Martin Luther King Jr. Drew His Moral Authority From Religion

‘Hate cannot drive out hate,’ is the teaching that guided the civil rights hero.

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Martin Luther King Jr. on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial at Washington, D.C., August 28, 1963. Via Wikimedia Commons

As America is celebrating the Reverend Doctor Martin Luther King Jr’s birthday, it’s fitting to mount a defense against those using him as a political weapon, to carry on the legacy of his words, “Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.”

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