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Matter-eater Man said:
Obama has been associated with the United Church of Christ



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the G-man said:
Obama's church may have more in common with the Jesse Jackson/Al Sharpton wing of Christianity than one might have hoped:

    Our roots in the Black religious experience and tradition are deep, lasting and permanent. We are an African people, and remain "true to our native land," the mother continent, the cradle of civilization. God has superintended our pilgrimage through the days of slavery, the days of segregation, and the long night of racism. It is God who gives us the strength and courage to continuously address injustice as a people, and as a congregation. We constantly affirm our trust in God through cultural expression of a Black worship service and ministries which address the Black Community.

    Trinity United Church of Christ adopted the Black Value System written by the Manford Byrd Recognition Committee chaired by Vallmer Jordan in 1981. We believe in the following 12 precepts and covenantal statements. These Black Ethics must be taught and exemplified in homes, churches, nurseries and schools, wherever Blacks are gathered [including]

    Pledge allegiance to all Black leadership who espouse and embrace the Black Value System

    A congregation with a non-negotiable COMMITMENT TO AFRICA.


Uh, how about a committment to "colorblind" leadership and a non-negotiable commitment to the United States?

The article also has a link to a recent sermon from its pastor, Rev. Jeremiah A. Wright, Jr., which recites a laundry list of political, not religious, themes, including:

    "the painful truth of who we are and where it is we are in this racist United States of America!"

    "600,000 dead Iraqi civilians who are dead for no reason other than greed and ego"

    "The President who is “staying the course” and sending 1,500 more troops to their death"

    "the torture of Abu Ghraib, the complete destructions of cities like Fallujah"

    "the larger “war on terror” [has] been based on lies, half-truths and distortions to serve the agenda of the United States imperialism"

    "the 3,000 homeless who are still living or displaced in the real life game called 'New Orleans'"

    "white arrogance"


You know, its funny, but that speech has so little to do with Christ, or Christianity, it could almost be a speech by, dare I say, an Islamic Iman instead of a preacher.

In any event, I can't believe that no one is jumping on the mixing here of church and state.