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  • AP Exclusive: Franklin’s family says eulogy was offensive

    09/04/2018 3:22:46 AM PDT · by SkyPilot · 53 replies
    AP ^ | 4 Sep 18 | DAVID BAUDER
    The late Aretha Franklin’s family said Monday that it found an Atlanta pastor’s eulogy delivered at the Queen of Soul’s funeral last week to be offensive and distasteful. The eulogist, the Rev. Jasper Williams Jr., was criticized for a political address that described children being in a home without a father as “abortion after birth” and said black lives do not matter unless blacks stop killing each other. Franklin’s funeral was on Friday. “He spoke for 50 minutes and at no time did he properly eulogize her,” said Vaughn Franklin, the late singer’s nephew, who said he was delivering...