Religion News Service Insists Black Ministers On Board with Obama; WashTimes Finds Dissenters Pushing for Meeting with Obama
"Black preachers [are] divided on same-sex marriage, not Obama," insists the Washington Post's headline for a June 1 Religion News Service article about how African-American ministers across the country may disagree with President Obama on same-sex marriage, but that they are 100 percent committed to his reelection.
RNS's Lauren Markoe based this analysis on the amen chorus of some 200 pastors at a recent meeting of the Conference of National Black Churches. But Markoe failed to report a dissenting group of African-American ministers, the Coalition of African-American Pastors, which has sent a letter requesting an audience with President Obama as the Washington Times' Stephen Dinan reported Friday:
The Coalition of African American Pastors has demanded a meeting with President Obama to try to change his mind on his personal embrace of same-sex marriage.
The pastors fired off a letter this week to Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. asking him to set up the meeting with the president, and painted their quest as a civil rights cause.
"I can promise you personally, as an organizer of the civil rights movement in Nashville, I did not march one inch, one foot, one yard for same-sex marriage," said Rev. William "Bill" Owens Sr., founder of the coalition and organizer of the letter.
While saying they are proud of Mr. Obama's success and calling him the "fulfillment of our dreams for our sons," Mr. Owens and the 19 other religious leaders who signed his letter said the president's evolution to embrace same-sex marriage "has broken our hearts by using his power and position to endorse as a civil right something that is simply wrong."
Pollsters have wondered how Mr. Obama's decision to embrace same-sex marriage would play with various segments of voters, and in particular with black church-going Christians, who generally tell pollsters they support the president but many of whom are also opposed to gay marriage.
"Some things are bigger than the next election," the pastors said in their letter.
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I thought 'race' wasn't an
Submitted by killa37 on Mon, 06/04/2012 - 12:37pm.
I thought 'race' wasn't an issue.
I thought 'race' wasn't an issue.
Submitted by Colonel Robert ... on Mon, 06/04/2012 - 1:11pm.
killa37,
It isn't ... if you're Black. Quoting Reverend David Manning ...
YES! YOU MAY QUOTE ME! Read the Lying Stream Media and verify for yourself.
Colonel Robert F. Cunningham,
Albuquerque
Isn't Manning that 'black'
Submitted by killa37 on Tue, 06/05/2012 - 12:19am.
Isn't Manning that 'black' minister who goes HARD after Boy Baraka - and has been doing it since the last campaign?? I've seen some of his video clips - doesn't he call Barama a 'long-legged mack-daddy'??? Am I right about this?? If I am, I like that guy very much - he's 'blacker' than Boy Baraka, and also comes from America - which is something that Boy Barry can only lie about.
Don't kid yourself
Submitted by motherbelt on Mon, 06/04/2012 - 12:39pm.
They will vote for him anyway, explaining (rationalizing?) that it's about the totality of his positions, not just one.
Or tell themselves he doesn't really believe that; he's just saying what needs to be said.
The media shouldn't pretend
Submitted by Ken Shepherd on Mon, 06/04/2012 - 12:55pm.
The media shouldn't pretend there is not some debate on that point here. To what extent there will be dissent remains to be seen, and it's possible many African-American voters will just elect not to vote for either Obama nor Romney, but I think the media are eager to say this is not going to be an issue at all in terms of his appeal to what is his most loyal voting bloc, and what has been among the most loyal voting blocs for the Democratic Party at-large.
I see your point. I guess
Submitted by motherbelt on Mon, 06/04/2012 - 1:09pm.
I see your point. I guess some of them have to have reservations. And I agree with you that it might depress black turnout.
The really interesting thing is going to be how enthusiastically the black ministers urge their flocks to vote.
ThoseWhoDoNotVote
Submitted by Lamdog on Mon, 06/04/2012 - 9:56pm.
Those who do not vote and choose to remain home is a vote for Romney. If the choice to remain home in states such as Virginia or North Carolina, the road to the White House became a little bit easier. They will find a way to rationalize and still pull the lever marked D.
If they admit to that for all to hear
Submitted by hbnolikeee on Mon, 06/04/2012 - 1:04pm.
"he's just saying what needs to be said", they're admitting that the know he is lying for votes so its okay. So much for truth and honor.
It is impossible to use words
Submitted by killa37 on Mon, 06/04/2012 - 1:07pm.
It is impossible to use words like 'truth and honor' in the same sentence as Baraka Hussein Obama. In fact, I think he revels in the fact that he makes up his own truth, and a lot of people, plus most of the media, buy into it.
obama the post-Christian
Submitted by MidAmerica on Mon, 06/04/2012 - 1:22pm.
Asking Black Christians to abandon long held beliefs for obama is just the same as Catholics also being asked to abandon long held beliefs to support obama.
I have lots
Submitted by misterbee241 on Mon, 06/04/2012 - 1:36pm.
of black Christian friends. Many are deacons, pastors and ministers. Most of them are on my facebook page. All of them have my email. When Obama came out for same sex marriage, only one told me he would no longer support Obama. All the others were silent. The issue has never been mentioned by them.
Nothing matters
Submitted by Russian55 on Mon, 06/04/2012 - 2:02pm.
For some, they could find Obama standing over a warm body holding the bloody knife and would still say "We support him!"
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Those who beat their swords into plowshares will end up plowing for those who kept their swords in the first place!
Russian
Submitted by LinTaylor on Mon, 06/04/2012 - 2:50pm.
Been saying the same thing for years. On top of that, George Dubya could pull an entire family out of a burning building, and the LSM would probably say he started the fire himself for publicity purposes.
The liberal media
Submitted by c5then on Mon, 06/04/2012 - 2:16pm.
regardless of what company they work for, cannot imagine any religious value taking precedence over political ideology.
Madison and Jefferson and Franklin built a Republic - Roberts killed it!
So we are for free and open
Submitted by Okieflyover on Mon, 06/04/2012 - 7:56pm.
Sex where the risks are vd and unwanted pregnancy and HIV. Free contraceptives. Free and open and legal drugs ( overdose and addiction and HIV risks) but against slurpees because they might be wasted calories
I just ate 3 chocolate turtles and washed it down with a real coke It is time to lock me up and throw away the key obviously.
Black ministers supporting Obama
Submitted by Steve Cakouros on Tue, 06/05/2012 - 12:02pm.
No one can support Obama and call himself a Christian. It is simply not possible.
This November we will find out if black clerics side with Jesus or with the Liberal agenda of Obama.
It has come to that because Obama is pure evil. He attacks the unborn, freedom, and the family.
Rev. Stephen A. Cakouros
Evangelical Presbyterian Church.
I am a Catholic christian
Submitted by dyardley on Tue, 06/05/2012 - 12:56pm.
.....and agree with you 100% Evil does exist in our world and although I don't have the right to judge Obama, I do have the right to judge his actions.....pure evil.
Black ministers supporting Obama
Submitted by Steve Cakouros on Tue, 06/05/2012 - 12:02pm.
No one can support Obama and call himself a Christian. It is simply not possible.
This November we will find out if black clerics side with Jesus or with the Liberal agenda of Obama.
It has come to that because Obama is pure evil. He attacks the unborn, freedom, and the family.
Rev. Stephen A. Cakouros
Evangelical Presbyterian Church.
Black ministers supporting Obama
Submitted by Steve Cakouros on Tue, 06/05/2012 - 12:02pm.
No one can support Obama and call himself a Christian. It is simply not possible.
This November we will find out if black clerics side with Jesus or with the Liberal agenda of Obama.
It has come to that because Obama is pure evil. He attacks the unborn, freedom, and the family.
Rev. Stephen A. Cakouros
Evangelical Presbyterian Church.