[A Navy Vet]

My first post was about MLK standing for human rights. After which, I got lectured about his socialist leanings. I know about Kings socialism and possibly communist positions. I was only focusing on his "content of character" speech, which I still believe in. One of the best political speeches ever made and I believe he meant it.

I am as capitalist and self-govern (States and local Rights) as they come. MLK said and did some things that were righteous even with his socialist bent. BTW, in case some don't remember, it was the Republicans who passed the Civil Rights Bill back when. Most of the Democrats opposed it. Or do I have that wrong, also?

[re_nortex]

...it was the Republicans who passed the Civil Rights Bill back when. Most of the Democrats opposed it. Or do I have that wrong, also?

The act was passed by a coalition of Yankee 'RATS and the GOPe. Notable in opposition was Republican Senator Barry Goldwater (author of Conscience of a Conservative) who stated:

It so happens that I am in agreement with the objectives of the Supreme Court as stated in the Brown decision. I am not prepared, however, to impose that judgment of mine on the people of Mississippi or South Carolina. That is their business, not mine. I believe that the problem of race relations, like all social and cultural problems, is best handled by the people directly concerned and should not be effected by engines of national power.

Ronald Reagan, who opposed both the 1964 CRA and the 1965 VRA stated:

If an individual wants to discriminate against Negroes or others in selling or renting his house, he has a right to do so.