On this day Congress enacted Martin Luther King Day, a day of celebration for civil rights. But to whom do we owe this homage?

Those familiar with Mr. King place the highest scholarly degree on him, the Ph.D. This attribution of “Doctor” to Mr. King certainly sounds very important, quite scholarly and worthy of achievement. That then must be the first cause of celebration, that a black person rose up from the generally downtrodden ranks of the black people.

But take cover, celebrators! The first hint of a drizzle is now being felt and a few gray clouds can be seen. As the good Lord detests lying and is infinitely bound to truthfulness, He sometimes expresses himself in the form of weather for religious folk to read his countenance by.

Now for the truth: Mr. King was one of the 20th century’s worst plagiarists, plagiarizing most of his sermons, lectures and writings, and almost half of his doctoral dissertation. The timing of the dissertation was especially profound—it was submitted several years after he became a preacher. So much for “Thou Shalt Not Lie.”

Mr. King’s unearned doctorate still stands valid to this day since… well, he was black, and black people should be acknowledged and praised no matter how poorly they behave because of all the wrongs that have been done to them in the past.

Despite this, the man must have had some endearing and noble characteristics for us to emulate. For what reason would Congress enact a national holiday called Martin Luther King Day and not simply “Black Day” to make the holiday more general, a name admittedly which marketers could polish up a bit.

The King Center states it beautifully and would appear to be the second cause for celebration:

The Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday celebrates the life and legacy of a man who brought hope and healing to America. We commemorate as well the timeless values he taught us through his example — the values of courage, truth, justice, compassion, dignity, humility and service that so radiantly defined Dr. King’s character and empowered his leadership.

But would the fact that Mr. King was a rampant womanizer while married with four children shed any darkness on the previous values that “radiantly defined Dr. King’s character”? In more eloquent terms, that means King stuck his penis in lots of people while maintaining a commitment to his wife “to have and to hold, for better or for worse…until death do us part,” and the King Center ignored that tidbit of his character.

Even so, he was a black person who, by nature of being black, was rightfully entitled to be excused of many behaviors normally thought of as abominations. Even worse, so much for “You shall not commit adultery.”

Now the heavens have opened up with a furious deluge and a sky of deep crimson red at the previous discovery, but the people pay no heed, busy with bowing down to a lowly unbound man as they are and thoroughly uninterested in the known charges against Mr. King or the potential charges against him from the FBI now sealed by the Court for fifty years until 2027.

The key question is this: What happens when a lying and adulterous man is considered a role model by a particular group of people? Simple, the group models themselves accordingly with high rates of crime, unwed mothers, illegitimate children, etc. You get the picture.

Needless to say, I’ll skip this holiday and consider it a day to pray for Sinners.