He mea hoʻohenehene koʻikoʻi ma ka Christian Right's Justice Sunday extravaganza i hana ʻia i ka pule ma mua o ka hoʻolauleʻa aupuni o ka lā hānau o Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

ʻO ka hoʻoponopono he kumuhana i hoʻihoʻi ʻia e ka Mōʻī i kēlā me kēia manawa.

I ʻApelila o 1968, i ka lā ma mua o kona pepehi ʻia ʻana, ua kamaʻilio ʻo King ma kahi hui e kākoʻo i nā limahana hoʻomaʻemaʻe hoʻomaʻemaʻe ma kahi hale pule euanelio ʻeleʻele ma Memphis, Tennessee i lilo i ke kikowaena o nā hana kīwila i nā makahiki 1950 a me 1960. Ua ʻike ʻia ka haʻiʻōlelo e ka ʻōlelo a King ua "Ua hele ʻo ia i ka mauna". Ua hauʻoli ʻo King i ka ʻike ʻana i ka nui o nā haʻi ʻōlelo ʻē aʻe i hele mai ma ka hui. “He kiʻi kupanaha. ʻO wai ka mea i manaʻo ʻia e haʻi aku i ka ʻiʻini a me ka makemake o ka poʻe ma mua o ke kahuna pule? ʻO ka mea haʻi ʻōlelo ʻo Amosa, a ʻōlelo ʻo ia, 'E hoʻoheheʻe ʻia ka hoʻopono e like me nā wai, a me ka pono e like me ke kahawai nui.

ʻO ka ʻōlelo iā ʻAmosa mai ke Kauoha Kahiko o ka Baibala, ʻAmosa 5:24, kahi kikokikona kapu i ka poʻe Kristiano, nā Iudaio, a me nā Mahometa - ʻo "ka poʻe o ka puke". I kēia manawa, he kāula ʻo Amosa, e like me ke Aliʻi, a ua ʻike mākou mai kahi kumu hilinaʻi ʻē aʻe ma ke Kauoha Hou ua hoʻohanohano pinepine ʻia nā kāula koe wale nō ma ko lākou ʻāina a me ko lākou kaiāulu.

I ka makahiki ma mua o kona pepehi ʻia ʻana, ua paʻi ʻo King i kahi puke wānana: Where Do We Go From Here: Chaos or Community? ʻO ke poʻomanaʻo he pono no nā mea a pau, akā aia ka ʻōlelo aʻo inā ʻaʻole mākou e hana like i ka hoʻopaʻa ʻana i ka pono no nā mea a pau, a laila ke kāhea nei mākou i ka haunaele ma mua o ke kūkulu ʻana i ke kaiāulu. Ua ʻōlelo pinepine ʻo King i ke kaiāulu aloha. Ua ʻimi ʻo ia e hui ma mua o ka hoʻokaʻawale.

ʻO ka mahele, ka hoʻopaʻapaʻa, a me ka demonization nā kumuhana mai ka Christian Right, ka mea i hoʻāʻo e hoʻokaʻawale i waena o ka poʻe ʻeleʻele a me ka poʻe gay, a me ka hoʻomāinoino ʻana i nā wahine makemake i nā kuleana hānau. ʻO kahi kuleana aupuni i ka hana ʻana i ka hoʻokele waiwai e hoʻopiʻi ʻia e nā Christian Right ideologues e like me ka coddling i ka poʻe ʻilihune a lākou e manaʻo nei he pono i kahi broom a me kahi Baibala. Ua ʻōlelo ʻia ka maluhia a me ka hoʻomanawanui ma ke ʻano he kōkua i nā ʻenemi hewa. ʻO ka hoʻoponopono ka mea nui o ka hāʻawi ʻana i nā ʻōlelo paʻahao koʻikoʻi.

Ua heluhelu ʻo King i ka Baibala like me nā manaʻo o ka pono Karistiano, akā ua unuhi ʻo ia i nā haʻawina like ʻole mai ka kikokikona. Ua kākau ʻo Episcopal Bishop John Shelby Spong i kēia pilikia ma kāna puke Sins of Scripture: Exposing the Bible's Texts of Hate to Reveal the God of Love. Hoʻomaopopo ʻo Spong he nui nā ʻano like ʻole e heluhelu ai i nā kikokikona kapu. Ua ʻae ʻo Peter J. Gomes, he kahuna pule ma ke Kulanui ʻo Harvard, me Spong. Ua kākau ʻo Gomes: The Good Book: Reading the Bible with Mind and Heart.

ʻO kēia kumuhana o ke kala ʻana i ka puʻuwai a me ke aloha maoli i ke kanaka i hānai i ka ʻike o Martin Luther King, Jr.

Ua hoʻonui ʻo King i kāna ʻike no ka hoʻopono e hoʻokomo i nā poʻe hana, nā lālā uniona, a me nā limahana hoʻomaʻemaʻe hoʻi. Ua ʻike ʻo King i ka hoʻoponopono waiwai a me ka maluhia honua ma ke ʻano o ka hakakā like. Ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia e kākoʻo i nā pono wahine a me nā pono hānau. I ka makahiki 1966, ua lanakila ʻo King i ka Planned Parenthood Margaret Sanger Award, a ua kākau ʻo ia "he pilina koʻikoʻi ma waena o kā mākou neʻe ʻana a me nā hana mua a Margaret Sanger."

ʻAʻohe moʻolelo o ka Mōʻī e kamaʻilio ākea e pili ana i nā pono kāne kāne - ʻoiai ua helu ʻia ka homophobia a me ka sexism ma ke ʻano he "ʻino" e ka King Center - akā no nā makahiki he nui, ua hana pū ʻo ia me kahi kāne male kāne ākea, ʻo Bayard Rustin, he mea hoʻonohonoho radical nāna i huki pū i ka. ʻO 1963 nā kuleana kīwila i Malaki ma Wakinekona no nā Jobs and Freedom, kahi i hoʻopuka ai ʻo King i kāna haʻiʻōlelo "I Have a Dream". Ua noʻonoʻo ʻo King iā Rustin he hoaaloha a he hoa hana, a i ka wā i koi aku ai kekahi iā King e hoʻokaʻawale iā ia iho mai Rustin, ua kāpae ʻo King i ka manaʻo e ʻōlelo ana ʻaʻole ʻo ia e hana i ka hana kilokilo. Ma ka liʻiliʻi loa, hoʻokahi mea kōkua i ka ʻohana Mōʻī i ʻōlelo ma nā kamaʻilio pilikino ua ʻōlelo ʻo King no ke kākoʻo ʻana i nā pono kāne kāne.

Chaos a kaiāulu paha? Demonization a ʻae ʻia paha? Mahele a lokahi paha?

Aia kekahi poe e hai ana i ka lakou hoakaka haiki i ka pono ma ka la Sabati; a me ka poe e ao ana i ke kuokoa a me ka hoopono no na mea a pau, aole i ka la Sabati wale no, aka i na la a pau o ka pule.

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Paʻi muaʻia ma ka
http://defconblog.org/2006/01/justice-everyday/ kahi i loaʻa ai nā loulou i ka kikokikona a me nā ʻāpana leo mai nā haʻiʻōlelo a ka Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

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ʻO Chip Berlet ka mea loiloi koʻikoʻi ma Political Research Associates kokoke i Boston, a ua hoʻokūkū ʻo ia i ka Christian Right no nā makahiki he 25. ʻO ia ka mea kākau o Right-Wing Populism ma ʻAmelika: kokoke loa no ka hōʻoluʻolu.

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