Posted on 03/17/2012 7:46:57 AM PDT by NYer
Contestant Elise Testone on Fox's fading pop star showcase "American Idol" sang a duet of sorts with Obama this week as part of her cover performance of the Al Green classic "Let's Stay Together."
Just imagine anything of the sort being done with former President George W. Bush. Impossible, we know. But now word is out that a spiritual "Idol" wannabe has been told in no uncertain terms by the producers not to sing the praises of Jesus Christ, according to The Daily News:
American Idol” producers have apparently warned Colton Dixon if he doesn’t tone down his overtly Christian act, he won’t have a prayer of winning the reality competition.
The 20-year-old devout Christian, though, told Today.com that he answers to a higher authority than voting viewers.
When we first started the Twitter and Facebook stuff, they said beware of political and religious tweets,” Dixon told the site. “Just because it can turn off voters or whatever. But, you know, being a Christian is who I am. It is a part of me musically. It is what I want to do after the show — go into Christian music.
So singers giving a shout out to the Lord might be offensive to some viewers, but a segment glorifying Obama, a divisive president hampered with sagging poll numbers, is A-OK with the show's producers?
(Excerpt) Read more at breitbart.com ...
Wright’s “church” seems to have removed it from their website. Does anyone have — or know where to get — a copy of the original?
I don’t know if this is helpful but it was on FR at one time, and also Sean hannity had it too.
What the hell has happened to Breitbart? His site, Big Government, is running an ad now for Alan Grayson for Congress, at the very bottom. Sick, sick, sick.
Those are google ads. I don't know how they work but Breitbart's site doesn't get money directly from Grayson.
Ah yes, Elvis’ Gospel collection. My favorite recordings of all time.
He was the most talented singer ever.
His was a gift of vocal purity and soul.
RIP Elvis.
It's a bit tricky but for those who thrive on challenge, quite doable. First you will need the web address for Rev. Wright's Church: http://www.tucc.org/
You will also need an approximate timeframe for when that statement appeared on his site.
Go to the Wayback Machine: http://www.archive.org/index.php
In the search box, enter the church's web site address. Select the type of search you are making from the drop down menu adjacent to the search box. It will bring up a calendar with highlighted dates. You then visit each date to see if the statement appears on that date. Cross your fingers and 'Good Luck!'.
About Us
We are a congregation which is Unashamedly White and Unapologetically Christian... Our roots in the White religious experience and tradition are deep, lasting and permanent. We are an American people, and remain "true to our native land," the mother continent, the cradle of civilization. God has superintended our pilgrimage through the days of slavery, the days of segregation, and the long night of racism. It is God who gives us the strength and courage to continuously address injustice as a people, and as a congregation. We constantly affirm our trust in God through cultural expression of a White worship service and ministries which address the White Community.
Trinity United Church of Christ adopted the White Value System written by the Manford Byrd Recognition Committee chaired by Vallmer Jordan in 1981. We believe in the following 12 precepts and covenantal statements. These White Ethics must be taught and exemplified in homes, churches, nurseries and schools, wherever Whites are gathered. They must reflect on the following concepts:
The document is verbatim from the files of Jeremiah Wright's TUCC website, ca 2008 -- when Øbozo had been attending there for 20 years.
All I did was replace "Black" with "White" and "African" with "American" -- and add emphasis and color.
About Us
We are a congregation which is Unashamedly Black and Unapologetically Christian... Our roots in the Black religious experience and tradition are deep, lasting and permanent. We are an African people, and remain "true to our native land," the mother continent, the cradle of civilization. God has superintended our pilgrimage through the days of slavery, the days of segregation, and the long night of racism. It is God who gives us the strength and courage to continuously address injustice as a people, and as a congregation. We constantly affirm our trust in God through cultural expression of a Black worship service and ministries which address the Black Community.
Trinity United Church of Christ adopted the Black Value System written by the Manford Byrd Recognition Committee chaired by Vallmer Jordan in 1981. We believe in the following 12 precepts and covenantal statements. These Black Ethics must be taught and exemplified in homes, churches, nurseries and schools, wherever Blacks are gathered. They must reflect on the following concepts:
The document is verbatim from the files of Jeremiah Wright's TUCC website, ca 2008 -- when Øbozo had been attending there for 20 years.
All I did was add emphasis.
Let us see....This guy IS a member of one of the largest professions that has a record of ———RECORD FAILURE!.....Black pastors have led,let a 75-80 % bastardy rate befall their tribe.... With ALL the attendant problems![which DEMS have been promising to cure since FDR]
NUFF SAID!
Pure racism.
During those 20 years we white people were being raised to be color blind, to believe skin color didn’t matter, to treat everyone alike.
There can’t be equality if one side is more equal than the other.
Does anyone find either of those to be even remotely “Christian”?
Absolutely not; it’s racist.
But it was said originally “black.”
Thanks TXnMA.
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