Yolanda King seems to support lgbt rights...

[bliss_eternal]

unlike her youngest sister, Berniece.

I recently read about Yolanda King, the eldest daughter of Martin Luther and Coretta Scott King. In the article I read, her spiritual beliefs seemed to differ from her other siblings,which surprised me. So I decided to do some digging on the internet about her and found the following article:

http://www.lgbtcenters.org/news/news_item.asp?NewsID=3120

Article excerpt:


NALGBTCC News Items

King vs. King on gay marriage - posted: Wednesday, August 31, 2005

NYBLADE BLOG

It must make for some interesting conversations at the family reunion. It seems the children of slain civil rights icon Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. can’t stop talking about gay rights, on both sides of the issue.

In December, Rev. Bernice King, MLK Jr.’s youngest daughter, took a high profile role in Bishop Eddie Long’s "Re-Ignite the Legacy" march in Atlanta. The march, from King’s gravesite to Turner Field, called on African Americans to return to the political activism of King’s era, and made opposing gay marriage a key part of the agenda.

But this week, Equality California announced that King’s other daughter, Yolanda King, would participate in the statewide gay rights group’s Aug. 20 Equality Awards event in Los Angeles.

Yolanda will take a stand directly opposite of her younger sister, presenting an award to the California State Conference of the NAACP for that organization’s support of gay issues, including a bill to allow gay couples to marry in the state.

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It seems that she may be the one that supports her mother (and father's) belief in equality for all. Unless of course someone has heard otherwise, since the date of this article was last summer.

I'm glad at least one of their kids believes in the equality of all people. Don't know why, but it makes me feel better, after finding out the youngest daughter does not.

[nofurylike]

1. thank you so much for looking into this and posting this, bliss_eternal!

i needed to hear that.

it is comforting.


peace and solidarity!

[bliss_eternal]

2. It's the least I could do...

I was so moved by Coretta's service and the words of so many that knew her well. It just didn't seem possible to me that all of the apples from that tree, could fall so far away--so to speak. ;) It's good to know her influence affected at least one...

:hug: Peace and solidarity to you as well! :hi:

[msgadget]

3. Thanks, Bliss,

I was so shaken by Bernice's actions and then her choice of words at the funeral but didn't see much outrage over it or those hatemongers outside Mrs. King's funeral. This is heartening. I watched the King children grow up so the 'new order' remark made the world tilt and get a little colder.


:hi:

[bliss_eternal]

4. Hi msgadget!

:hi: Good to see you--Happy Valentine's Day (what's left of it--lol)!

I missed a big chunk of Bernice's speech at the funeral, and I was also taken aback by her choice of words, when I found them out. I wasn't previously aware that she opposed to her mother on this issue and was frankly shocked.

[nofurylike]

10. thank you, bliss_eternal! yes! i found it heartbreaking to watch the

service, hearing such deep admiration and love from so many, knowing she is really gone from us!

:cry: ! !

but also, knowing it was there, where the Kings' own daughter Bernice, works to deny equality to so many.


it touched my heart to hear of what you found on your search for knowledge of Yolanda King.

:cry:


:hi: thank you!

:hug:

peace and solidarity, always!!

[TaleWgnDg]

5. Bernice Albertine King (the youngest child) is also . . .

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Bernice Albertine King is also a licensed (inactive status) attorney-at-law in the State of Georgia having received her law degree from Emory Law School and passed the bar in 1992.

She's formally educated with several higher graduate school degrees, but Reverend Bernice Albertine King has a long and deep history against gay rights particularly same-sex marriage. She's marched against gay rights, openly and often. She's preached against gays openly and often, citing biblical sources.

"I know deep down in my sanctified soul that he (Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.) did not take a bullet for same-sex unions." -- Reverend Bernice Albertine King, while in Auckland, New Zealand, October, 2004, who was five years old at the time of King's assassination.

It's my belief and the belief of many that Coretta Scott King would not have wanted to be buried from the homophobic New Birth Missionary Baptist Church, the church of her youngest child and only minister, Bernice King who is an "elder" in the church. New Birth Missionary Baptist Church has received George Walker Bush's Executive Order (bribery) largess of faith-based initiatives payments. I wonder how much money has New Birth, Bernice and her cohort, Eddie Long (senior pastor of New Birth), received in bribery monies from George Walker Bush u/ the guise of taxpayer-paid faith-based initiatives to rail against gays?
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[bliss_eternal]

6. Julian Bond agrees with you--

(as do I)

Excerpt:

Why Julian Bond Skipped King's Funeral
By Keith Boykin
February 10, 2006 12:33 PM
in politics

He is one of the most recognizable figures of the civil rights movement. He marched with Martin Luther King Jr. and he worked with Coretta Scott King in the years after her husband's death. He even served in the state legislature of Georgia, where Mrs. King lived. And now he is the chairman of the board of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP). So why wasn't he at the funeral for Coretta Scott King on Tuesday?

Julian Bond, who is also a professor at the University of Virginia, reportedly told his students in his history class that day why he chose not to attend the funeral in Atlanta. He decided not to go because he felt that Dr. King's message and Coretta Scott King's message were contradictory to the message of the anti-gay New Birth Missionary Baptist Church.

Bond Said Mrs. King Supported Gay Rights

Several students in the class told the University of Virginia student newspaper, The Cavalier, that Bond said King would have opposed the views on gay rights held by New Birth's pastor, Bishop Eddie Long. According to one student who attended the class, Bond "said that he chose not to attend the funeral during her life Coretta Scott King very much for civil rights not just for African-Americans but also for gays and lesbians." Julian Bond has been a longtime supporter of civil rights for gays and lesbians, and he was one of the first civil rights leaders to speak out for the right to marry.

taken from:

http://www.keithboykin.com/arch/001820.html

[TaleWgnDg]

9. Julian Bond together w/ Morris Dees have very often put

.

Julian Bond together w/ Morris Dees have very often put their money where their mouth is, so to speak. Morris Dees was a founder of The Southern Povery Law Center, an excellent non-profit law firm that legally advocates for the poor, minorities, and disadvantaged. Bond was its first president. I have a high regard for Julian Bond as well as for Dees. But if you're unfamiliar w/ the Center's work, I strongly recommend you read about the Center's work. And if you are so included, contribute to the Center's fine work too (it's tax deductible)! https://secure.splcenter.org/donate/online/online.jsp

Yes, I do agree w/ Julian in that he boycotted Coretta Scott King's funeral because it was held at the homophobic church of her daughter, the Reverend Bernice King.

May Mrs. King RIP. She certainly deserves it.
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[bliss_eternal]

15. Thanks TaleWgnDg--

Looks like a wonderful organization! :hi:

[nofurylike]

16. thank you for adding this about The Southern Povery Law Center! eom

[nofurylike]

12. thank you for this, bliss_eternal. i wouldn't have known this, and it

matters so very much.

that was a powerful and moving statement Mr Bond made.

thank you Julian Bond!

"I support Julian Bond's decision not to go."



peace and solidarity!

[bliss_eternal]

7. How does her 'sanctified soul' explain Bayard Rustin?

The openly gay man that organized the march with her father?

http://gaylife.about.com/od/gayrights/a/bayard_rustin.htm


Excerpt from gratefuldread mentioning Dr. King's support of Bayard Rustin,Yolanda King, etc. :

Dr. King also stood on the side of fairness for all. When some movement leaders insisted that the civil rights pioneer fire openly gay Bayard Rustin - an invaluable adviser of King's and one of the architects of the historic 1963 March on Washington - he refused. King never issued a public word about GLBT people or marriage equality, but to me, the Rustin incident is telling.

More from The Raw Story:

"Dr. King believed in granting rights to everybody," said the Rev. Joseph Lowery, a veteran of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference who knew King well. ...

"My own relations with Dr. King would leave me to believe that he would come down on the side of inclusion," Lowery said, "instead of exclusion."
The Kings passed the message of inclusion and equality on to their children.

Their eldest child, inspirational speaker Yolanda King, heard that message loud and clear. I was privileged to meet and talk with her at a 2000 protest in Cleveland by gay-rights direct-action group Soulforce; this woman is true-blue. While there, King, along with other civil-rights veterans, bravely marched alongside equality seekers of all hues and sexual orientations to support equal treatment for gays in churches.

taken from:
http://gratefuldread.net/archives/cat/001468.html

[TaleWgnDg]

8. It fits the rest of Bernice's hypocrisy for the sake of money, period.

[nofurylike]

13. a great man, Bayard Rustin! these are great pieces, thank you so much!!

more

:cry: !!!

more
solidarity


peace!

[nofurylike]

11. thank you for more facts about this, TaleWgnDg. i feel the way you

feel, that Ms King would not have wanted that.


bribery to rail against us...

?!!


peace!

[bliss_eternal]

14. Now I'm wondering about the comments Bernice made

during the funeral, about the selection of her church. Not knowing the history, or the fact that there was controversy about the selection of the church, those comments make sense to me now.

Yuck. She was gloating about having it at her church. That is really ugly, to show out like that on the day her mother is to be layed to rest. Bleh. :puke:

Well, at least I learned some positive things, and some great information about organizations doing wonderful work. Thank you for the links provided.