Posted on 07/28/2013 7:15:47 PM PDT by Tailgunner Joe
Normally when Bishop Samuel Kelsey talks about sodas and candy in July it is in the context of the Vacation Bible School at the New Samaritan Baptist Church in Northeast Washington.
But Wednesday afternoon Kelsey and a host of District community and church leaders listened as Trayvon Martin’s father talked about the Skittles and tea his son was carrying just before he was fatally shot by George Zimmerman.
“What can we do as parents, what can we do as African Americans?” Martin asked during the hearing, “to ensure that our kids that don’t have to be afraid to walk out in front of your house and go to the store and get a bag of Skittles and ice tea?”
Kelsey said in an interview that the shooting of Trayvon Martin and trial at George Zimmerman represents the struggles that go on with people young and old in his church. ....
“Trayvon represents young African American men around the country who are not caught up in this or that and can not just die,” said Kelsey who also took part in a rally in front of the Justice Department where the Rev. Al Sharpton and more than a dozen pastors talked about how Florida would be the “battle ground,” to fight the Stand Your Ground laws in 30 states.
But Tracey Martin, Trayvon’s father, said during the hearing that the activity now needs to lead to something permanent.
“Fifty years from now, when I am dead and gone I hope that the name of Trayvon Martin name is attached to some type of statue or amendment that says you can’t just profile our children, shoot them in the heart and kill them and say you were defending yourself.”
(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonpost.com ...
Churches are supposed to be limited to non-political activities to keep their non-profit status. But Obama will give them a pass on that law, since it helps him.
Act responsible. Stop blaming Whitey (except liberal Whitey, he is racist and oppressive).
Come on boooiii, buy your Traydmark™ bobblehead doll! Obama LOVES his!
Buy yo Traydmark™ tee-shirt! Don't let the crackers git away wid this sheet!
Also go to the official Traydmark™ store and buy yo own Traydmark™ phone, Traydmark™ stickers, Traydmark™ poster....
HB DXM2013, AKA the Creepy Ass Cracker Whoop Azz bill.
If you look like a hoodlum in a hoodie expect to be treated like a hoodlum.
Imagine if conservative preachers took political action regarding gays the way these black preachers suggest?
(I wish they did)
Recall the early 1980s with Pat Robertson and Jerry Falwell and how libs were outraged at the attack on the First Amendment.
Withdraw their tax exempt status.
...what can we do as African Americans?”
First, stop referring to yourself as African.
Many of the other things will fall into place.
Oh no, there goes their tax status.
These church leaders should point out examples of the “ideal wives” that their idols such as Harry Belafonte have chosen. In the picture I saw, she looked suspiciously like a blonde Caucasian woman quite a bit younger than him.
OJ Simpson was tried for murdering his wife - a blonde Caucasian woman. I’d wager that if a survey was taken of professional black athletes results would show that a goodly number of them have wives or girlfriends who are blonde Caucasian gold diggers.
Go figure.
Piss off black women enough and they’ll take care of the black male issues. Surprisingly, that teapot has never come to a boil.
Despite the leftists zero tolerance of violence policies, human nature will always supercede socialism.
Do you want to beat, rob or rape me?
I don’t want you to do any of those things to me.
I am willing to kill you in defending myself against all of those things.
Problem solved. I win.
Just don’t give the kiddies the final ingredient (one of which WASN’T TEA, but you don’t get pity that way, do you Daddy Dearest) for one of the most aggressive drugs out there.
I'd say teaching them not to attack strangers would pretty much do it, nitwit.
Stay married to your spouse; go to church; take the chip off your shoulder; put your nose to the grindstone; make your kid wear decent clothes; don’t let him curse; don’t let him wear “grillz”; don’t let him stay with you when you’re shacking up with your new girlfriend; know who his friends are; take an interest in his education — learn why he is skipping 60% of his classes and getting suspended; teach him to respect women; tell him to lose the macho swagger strut; teach him proper English; teach him how to be a real man, not a thug; keep a watchful eye out for drug and alcohol abuse; make sure he understands the value of a good education.
How’s that for a starters list? If you can master that, we can move onto advanced topics to further ensure success in life. It really isn’t that hard if you give it a serious try.
Exactly.
I am a 64 year old guy and I got to this age by planning to win..... and the blessings of God.
I have a bad heart, my lungs are toast and I have a few other issues that put me at a disadvantage, should I allow a fair fight....but I refuse to lose.
I hope to never use deadly force, but if forced to do so, as soon as I am done with the paperwork, I’ll go out and treat myself to an ice-cream and perhaps a piece of fresh apple pie. ;>)
First of all, stop lying about what trayvon was carrying. It wasn’t tea. It was Watermelon Fruit Juice Cocktail.
So, from this we conclude the black “pastors” will be endorsing a race war with whitey? That’s what all this race baiting is headed towards. Idiots.
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