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The mainstream media has not reported this and they won’t report it because it hurts Barack Obama. He is ignoring requests from Black ministers and the African American media for a meeting over the issue of Gay marriage. He obviously plans to continue ignoring them until they get the message: “Go away and start working for my reelection!” In May when Barack Obama “evolved” his position on Gay “marriage” and decided he needed Gay money more than he needed Black votes he lit a fuse that is burning closer to an electoral powder keg. Upon first hearing of his “change...

TRENTON, N.J. - Black clergy who endorsed Sen. Jon Corzine (news, bio, voting record) for governor Monday found themselves on the defensive over $2.5 million in donations the senator's foundation has made to their churches. Corzine's opponent in the governor's race, Republican businessman Doug Forrester, mentioned the wealthy Democrat's generosity to black churches during a news conference earlier Monday, implying that Corzine's gifts might have influenced the ministers' endorsement. "I don't know which particular ministers will be casting their lot with Sen. Corzine and don't know what individual relationships they may have in terms of financial ones with the Corzine...

With a collective cry of "hallelujah," more than two dozen African-American clerics on Wednesday joined a growing national chorus of religious leaders in black churches who oppose same-sex marriage and may withdraw their support for politicians who favor it. Meeting at the Sweet Holy Spirit Gospel Baptist Church on the South Side, leaders from more than 28 denominations vowed to collect 50,000 signatures in the city's black churches and warned city and state politicians that they should not count on the churches' historical support unless they oppose same-sex unions. Although black churches' political activity has generally centered on economic concerns...

<p>Parents of inner-city school children locked in failing public school systems should be given school vouchers to attend private or public schools elsewhere, a coalition of black clergy leaders said yesterday.</p> <p>"For the 26 years I have been in New Jersey, there have been a host of public school reform proposals, a multitude of major state Supreme Court rulings and billions of dollars spent to achieve parity and improve test scores," said the Rev. Reginald T. Jackson, executive director of the Black Ministers Council. "Yet, the fact remains, that with few exceptions, urban schools and most minority students still do not meet minimum state standards or receive a quality education," Jackson said, speaking at a news conference in Trenton.</p>

On Wednesday, April 2, 2003, an Old Bridge, NJ man was shot and seriously wounded by a NJ State Trooper, as he allegedly ran the Trooper down, at Newark Exit 15E. The Trooper, who received minor injuries during the incident,had stopped the motorist, Leon Wolniewicz, age 48,after a high speed chase,by blocking off his rented Mercedes, after Wolniewicz passed through the toll booth. As the Trooper walked back to confront the motorist,Wolniewicz allegedly knocked him down with his car; at which point the Trooper fired once, hitting him in the neck. The Trooper has been placed on desk duty (...