Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s niece, Alveda King, who actively speaks out against civil rights for LGBT people, is now a Fox News contributor.
“It is statistically proven that the strongest institution that guarantees procreation and continuity of the generations is marriage between one man and one woman. I don’t know about you, but I’m not ready to be extinct and none of us wants to be. We don’t want genocide, we don’t want to destroy the sacred institution of marriage.â€
Those words were spoken in the summer of 2010 at a rally against same-sex marriage by Alveda King, the niece of civil rights icons Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and his wife, Coretta Scott King. That event was hosted by the National Organization For Marriage (NOM).
Today, Fox News Chairman and CEO Roger Ailes announced that King has been signed by the cable news network to share her views on social and cultural issues.
“Alveda has brilliantly carried the legacy of the King family to the next generation and has been a source of inspiration for many Americans,” Ailes said, according to TV Newser. “Her passion and mission for social change will be a valuable contribution to our network.”Â
Alveda King’s views actually vary greatly from the heritage of her civil rights activist family.
Her aunt, the late Coretta Scott King, was a supporter of full civil rights, including marriage, for LGBT people. Mrs. King, who, unlike Alveda also supported women’s right to choose, stated that her husband would have had the same beliefs on equality.
By contrast, Alveda King is so virulently anti-gay, that not only does she equate same-sex marriage with genocide, but she claims people who disagree with her views and support marriage equality are going to hell.
Her totalitarian views on marriage and abortion don’t apply to her, of course. Alveda King has had several abortions and been married and divorced three times.
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