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Black Pastors Meet in Va. to Discuss Support for Obama
The Christian Post ^ | 4 Sep 12 | Michael Gryboski

Posted on 09/05/2012 6:26:52 AM PDT by xzins

A group of black pastors in Virginia held a meeting to discuss how to encourage their congregations to vote for President Barack Obama.

Around two dozen clergy from various churches in the area met for two hours on Saturday in Chesapeake, discussing possible ideas for motivating support for Obama among their congregations. "We are concerned that many of our congregants are developing an aversion to supporting the president at the polls," read the invite email, which was sent out last month.

The major concern among the clergy was that Obama's support for same-sex marriage would prompt many African Americans to refuse to vote for Obama come November.

Since President Obama announced that he had changed his position on same-sex marriage from opposition to support, many black pastors have stated their opposition to voting for Obama in the 2012 presidential election.

In early August, the Coalition of African-American Pastors announced the launch of a "Mandate for Marriage" effort, which involved a petition to gather the signatures of people pledging to support traditional marriage.

The National Black Church Initiative, a nationwide organization led by the Rev. Anthony Evans, boasted of having had several thousand volunteers in Maryland alone who were determined not only to vote for striking down the state's recently passed same-sex marriage law but also against President Obama's re-election effort.

"These 8,000 volunteers are committed to defeating same-sex marriage and to defeating any candidate who supports same-sex marriage," said Evans in an earlier interview with CP. "So when they go to the polls, they will go down the list after voting against same-sex marriage just to vote against any candidate and that includes President Obama."

Evans explained that while he and his organization are Democrats, they nevertheless do not intend to vote for the president. ...

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TOPICS: Extended News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: 2012election; christianity; democratplantation; democrats; elections; gaymarriage; homosexualism; nobama2012; obama
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To: xzins
They'll sell out their souls and vote for him anyway. They'll judge him by the color of his skin rather than his character.
21 posted on 09/05/2012 6:40:34 AM PDT by concerned about politics ("Get thee behind me, Liberal")
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To: xzins

Meanwhile everyone at the IRS is probably parked at Glenn Beck’s accountant’s office.


22 posted on 09/05/2012 6:45:21 AM PDT by Buckeye McFrog
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To: Proud2BeRight

You have to ask the question? Plain as the nose on your face!


23 posted on 09/05/2012 6:48:00 AM PDT by Coldwater Creek (He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High will rest in the shadow of the Almighty Psalm 91:)
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To: LibsRJerks
Um, excuse me black, ahem, “pastors” — they took God out of the platform.

The democrats entire platform is nothing but the advocacy of sin.

"Choose thou. Whom will you serve?"

24 posted on 09/05/2012 6:48:27 AM PDT by concerned about politics ("Get thee behind me, Liberal")
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To: xzins; All

Is it “Racial Profiling” to encourage people to vote for someone solely on the basis of skin color or race?


25 posted on 09/05/2012 6:50:15 AM PDT by Graewoulf ((Traitor John Roberts' Obama"care" violates Sherman Anti-Trust Law, AND the U.S. Constitution.))
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To: xzins

I hope these gentlemen understand obama does not think the way they do.


26 posted on 09/05/2012 6:52:24 AM PDT by freekitty (Give me back my conservative vote; then find me a real conservative to vote for)
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To: xzins

What are the odds that these aren’t the churches the left has in mind when they call for churches to lose their tax-exempt status if they meddle in politics?


27 posted on 09/05/2012 6:53:18 AM PDT by mrsmel (One Who Can See)
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To: xzins

Black pastors for Obama march arm in arm toward Sodom.


28 posted on 09/05/2012 6:54:27 AM PDT by sr4402
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To value the color of a strangers skin over the destination of you very own eternal soul is a tragic decision.

To encourage or organize others astray is another deeper level of hell set aside for you.


29 posted on 09/05/2012 6:54:41 AM PDT by USCG SimTech (Honored to serve since '71)
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To: Proud2BeRight

Racism triumphed over morality in Hussein’s first run, I don’t know why it wouldn’t this time.The polls indicate that that will be the case.


30 posted on 09/05/2012 6:55:35 AM PDT by mrsmel (One Who Can See)
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To: henkster

You are correct. Their “theology” is black liberation theology, not the Bible.


31 posted on 09/05/2012 6:57:40 AM PDT by mrsmel (One Who Can See)
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To: xzins

My guess is most major “Christian” denominations like the Episcopalians, Methodists (the USUAL SUSPECTS) have no issue with the Demcorat Platform removing God from its planks because, to them, religion is no longer about Cod - its about a social agenda. And their sermons, positions on issues and declining membership all reflect this.


32 posted on 09/05/2012 6:59:03 AM PDT by ZULU (See: http://www.youtube.com/watch_popup?v=D9vQt6IXXaM&hd)
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To: xzins

I don’t believe anything trumps their freebies. Yes, they will all vote for Obammy.


33 posted on 09/05/2012 7:00:55 AM PDT by EnquiringMind
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To: concerned about politics

LOL, crackas sure fell for that one!

Seriously, it’s the same old story. Just look at South Africa-it was supposedly all about “equality” and “fairness” until the black majority held the reins, then the mask of moderation fell off. White South Africans are being openly discriminated against, when they’re not being slaughtered.


34 posted on 09/05/2012 7:01:30 AM PDT by mrsmel (One Who Can See)
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To: Graewoulf

Then Obozo is the Profiler-In-Chief, because he’s running a campaign specifically targetting blacks-”I got your back, I need you to have mine”. Not to Americans, specifically to blacks.


35 posted on 09/05/2012 7:04:09 AM PDT by mrsmel (One Who Can See)
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To: xzins

How about the fact he is a Muslim not a Christian


36 posted on 09/05/2012 7:13:28 AM PDT by uncbob
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To: xzins; All
Genesis 1:27-28
King James Version (KJV)

27 So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.

28 And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth.

37 posted on 09/05/2012 7:13:28 AM PDT by Pegita ('Tis so sweet to trust in Jesus, just to take Him at His word ...)
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To: xzins

This really burns me because any other church besides a black congregation would be sued by the federal government. Supposedly pastors, priests, etc., are not allowed to openly endorse a particular candidate or political party from the pulpit.

You can criticize the religious and moral consequences of a political leader or party’s actions, but again, there is not supposed to be an official endorsement of a given candidate or party when preaching from the pulpit. Black congregations are always given a pass on this.

Personally, I think a pastor or priest SHOULD be able to promote or endorse a candidate/party without government interference, but if the feds say you can’t, then why the double standard?? Of course we know why, and it is so blatantly ignored by the media.


38 posted on 09/05/2012 7:20:02 AM PDT by rusty schucklefurd
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To: rusty schucklefurd

re: “This really burns me because any other church besides a black congregation would be sued by the federal government.”

Let me further clarify. Pastors can say anything they want, but if a church wants to keep their “tax-exempt” status they are not allowed to endorse political candidates. At least that’s what I’ve read or heard in the media.


39 posted on 09/05/2012 7:23:05 AM PDT by rusty schucklefurd
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To: xzins

Church and state? And should the churches of these pastors be given tax exemptions if they are engaged in partisan politics?


40 posted on 09/05/2012 7:25:04 AM PDT by kabar
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