Glenn Beck Shocked God was Not Omitted in 'Selma' Film; 'Not Guns. Not Violence. GOD is the Only Answer'

Glenn Beck

Radio host Glenn Beck recently gave his thoughts regarding the new civil rights themed film, 'Selma' in a recent episode on his radio show.

The devout Mormon media personality endorsed the movie because he believes it accurately showed how Dr. Martin Luther King's faith in God impacted his mission for racial equality 50 years ago.

"I think there's something to learn for everybody in this, because nobody is going down this road. No one is going down the road of Martin Luther King. They're all making exactly the same mistakes. And there's a lot to be learned there," said Beck on his radio show.

"Why did he win? Why did he change the world? God is the only answer. Not guns. Not violence. God is the only answer. It's the only way to win."

In addition, the 50-year-old Everett, Washington native also revealed how pleased he was that the movie did not omit anything regarding the late minister and the events that happened during the civil rights movement.

"Martin Luther King has been used and misused," said Beck. "Martin Luther King can only answer for what he did and didn't do when he was alive. Not what his family has done or what his supporters like Jesse Jackson have done, but what he did. And this movie shows you what he did, and I believe in a very accurate way."

The former Fox News Channel host also clarified that he was shocked the film took a non-partisan approach regarding its portrayal of then-U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson on the issue of civil rights.

"It does not paint the liberal lion, the progressive giant of LBJ as a good guy. It shows LBJ as one of the biggest racists out there," said Beck.

"I want to point out one thing the movie didn't point out - that is, George Wallace was a Democrat, not a Republican, not a conservative. A Democrat."

The outspoken political analyst further explained why everyone, especially children should see this monumental film based on the life of the late freedom fighter.

"There were a lot of people in [Martin Luther King's] own party, in his own camp, that did not like him and did not like the way he was doing things. They called him a traitor and everything else. He stood for peace. He knew, yet he didn't back down," said Beck.

"Watch that movie," it's critical that you bring your kids to that movie, I think."

The 'Selma' film arrived in movie theaters nationwide on January 9, after it previously debuted as a limited release on Christmas Day, 2014.