Yes.
Sorry you feel deeply uncomfortable but there is such a thing as "suitability". MLK could be the greatest leader in the world, I don't care. You are at a Royal Wedding IN BRITAIN, not a political rally in D.C. You bring up slavery at the wrong moment and for your own political purposes (read about Rev. Curry's agenda in the U.S.) when history in front of your eyes is showing you that the BRF is accepting, in fact, embracing a bi-racial woman.
Mentioning Facebook and Instagram? How about if he had said: "I was drinking a Coca-Cola this morning while reading the Bible.." Don't people see how vulgar and inappropriate mentioning brands is??
You're offending tradition by laughing at the royal using carriages, I mean...come on, people.
This is what Rev. Curry said about Martin Luther King (who, by the way, had a doctorate in theology and was a Baptist minister):
"Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. once said: 'We must discover the power of love, the redemptive power of love. And when we discover that, we will be able to make of this old world a new world. Love is the only way."
This is the reference he made to slavery:
"Someone once said that Jesus began the most revolutionary movement in all of human history: a movement grounded in the unconditional love of God for the world. A movement mandating people to live that love, and in so doing, to change not only their lives, but the very life of the world itself. I am talking about some power. Real power. Power to change the world. If you don’t believe me, well, there were some old slaves in America’s Antebellum South who explained the dynamic power of love, and why it has the power to transform. They explained it this way. They sang a spiritual, even in the midst of their captivity. It’s the one that says there is a balm in Gilead—a healing balm.
There is a balm in Gilead to make the wounded whole. There is a balm in Gilead to heal the sin-sick soul. One of the stanzas actually explains why: if you cannot preach like Peter, and you cannot pray like Paul, you just tell the love of Jesus, how he died to save us all. That’s the balm of Gilead."
In both cases he CLEARLY used those references to illustrate the power of love.
And you think they were unsuitable for a wedding????????? And it was done for Rev. Curry's political purposes????????
Go figure.