Pastor (Ken Hutcherson): Obama has no 'black experience' to speak of

OneNewsNow ^ | 7/3/09 | Jim Brown

[wagglebee]

A conservative black pastor and former NFL linebacker says he's highly offended that President Obama would compare the plight of homosexuals to that of blacks during the Civil Rights Era.

On Monday, President Obama told a gathering of homosexuals at the White House that he is aware that many of them "don't believe progress has come fast enough," and compared their struggles to those of blacks during the Civil Rights Movement.
 
Ken Hutcherson, the senior pastor of Antioch Bible Church in Kirkland, Washington, says the comments are especially disturbing from an individual who is supposed to be familiar with "the black experience."
 
"But I guess we...have to ask, 'Even though he is black because his father was, what is his "black experience"?' He doesn't have any. He was raised by a white mother and a white grandmother, so this man has about as much black experience as my Doberman Pinscher -- and I guarantee [that] my Doberman Pinscher doesn't have any," he points out. "There is nothing, nothing that compares between what the Afro-Americans went through and what homosexuals are going through now."
 
Hutcherson expresses disgust with evangelicals who still support President Obama, despite his promotion of policies that are at odds with scripture. He says such individuals are part of the "evangellyfish" movement in America.
 
"A person can be as black as a piece of coal, [but] if he goes against God's biblical views, I would not support him, I would not endorse him, I would not even give a smile in his direction so people could even think that I endorse him," he states, "because God is my God, the Bible is my playbook, and I run it the way it is written."
 
During his speech to homosexuals on Monday, Obama suggested that Christians like Hutcherson who oppose homosexuality on biblical grounds hold to "worn arguments and old attitudes." (See earlier article)

[kalee]

I didn’t believe it, but she did. It was about 22 years ago in Atlanta and that was the reason she gave for her daughter not coming to my daughter’s birthday party at our pool.

[telebob]

If I was a black American, I’d never lift a finger to help homos politically.

It just goes to show how self-involved they are as a group and how little regard they have for others when they try to tailgate on the struggles of blacks in America.

Well, what do you expect from a bunch of drama queens?

[fortunate sun]

Growing up in NJ and living my life in NJ and around the shore, I couldn’t count the number of black surfers on one thumb. There were none. I guess it just goes to show, if you’re going to find dynamic individuals, whether first hand or through relations, FR is the place to find them!
Thanks and enjoy the weekend. Take care.

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[Lauren BaRecall]

Don’t forget about all those Jim Stonewall laws in the late 18th century, and the rebellion against them in 1969.

[SuziQ]

"But I guess we...have to ask, 'Even though he is black because his father was, what is his "black experience"?' He doesn't have any. He was raised by a white mother and a white grandmother, so this man has about as much black experience as my Doberman Pinscher"...

LOL! Love it!!

[telebob]

I remember vividly all the ‘No Poofters Allowed’ signs.

Like it was yesterday...

[SteamShovel]

'Even though he is black because his father was, what is his "black experience"?' He doesn't have any.

Which is precisely why he wears his contrived rage on his sleeve.....

.....I only wonder why his white grandparents and mother taught him this fake rage.

I also wonder why he stereotypes whites when his own kin raised him as one of their own. If nothing else, this empty headed dolt should have learned that the white stereotype among racist black folks is as true as the black stereotype among racist white folks.

[Tired of Taxes]

Growing up in NJ and living my life in NJ and around the shore, I couldn’t count the number of black surfers on one thumb. There were none. I guess it just goes to show, if you’re going to find dynamic individuals, whether first hand or through relations, FR is the place to find them! Thanks and enjoy the weekend. Take care.

It's all a matter of location, opportunity, and tradition. I just wanted to add to what Fortunate Sun said above... Like Fortunate Sun, I spent summers at the Jersey shore, too. The vast majority of people on the beach always were "white" (err, "tan", or at least trying to be) at the Jersey shore, so, of course, most people around here probably think black people don't like the beach.

One factor in the number of "white" beachgoers may be the desire to "get a tan". ;-) But, people also tend to go where their great grandparents and grandparents and parents grew up going. It's all about family tradition.

My husband (who is black) grew up in the same area that I did, but his family didn't have the tradition of going "down the shore" every summer. When we moved to NJ, I talked him into going to the beach once, and he was hooked. Ever since then, he always wants to go to the beach, while I can barely tolerate it these days. I have some sort of allergic reaction, and I'm miserable the whole time. :-(

[brwnsuga]

I have some sort of allergic reaction, and I’m miserable the whole time. :-(

I have the opposite going on in my family. My husband is from up North. I grew up here, down South. He is white and hates the beach and I am black and love to go to the beach. (Kids love it too) I tote a whole lot of crap, chairs, two umbrellas, boogie boards, cooler, novels, huge beach hat, sunscreen, blanket, towels, boombox, snacks and plenty of other stuff. We don’t go as often as I’d like. I could sit and watch the tourists till the end of time. Jump in the water and mess around for a while, then pop back on the blanket and get blacker in the sun.

[Tired of Taxes]

I tote a whole lot of crap, chairs, two umbrellas, boogie boards, cooler, novels, huge beach hat, sunscreen, blanket, towels, boombox, snacks and plenty of other stuff.

My husband does the same thing! When we go to the beach, he has to bring half the house with us - cooler filled with food, blankets, chairs, boogie boards, and so on. Then I have to help drag everything across the sand while my eyes are tearing, my nose is running, and my skin is burning. ;-) He and the kids have a great time, though. Growing up, I'd take a towel and a beach bag to the beach with enough money to buy food. I always traveled light, too, even to other countries. With what he brings to the beach, you'd think we were planning to sit on the sand for a week... lol. Exaggerating only slightly there. We do have to bring more for the kids, and that's really what adds up.

Have a good day.