LETTERS

MLK agreed with Catholics on homosexuality

Cincinnati
US civil rights leader Martin Luther King, Jr. waves to supporters in this 28 August 1963 file photo, from the Lincoln Memorial on the Mall in Washington DC, during the "March on Washington".

In 1958, Martin Luther King, Jr. was writing an advice column for Ebony Magazine called, "Advice for Living." I found excerpts of his column in "The Papers of Martin Luther King, Jr. – Volume IV: Symbols of the Movement January 1957-December 1958" released by the "Estate of Martin Luther King, Jr." Sounds like a credible source.

MLK received the following question from a young man and here's how he replied:

Question: My problem is different from the ones most people have. I am a boy, but I feel about boys the way I ought to feel about girls. I don't want my parents to know about me. What can I do? Is there any place where I can go for help?

MLK Answer: Your problem is not at all an uncommon one. However, it does require careful attention. The type of feeling that you have toward boys is probably not an innate tendency, but something that has been culturally acquired. Your reasons for adopting this habit have now been consciously suppressed or unconsciously repressed. Therefore, it is necessary to deal with this problem by getting back to some of the experiences and circumstances that lead to the habit. In order to do this I would suggest that you see a good psychiatrist who can assist you in bringing to the forefront of conscience all of those experiences and circumstances that lead to the habit. You are already on the right road toward a solution, since you honestly recognize the problem and have a desire to solve it.

MLK, Jr. believed homosexuals and lesbians were not born that way, America's perverted culture gave them abnormal feelings, they acquired a bad habit that controls them, it's a problem only a psychiatrist can cure and admitting they have a problem is the first step to recovery. WOW! Could imagine anyone saying those things today and not being attacked?

Isn't it ironic that the only American with a personalized national holiday was a homophobe? Did you know his real name wasn't even Martin Luther King, Jr.? It's Mike King. His dad just started calling him Martin. He never had his name legally changed.

Once the LGBT cult is done attacking Catholics, maybe they should attack MLK, Jr. and demand that his holiday be abolished.

Tom Wurtz,Fort Mitchell