The black pastors said that he didn’t stand for gay marriage or abortion.
It took Barack up to the second election to say that he’d “evolved” on the issue (even though he’d ALWAYS been a supporter of homofascists and even told them he’d have to shuck and jive to pitch his campaign to the people in flyover country who cling to God...).
And after he’d “evolved”, he still got over 90% of the black turnout.