OUR VIEW: Celebrate holiday for what it’s worth
Despite the controversy that has for some time surrounded “Human Rights Day,” er, “Martin Luther King Jr. Day,” er, the holiday that falls on this Monday, the concept behind the holiday still has merit and is important to celebrate.
It is, however, irritating that the Utah State Legislature has spent so much of its precious time debating something that most other states have already figured out.
Celebrating the efforts of one of the most pivotal figures in human history should not be controversial.
We should be willing to look back at what is hopefully the beginning of the not-far-off end of prejudice and racism.
It is sometimes difficult for Utahns to remember how far we as Americans have come as far as civil rights are concerned and more importantly how far we still have to go.
Furthermore, it is infantile for the Legislature to require that the holiday formerly known as “Presidents Day” be renamed “George Washington/Abraham Lincoln Day” before changing Human Rights Day to Martin Luther King Jr. Day.