Obama pastor backs gay rights

[davidinalameda]

http://www.washingtonblade.com/thelatest/thelatest.cfm?blog_id=17266

Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama’s controversial ex-pastor in Chicago has largely supported gay rights and has welcomed gays into his 8,000-member congregation at Trinity United Church of Christ, according to activists who know him.

The Rev. Jeremiah Wright, who recently retired as the Trinity Church pastor, has been hit with a firestorm of criticism after news media outlets began airing video recordings of some of his fiery and racially charged sermons, including one in which he blamed U.S. foreign policy for the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks.

In a speech in Philadelphia on Tuesday, Obama distanced himself from Wright’s strident political positions but refused to “disown” his pastor of nearly 20 years, reiterating his praise for Wright as his spiritual mentor.

With Obama competing with rival presidential contender Hillary Clinton for gay votes in the upcoming Pennsylvania primary, revelations of Wright’s controversial sermons have raised questions among some activists about whether Obama’s longtime pastor was among the preachers who delivered fire-and-brimstone sermons attacking homosexuality.

[Clintonista2]

1. And hates women, jews, and caucasians.

Go post this shit somewhere else.

[Drachasor]

11. That's a lie

I'd love to see you prove it, but I know you can't. Go ahead and try.

[Cessna Invesco Palin]

12. Yes, let's get back to posting important stuff from WorldNutDaily. n/t

[ecstatic]

16. proof? Exhibit A: Greta

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=385&topic_id=108348&mesg_id=108348

She couldn't find anything, can you?

[anonymous171]

17. NO U!

[Purveyor]

2. Thank you for posting. K&R eom

[davidinalameda]

4. you're welcome

with all the hatred surrounding Rev. Wright on here lately, it's good to post something positive

[mitchtv]

3. thanks Dwick, altho I don't support BO

It's good to hear someone supports us.

[ExtraGriz]

5. wished some of that gay acceptance had rubbed off on obama.

n/t

[Dhalgren]

6. What I was gonna say...

:thumbsup:

[madrchsod]

7. Tracy Baim, editor of Windy City Times.....

Tracy Baim, editor of Windy City Times, a gay newspaper in Chicago, said Wright has never carried any religious objections to same-sex marriage into the political sphere in Illinois, where the City of Chicago and the state legislature have passed far-reaching gay rights laws.

He has never been a barrier to gay rights at all,” Baim said.

Baim said any hint that Obama’s support for gay rights has been curtailed because of his affiliation with Wright or Trinity Church would be completely false. She noted that Obama has been a strong supporter on gay issues since he first entered politics as a candidate for the Illinois State Senate.

With the exception of same-sex marriage, which both Obama and Clinton have declined to support, Obama has backed virtually all other gay-related issues pushed by gay rights organizations, Baim said.

She noted that both Obama and his wife, Michelle, have regularly attended gay community events in the state

There’s been a great comfort level,” Baim said, that Barack and Michelle Obama have shown in their encounters with both gay men and lesbians.

[mitchtv]

8. Not too comfortable with

the mayor of SF, however. Politics first, I suppose

[davidinalameda]

14. let's not forget Feinstein isn't too comfortable with Newsom either

good old DiFi stood on her front porch the day after Kerry lost and blamed the loss on Newsom and the way he made gay marriage a campaign issue

and who is DiFi supporting this election-why your candidate Hillary

[mondo joe]

9. Must be one of the things 0bama says he disagrees with.

Pity.

[Zuiderelle]

13. Yep.

[LordJFT]

15. Obama wants to repeal all of DOMA, Hillary doesn't

[TechBear_Seattle]

10. By saying "absolutely not!" to our quest for equality before the law

Sorry, that is like claiming to support equal rights for women by keeping them locked up and out of public sight. :eyes: