wfn.org | MCC's Rev. Nancy Wilson: On the Death of Coretta Scott King

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Public Statement by
The Reverend Nancy L. Wilson
Moderator, Metropolitan  Community Churches

Los Angeles, January 31, 2006 -- The Moderator of  Metropolitan Community 
Churches has issued the following statement on the death  of Coretta Scott
King:

Today  we join with people of goodwill around the globe who mourn the passing

of civil  rights leader Coretta Scott King. As people of faith, we also 
celebrate her life  and her lasting legacy on behalf of human rights and 
nonviolence.

We say	with deep conviction: Our world is a better place because of her 
life. And the  lives of millions are better because of her life's work.

Lesbian, gay,  bisexual and transgender people give special honor to the 
commitment she brought	to the civil and human rights of our communities.

We will long remember  her words on the occasion of the 30th anniversary of 
her husband's  assassination, "I still hear people say that I should not be 
talking about the  rights of lesbian and gay people and I should stick to the

issue of racial  justice. But I hasten to remind them that Martin Luther King
Jr. 
said,  'Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.' I appeal to 
everyone who  believes in Martin Luther King Jr.'s dream to make room at the 
table of brother-  and sisterhood for lesbian and gay people."

And we remember with great  affection her presence and support when she spoke

at Metropolitan Community  Church of San Francisco, where she echoed her 
strong commitment to the human	rights of all people, including our own LGBT 
people.

Today, we remember  her family with our love and prayers and offer thanks to 
God for her presence  among us. We pray that each of our own lives, committed

to the cause of equality  and justice, might be a living legacy to Coretta 
Scott King's life and a  testimony to her abiding work.

As Moderator of Metropolitan Community	Churches, I ask that prayers on 
behalf of her family and in celebration of her	life be offered during public

worship in Metropolitan Community Churches around  the world this Sunday.

/signed/
The Reverend Nancy L. Wilson
Office	of the Moderator
Metropolitan Community Churches

NOTE:  A  prayer honoring the life of Coretta Scott King, authored by Rev. 
Elder Darlene  Garner, will be posted on-line at _www.MCCchurch.org_ 
(aoldb://mail/write/www.MCCchurch.org)	on Thursday,  February 2, 2006

For Additional Information, Contact:
MCC  Communications Department
E-mail: _info@MCCchurch.org_ (mailto:info@MCCchurch.org) 
Web: _www.MCCchurch.org_ (http://www.mccchurch.org/)