Who hasn't disagreed with their preacher?

What a strange couple of weeks it has been with the presidential campaign. Someone has unearthed a video of Barack Obama's former pastor, the Rev. Dr. Jeremiah Wright, delivering a sermon shortly after Sept. 11, 2001. [Jerry Falwell], with [Pat Robertson]'s explicit approval, said that God...

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Published inSunday gazette-mail
Main Author Hicks, Elliot G
Format Newspaper Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Charleston, W.V Charleston Newspapers 06.04.2008
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Obama, Barack
Wright, Jeremiah
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Summary:What a strange couple of weeks it has been with the presidential campaign. Someone has unearthed a video of Barack Obama's former pastor, the Rev. Dr. Jeremiah Wright, delivering a sermon shortly after Sept. 11, 2001. [Jerry Falwell], with [Pat Robertson]'s explicit approval, said that God had "lift[ed] the curtain and allow[ed] the enemies of America to give us probably what we deserve." He blamed the abortionists, the feminists, the gays and lesbians and the ACLU, among others, as being complicit in causing us to get "what we deserve." Look at the transcript for yourself at Beliefnet.com. What fawning politicians got tarred with that brush? If you don't support Obama's candidacy, then don't. But you can't think of setting a standard that requires one to walk out on his community just because one of its leaders falls off the deep end. Life is more complicated than that, and we all know it.