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Entries for January 21st, 2008

Honoring Dr. Martin Luther King

One of the most appropriate efforts to honor Dr. King is taken each year by the Montgomery Advertiser in their awarding of King Spirit Awards. As always, the honorees for this year are very deserving of the honor. My congratulations to Carlton Robinson, David Sadler, Natsha Starr, Rodney Wilkerson and Tafeni English on their honor.

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Roy Weighs in on “Facing the Giants” in a Public School

Anytime Roy Moore thinks something is a good idea, I am extremely skeptical. Once again, he’s on the wrong side of a debate.

I’ve seen “Facing the Giants”, I attended a showing at my church. It is most certainly a Christian film and is billed as nothing less. It is not appropriate for a school setting and the high school in Huntsville crossed the line in showing it.

The point is not that “most people in Tuscaloosa are Christian”, the point is would you afford the same courtesy to a movie that was attempting to convert people to Hinduism or Buddhism and the answer to that is likely an emphatic “No”.

Group rebuts Giants critics | TuscaloosaNews.com