Minister: Ken Lay was Crucified Like Jesus

People say all kinds of nice things at funerals. Sometimes they go over the top. Comparing Ken Lay to Jesus, and Martin Luther King is an example of gross eulogizing.

Lay's memorial attracts power elite - Jul. 12, 2006 (Reuters).

The Reverend Dr. Bill Lawson compared Lay with civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. and Jesus Christ, and said his name would eventually be cleared.

'He was taken out of the world right at the right time,' he said. 'History has a way of vindicating people who have been wronged.'

"Ken Lay was neither black nor poor, but I'm angry because Ken Lay was a victim of a lynching."
"The folks who don't like him have had their say. I'd like to have mine ... (Like Jesus Christ) he was crucified by a government that mistreated him."

CNET summarizes some of the most negative comments about Lay in the blogs.