Martin Luther King's Niece Campaigns Against Gay Marriage in Maryland
Calls relationship between gay groups and NAACP an "unholy alliance"
Alveda King is once again making her uncle roll in the grave. This time around, Dr. Martin Luther King's niece has lent the family name to a Maryland ad that attacks marriage equality and the LGBT community. Check out Alveda's latest attempts to smear her uncle's legacy after the jump!
In the ad blasting marriage equality efforts in Maryland, Alveda deems the gay community an "unholy alliance" hellbent on ending civilization and implores voters to be on the "right side of eternity" at the ballot box in November.
Editor's Note: As of February 29, 2024, commenting privileges on reason.com posts are limited to Reason Plus subscribers. Past commenters are grandfathered in for a temporary period. Subscribe here to preserve your ability to comment. Your Reason Plus subscription also gives you an ad-free version of reason.com, along with full access to the digital edition and archives of Reason magazine. We request that comments be civil and on-topic. We do not moderate or assume any responsibility for comments, which are owned by the readers who post them. Comments do not represent the views of reason.com or Reason Foundation. We reserve the right to delete any comment and ban commenters for any reason at any time. Comments may only be edited within 5 minutes of posting. Report abuses.
Please
to post comments
Even if you support gay marriage, you have to admit that not allowing gay marriage is discrimination of behavior which is not the same as discriminating against someone based on the color of their skin. Race and sexual preference are not comparable.
Alveda King is once again making her uncle roll in the grave.
Why? Is there some evidence that MLK was in favor of gay marriage?
She argues that heterosexual marriage, albeit with many affairs if you become a national figure, is the "natural" way...