I know that Dr. Martin Luther King’s wife, Coretta Scott King, was a strong voice for LGBT equality. Which is why I was so surprised to learn that MLK’s daughter Bernice has a history of homophobia.
Now, after being appointed the first female head of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, Bernice is being called on to renounce her anti-gay bigotry by The Daily Voice, “Black America’s Daily News Source:”
Bernice King can make history in two ways. She made it first by becoming the first woman in the 52 year history of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference to take the organization’s reins. Now she can make history in another way. She should renounce the anti-gay bigotry of her recent past. That bigotry was on shameful and insulting display in December 2004 when she and thousands of marchers stood at the gravesite of her father, Martin Luther King, Jr., and denounced gay marriage. The implication was that King might well have stood with her and them in their protest against gay rights.
King may have . . . praised his daughter for having the courage and conviction to march for her beliefs, but that would not have changed his unyielding belief that bigotry is still bigotry, whether it’s racial or sexual preference, and must be uncompromisingly opposed.
Learning that MLK’s daughter has actively worked against LGBT equality is, honestly, a complete head-scratcher for me.
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