A writer for the far-right Chuck Colson Center for Christian Worldview wonders whether any of the Wisconsin labor protesters are genuine Christians, and also says she is "pretty certain" that Martin Luther King Jr. would have opposed the Wisconsinites protesting Governor Scott Walker's plans to dismantle the collective bargaining rights of public employees.
Of course, it was King who condemned so-called "right to work" laws because their "purpose is to destroy labor unions and the freedom of collective bargaining by which unions have improved wages and working conditions of everyone," and also told the AFL-CIO that "our needs are identical with labor's needs — decent wages, fair working conditions, livable housing, old age security, health and welfare measures, conditions in which families can grow, have education for their children and respect in the community. That is why Negroes support labor's demands and fight laws which curb labor."
But according to Singer, who used his "Letter from a Birmingham Jail" as evidence, King would have disapproved of the demonstrators. Singer even believes that any Christian should disapprove of the protesters who will "lead this nation to anarchy":
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