Yes, one more comment about Mr. Glenn Beck's insane antics in Washington this weekend. Most of it has been said, but I'm just wondering one thing more.
Mr. Beck will stand on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial, on the same day when 37 years ago Rev. King inaugurated the Civil Rights movement with one of the most -- if not the most -- important speeches in US history. He will do so under the guise of "restoring honor" to our troops, and with a stated intention of "reclaiming the civil rights movement." Mr. Beck has also previously urged people to flee from any church that advocates social justice or economic justice.
So let's get this straight -- Mr. Beck is being presumptuous and arrogant enough to claim some aspect of the legacy of Rev. Martin Luther King, a man who named "militarism" one of the three core evils of American society, and who possibly did more than any other human being to urge churches to take stands on social and economic justice.
Let us all pause for a moment to consider this question: which is more disrespectful of sacred space and history: building an Islamic Cultural Center a few blocks away from the World Trade Center site in the middle of a very crowded city? Or standing on the very steps made hallowed a generation ago by one of our great spiritual leaders and attempt to undo what he accomplished while pretending to carry his torch? Geez, even Joe McCarthy had a little bit of shame.
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