Marin Luther King Jr. was a Republican!!! ?? [View all]

[Yooperman]

Again my right wing fundie cousin posts on face book more out right lies. I wish she would just do a simple search to really see if what she posts is true or not. They (right wingers) just make this stuff up and this posting had over 40k comments... so it's been around awhile.

Along with MLK Jr's picture... this is what the post said:

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Did you know Martin Luther King Jr. was a devout Christian, a Baptist Pastor who taught Christian and family values and on top of that was a Republican?

Yes it is certainly true. In fact it was Democrats like Bull Connor, Al Gore Sr. and others in Congress that fought against the Civil Rights Act of 1964 while Republicans worked and voted to pass it. It was also Democrats like former Senator Robert Byrd who was the Grand Wizard of the Ku Klux Klan during that time.

What would MLK Jr think of the Democratic party today and its platform built on anti-Christianity, victimhood and reliance on government from cradle to grave rather than self reliance?

LIKE and SHARE if Martin Luther King Jr was a GREAT AMERICAN!

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Instead of posting in the FB thread I just emailed her a more personal message along with a link to PolitiFact's article stating this was a "FALSE" claim.

Jeeeze! I am getting tired of continually having to correct these people.

YM