> He drew on the moral resources of the American civil religion to activate our shared identity and values: “When the architects of our republic wrote the magnificent words of the Constitution and the Declaration of Independence, they were signing a promissory note.” And: “I still have a dream. It is a dream deeply rooted in the American dream. I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed: ‘We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal.’”
Martin Luther King Jr famously appealed to the Bible and founding documents of America as the basis for civil rights. Now that those two have been trashed by current society, to what broadly agreed upon standard will the civil rights reformers of today appeal?
Martin Luther King Jr famously appealed to the Bible and founding documents of America as the basis for civil rights. Now that those two have been trashed by current society, to what broadly agreed upon standard will the civil rights reformers of today appeal?