Obama's Preacher, Elephant in the Living Room?
After hearing remarks by Obama's preacher, I was reminded of the article posted by "JEKing".
There is no reason to assume that Barack Obama agrees with his minister, The Rev. Jeremiah Wright; in fact, there is every reason to believe he does not. Nevertheless, this is the man who baptized the democratic presidential candidate's daughters, who married him to his wife, to whose church he has gone for many years, where he has heard the minister's sermon week in, week out.
Obama on Friday made his first step in the right direction, when he told the Fox news network that Wright's comments are unacceptable, and do not reflect what he heard when he himself was present for the minister's sermons.
Haaretz
With Wright's public oratories demonstrating his feelings for this country, it's not hard to imagine that his worldview may have spilled over into his teachings. And Barack’s explanation could be the equivalent of “ I did not have spiritual relations with that man…â€
I also think some people are afraid to talk about this issure for fear of being labeled a bigot or a racist…Imagine that?