Debate swirls over Martin Luther King\u2019s monumental \u2018content of their character\u2019 quote \u2013 The Washington Post<\/a>.<\/p>\nHow does the debate over the meaning of that speech parallel other disputes over interpretation, such as the interpretation of the Bible?<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Today honors Martin Luther King, Jr., the man who said this: \u201cI have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character.\u201d That seems clear, doesn\u2019t it?\u00a0 But actually the statement […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1281,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20,21],"tags":[1010,1387,1388],"class_list":["post-14419","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-history","category-holidays","tag-hermeneutics","tag-martin-luther-king","tag-martin-luther-king-day"],"yoast_head":"\n
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