Even southern Baptist churches are cowardly on the race issue. The Southern Baptist Convention has had a black president for two terms now and dares not say anything negative about O’Bummer. Last year the convention publicly reprimanded Richard Land, a stalwart conservative leader on its staff, for saying politically incorrect things about the Trayvon Martin matter. Shameful.
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That article makes my blood boil. He criticizes race-baiters for stirring up emotions and exploiting the case, and is condemned for stirring up emotions.
The Southern Baptist Convention includes numerous predominately black churches. The trial was a civil matter, highly divisive the entire time. The correct outcome was reached from both a legal and a spiritual perspective, justice has been served as much as fallen mankind is capable. Therefore, silence upon the matter is the only appropriate course, particularly for the SBC.