Read the following excerpt from Martin Luther King, Jr.’s “Letter from Birmingham Jail:”
I was arrested Friday on a charge of parading without a permit. Now there is nothing wrong with an ordinance which requires a permit for a parade, but when the ordinance is used to preserve segregation and to deny citizens the First Amendment privilege of peaceful assembly and peaceful protest, then it becomes unjust.
I submit that an individual who breaks a law that conscience tells him is unjust, and willingly accepts the penalty by staying in jail to arouse the conscience of the community over its injustice, is in reality expressing the very highest respect for law.
How does King’s reference to the First Amendment strengthen his point?
Group of answer choices
King is comparing his situation to the laws governing the United States.
King is contrasting his situation with the laws governing the United States.
King is contradicting the fairness of a law if it applied in different ways.
King is supporting the fairness of a law if it is applied in different ways.