MLK Day

Forget about that whole judged-by-the-content-of-your-character-and-not-the-color-of-your-skin thing. Fifty-one percent of America has anyway. I spotted this in Magnificat magazine, quoting commentary from Bishop James D. Conley:


In his powerful and profound Letter from the Birmingham Jail, Martin Luther King said the Constitution and Declaration together form the “great wells of democracy” that express “the most sacred values in our Judaeo-Christian heritage.” King was right. Our country was not founded to be a theocracy. But our country is also unimaginable without reference to the values of our Judaeo-Christian heritage. America’s founders shared a common belief that religion mattered – not only for the private salvation and welfare of individuals, but also for the commonweal of the nation.