk-a-dream-for-the-middle-class-that-cannot-be-allowed-to-die\/2011\/04\/01\/AFhz6TXC_story.html\">From MLK, a dream for the middle class that cannot be allowed to die <\/a>(Washington Post)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.onenewsnow.com\/Culture\/Default.aspx?id=1321902\">Alveda King: Abortion exterminating black leaders <\/a>(OneNewsNow)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>On an unrelated, morbid note, <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/#!\/search\/RIP%20Kurt%20Cobain\">Twitter has just informed me<\/a> that today is the anniversary of Nirvana frontman Kurt Cobain&#8217;s death. (I&#8217;m sure I&#8217;ll come across some kind of memorial in Seattle later today, but it&#8217;s still early here on the West Coast.) So, RIP Kurt Cobain,\u00a0 as well.<\/p>\n<p>What do you think? Share your thoughts in the Comments section below.<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>*<a href=\"http:\/\/feedburner.google.com\/fb\/a\/mailverify?uri=beliefnet\/beliefbeat\">Click here to\u00a0<strong>subscribe to Belief Beat\u00a0<\/strong><\/a>and\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/beliefbeat\">click here to\u00a0<strong>follow Belief Beat on Twitter<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yesterday marked the 43rd anniversary of the assassination of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.\u00a0(Not to be confused with MLK Day in mid-January, which marks the civil rights leader&#8217;s birthday.) 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