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Tuesday, January 31, 2006

Coretta Scott King, Portrait Of A Wife




Mrs. Coretta Scott King, the widow of Martin Luther King Jr. died this morning she was 78. She had suffered a major stroke, and heart attack in 2005. She never totally recovered, as if anyone really does. In my humble personal opinion. She had been a testament, to her late husbands legacy until recently. I hadn't heard or seen her do anything, that would veer from the vision. What I consider a snafu. I'll just chalk that up, to her not being in her right mind. When she publicly spoke out, on behalf of Gay marriage. I don 't think that was a continuation of the dream. I think that was for personal reasons. Martin Luther King Jr. wasn't beyond reproach, but he was a man of Christian principles. I don't think he would have compromised the word of God openly, even if it affected him personally. I'm not saying I think she was gay, so don't misunderstand. I think she took that position, because of someone close to her. She wasn't wicked, she was just weak. Everyone is responsible for themselves, but as Christians we can't overlook doctrine. It's imperative that we stand up for right, even when it's unpopular. I think that's just an example of what happens. When we look to a woman, to take a mans place. That iron hand is missing. I thinks it's represenative of his life, that his wife would be well cared for in his absence. Muzzle not the ox, that treadeth out the corn. The labourer is worthy of his hire. Martin Luther King Jr. was the civil rights leader. Coretta Scott King was his wife.

7 comments:

  1. I was getting different stories, on exactly where she died. She died in Mexico, not California. She also suffered from Ovarian cancer. Which could have something to do with her being in Mexico. In a last ditch effort, to try some unconventional methods of medical treatment.

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  2. Anonymous7:23 AM

    I heard T.D. Jakes sponsored the trip.

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  3. Mexican Clinic Where King Died Is Closed
    By TRACI CARL
    AP
    MEXICO CITY (Feb. 3) - The Mexican clinic where Coretta Scott King died has been closed, U.S. Embassy officials said Friday.


    Mexican officials weren't immediately available to explain why the clinic was shut. But Judith Bryan, a spokeswoman for the U.S. Embassy in Mexico City, said the U.S. consulate in Tijuana was helping patients find new facilities.


    The consulate's spokeswoman, Liza Davis, said 20 American patients were at the clinic when it was closed Thursday. Mexican authorities gave the Americans three days to leave the country.


    "None of them were in serious enough condition that we had to get them back in an ambulance," Davis said. "Lots of them had family with them or means to get back on their own. Those that don't, we'll be working with them, and the hospital will be helping them as well."


    King traveled last week to the beachside Santa Monica Health Institute in the Mexican beach resort of Rosarito, 15 miles south of San Diego. She was seeking treatment for advanced-stage ovarian cancer and a stroke she suffered several months ago.


    King's children have said she died there Monday night, although a spokeswoman for the U.S. consulate in Tijuana has said King died early Tuesday.


    The clinic specializes in alternative treatments for patients with incurable illnesses.


    Its founder and director, Kurt W. Donsbach, has a criminal past and a reputation for offering dubious treatments to desperately ill patients, according to court records and a watchdog group.


    However, the clinic doctors assigned to King's case said she arrived in poor health and they couldn't even begin to treat her before she died early this week.


    "She came here with half her body paralyzed," Dr. Rafael Cedeno, who was overseeing her case, told reporters after King's death. "She was in really bad condition."


    King's death raised questions about the safety of alternative medical clinics across Mexico, many of which aren't closely regulated.


    It was unclear if Donsbach's past had anything to do with the closing of the Santa Monica clinic.


    In 1997, Donsbach was sentenced in federal court in San Diego to a year in prison for smuggling more than $250,000 worth of unapproved drugs into the United States from Mexico, according to court records. Donsbach was sentenced on three felony counts, including introducing unapproved drugs into interstate commerce, smuggling merchandise contrary to law and income tax evasion.


    In 1988, the U.S. Postal Service ordered Donsbach and his nephew to stop claiming that a solution of hydrogen peroxide that they sell could prevent cancer and ease arthritis pain.


    A woman who answered the phone at the clinic's corporate offices in San Diego said she had no information on the closure of the Rosarito clinic. Identifying herself only by her first name, Maria, she said she did not know where Donsbach was and there was no one else available to comment.


    The Atlanta Journal-Constitution first reported the clinic's closure in Friday's editions.

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  4. She has been layed to rest next to her husband. At the "Center for Social Change" in Atlanta.

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