Obviously, that question was huge on his mind, as Father Paul Mayer at the Huffington Post points out
Birthday celebrations and national holidays end up being empty gestures if they are not about the authentic quest to fulfill Dr. King’s dream to end militarism and to end the systematic oppression of the poor and the workers. And what would Dr. King say about the violence against the earth inherent in the human causes of global warming? President Obama’s recent eloquent message in Tucson about unity and healing can help move us toward domestic civility. But we must also address this fundamental core of violence present in our culture.
See? He was all about globull warming. Sigh. He’d probably say “we have real problems to deal with, rather than made up ones, and, bless your heart, you aren’t helping.”
PS: do I really have to mention that Dr. King spoke more about equality, rather than “social justice”?
