Originally Posted by maximusveritas

Let's see, who are the people complaining about this? The Republicans. Who are the people who tried to stand in MLK's way over 40 years ago? The Republicans (of course, many of them were Southern Democrats at the time). Who are the people who have employed a Southern Strategy to win almost every national election since then (when they weren't facing a Southern Democrat)? The Republicans.
As far as the complaints about it not being appropriate for a funeral, you need to understand that not every funeral has to be exactly the same. Funerals are often planned in order to celebrate the life of the person who died and thus reflect the way that person lived their life. I have no doubt that if Coretta Scott King and Martin Luther King Jr. happened to look down at this funeral from heaven, they would have been cheering on Jimmy Carter and Joseph Lowery with the rest of us.

Originally Posted by Christine Stewart, Former Minister of the Environment of Canada

"No matter if the science is all phony, there are collateral environmental benefits.... Climate change [provides] the greatest chance to bring about justice and equality in the world."