Posted on 03/21/2008 2:56:20 PM PDT by Man50D
On March 29, 2008, Rev. Dr. Jeremiah Wright is scheduled to receive Brite Divinity School's Black Church Leader Award. Brite and Texas Christian University share a Fort Worth campus, but are independent schools. This week, TCU is probably wishing they were even more independent.
The Dallas Morning News and the Fort Worth Star Telegram have reported on the controversy that led to a decision to move Wright's award ceremony off campus. A TCU senior official told me that both schools have received many angry phone calls in opposition to Wright's award. Consequently, "in light of what happened at Virginia Tech and for the safety of the students," the event will be held off-campus at a site yet to be identified. The official added that "Brite is a small school and getting swamped with calls."
The only Brite staff person authorized to speak about the matter is President D. Newell Williams. Neither Williams nor his administrative assistant were available for comment. I am not suggesting they are dodging questions. No doubt they're struggling to figure out how to best handle this situation without damaging the school. They're academics, not media consultants.
Meanwhile, Brite Divinity School posted a statement on its website addressing the issue. Here are excerpts from that statement:
"After careful review, and understanding the sincere concerns many have voiced in response to recent media reports, Brite has for the following reasons affirmed the Black School Studies Program's decision, made months ago, to recognize the contributions of the Rev. Dr. Jeremiah A. Wright, Jr. at the fourth Annual State of the Black Church Awards Banquet.
(Excerpt) Read more at americanthinker.com ...
>>”in light of what happened at Virginia Tech and for the safety of the students,”<<
They think people are so offended by Wright that someone will kill students?
...and who also preaches racial hatred.
Here’s hoping he gets an award every week through November.
Reading their defense, it seems very clear that all they care about is the growth in his church and the outreach programs he developed.
Funny, Jim Jones also had a church which experienced strong growth and had strong outreach programs. I wonder if Brite ever gave him an award.
I emailed a link to the source story to my mom; she graduated from TCU.
Lordy, not ALL of the Christian Church, (Disciples of Christ) congregations are ultra liberal....some of these members must be gnashing their teeth at this!
No,. but oddly enough Brite Divinity should have...
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/jonestown/sfeature/race.html
I don’t know why anyone would want to go listen to him anyway, once he gets going he sounds like a chainsaw. If I wanted to be entertained with chainsaws, I’d go to a lumberjack exhibition. He gives a whole new meaning to the title “Rev”erend.
The vile hatemonger is honored? How disgusting...
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Send treats to the troops...
Great because you did it!
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Jim Jones was the son of a Klansman.
Yup, and amazingly grew up to be just as racist in his own weird way. A big chunk of his slaves at Jonestown just happened to be black.
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