Something to add from an acquittance of mine off the INTERNET:
Where have Southern good manners gone?
It's always been my understanding, due to my proper Southern upbringing, that good manners and the very best of behavior is an absolute requirement at church, especially at a funeral.
What, in the name of all that's Holy, came over decent folks at the King funeral?
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Everyone is entitled to his or her own opinion and politics, that's the right of every citizen, but the King funeral today has been the worst display of bad manners that I have ever witnessed!
In the South that I was raised in, a funeral is a time to honor a life past, to mourn a life lost, and to remember a life lived........not an opportunity to sling mud and call names. Politics are for the campaign stump not the funeral parlor.
I am sorry for Coretta King that her funeral should have been such an undignified event. I did not often agree with her, but I think her passing should have been accorded respect, by all parties, political and social. She EARNED that right!
Sincerley,
Becky Howell