MLK jr carried the gospel; that is why he was jailed and opressed by the state
in the civil rights movement the correlation between voting and legislation passed in favor of black people is null. what did cause a rise in legislation in favor of black folks was the nonviolent actions spurring up across the land. once those actions ceased, the legislation stopped, while at the same time those same black people continued to vote. So the connection between voting and getting something done to relieve suffering is weak. the most powerful actions were those outside the ballot box.
in some places it is against the law to preform charity. my advice to the person living in such a place: if preforming an act of charity seems necessary, you should simply break that law rather than propose an amendment or new law to vote on.
Quote:
Be ashamed to die until you have won some victory for humanity.
Horace Mann
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victory for humanity
is victory in Christ