Posted on 08/16/2019 9:31:31 AM PDT by SaveFerris
GREENVILLE, S.C. (AP) — Joe Darby, a South Carolina pastor in the African Methodist Episcopal Church, pondered a sensitive question that he knew was on the mind of his congregation. Would black voters be able to reconcile their conservative religious doctrine with voting for a gay candidate for president?
"It's a heavy lift in the black church," says Darby, who is also a Charleston-area NAACP leader. "Just as nobody who is racist likes to say, 'I'm a racist,' nobody who is homophobic in the black community likes to say, 'I'm homophobic.'"
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"I'm interested to see how Buttigieg is going to play," said Darby, saying that the mayor "does the best job of articulating his faith of any of the candidates" but is inherently running up against barriers with those to whom he's still an unknown. "The most damning comment was at a clergy breakfast, and when his name was brought up another guy said, 'Yeah, that's the guy who kissed his husband on TV.'"
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Jon Black, an AME pastor along South Carolina's coast in Bluffton, said that he presumes the church will ultimately move past any divisions over homosexuality and same-sex marriage, as it did previously with divorce.
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"If it gets down to two or three candidates and one happens to be gay, I don't think that would be a problem for black communities," Black said.
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This is how Manchurian Candidate Barack Hussein Obama got elected. Though Mayor Pete doesn't have a snowball's chance in....
To be fair, their are similar people of all colors in churches voting Democrat.
What this pastor is essentially saying is “Yes, homosexuality is a sin but my flock will get free stuff if he’s elected - and that’s good enough for me.”
Who gives a #### if he takes it...well...
They’re already voting for abortion!
Exactly- selling the soul for free stuff-
Are black churches preaching and advocating socialistic principles?
The pastor is saying it will “be interesting to see how he plays”.…..
The RATS are looking for a stealth candidate and they still think The Gay Guy could be it.
Its not going to happen.
It’s why Black Liberation “Theology” is taught....
See “Jeremiah Wright Jr.”.
Spiritual father of not only Manchurian Candidate Barack Hussein Obama, but All-Roads Oprah Winfrey.
Oprah “left” though...
[ Its not going to happen. ]
Very true.
I’m sure Mayor Pete is looking for any back door to sneak in, of course.
Drudge pimped him a lot. Now he’s on to 1/1024th Elizabeth Warren.
[The pastor is saying it will “be interesting to see how he plays”.…..]
Yes, he’s saying “Who will believe my lies?”.
Spirit of antichrist.
You can see “da Rev” Al Sharpton’s face on “The Word Network”. It’s in one of their commercials.
[What this pastor is essentially saying is “Yes, homosexuality is a sin but my flock will get free stuff if he’s elected - and that’s good enough for me.”]
Yes, that’s exactly what he’s saying. I guarantee you he was a two-time Obama voter.
Which one is that? (I haven’t kept up obviously)
“If it gets down to two or three candidates and one happens to be gay, I don’t think that would be a problem for black communities”
unless that gay is a Republican, then he should be thrown off a building...
‘Are black churches preaching and advocating socialistic principles?’
they are preaching one thing; vote Democrat...
Look how many “Catholic” Notre Dame students and faculty voted for Buttwipe.
[Look how many “Catholic” Notre Dame students and faculty voted for Buttwipe.]
Skulls full of liberal mush and the product of liberal seminaries.
The rapid decline in America since:
1) The economic crash of 2008 and
2) The advent of the Lying Kenyan
A bit of a .... harbinger.
Though you can tell some people are pushing back against the radical Left.
Notre Dame gave the Kenyon a PHd. That tells me alot.
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