Posted on 06/02/2012 2:59:09 PM PDT by NYer
Influential African-American pastors have requested Attorney General Eric Holder to grant them a meeting with President Barack Obama, saying he broke their hearts by endorsing gay marriage – "something that is simply wrong" – as a civil right.
"We pray for the President ... President Obama is the fulfillment of our dreams for our sons -- and he has broken our hearts by using his power and position to endorse as a civil right something that is simply wrong," the Rev. William Owens, founder and president of the Coalition of African American Pastors (CAAP), wrote in a letter to Holder late Thursday.
The coalition, which comprises of leaders of the black church and civil rights leaders who marched with the Rev. Martin Luther King, decided to seek a meeting with Obama after Holder announced he would speak with 350 black pastors to inform them of their rights in speaking for the president without violating their 501(c)3 status.
Organizations with 501(c)3 status are not allowed to be involved in fundraising, political campaigning or lobbying.
"I would pray you have enough residual respect for this group of clergy, to agree to meet with us and other national leaders to discuss our concerns over your and President Obama's endorsement of gay marriage as a civil right," Owens said in the letter, signed by numerous black pastors. "Some things are bigger than the next election."
A day after voters in North Carolina approved a constitutional ban on gay marriage and civil unions by a large margin, Obama announced May 9 that he supports legalizing same-sex marriage. In response to Obama's stance, the CAAP started gathering signatures on a marriage pledge – signed by over 1,000 African-American clergy and Christians thus far.
There is an old saying that I have heard. Be careful for what you pray, your prayers may be answered and you won’t like what you get.
There is an old saying that I have heard. Be careful for what you pray, your prayers may be answered and you won’t like what you get.
SUCKERS!
That is my message to this paster and all the others that in a similar place. Don't go to the wolf for reassurance, go to GOD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! He will lead you. This is a clear message to the black race from God "Do not place other idols before me!" Obviously this paster isn't hearing it. He goes to his graven idol/image for consolation.
Funny how abortion never bothered them.
They will be wasting their breath!
Black Americans, enmasse, “adrift at sea”!!! Obama is not their God!!! He is the devil himself!!! American Blacks will come to rue the day they ever supported this incompetent, farce, flim/flam man Obama. Obama is for one thing, himself, only!!! Nothing else matters, but him!!!
But they will still vote for him.
These men need to be asked, “Do you serve God, or do you serve Obama?” Of course some of them no doubt think they are one and the same.
I'm sure it's nothing that Obama can't handle with a sutable amount of "porkulus" money for the Coalition of African American Pastors.
My thoughts exactly!
Hey all you Black Pastors out there preaching hominy and Black Liberation Theology (that’s BLT, not for eating, but where you combine your black politics with your christian faith to create another gospel), suck it up, get over it, Obama is your ticket to a free lunch, and the one who’s going to give whitey his comeuppance... surely you can squeeze a little homoeroticism into your BLT for the cauz... git-wid-it-mayng...
The Devil wears Obama!
How can these 'pastors' hearts be broken by a sinner? We are all sinners, yet these 'pastors' created themselves an idol out of man, simply due to the melanin content of his skin. Trust in God alone.
They knew this man was not a Christian (or they should have known), yet due to the hue of his skin color, they exulted him as someone to follow. If they had kept in God's Word, they would not have been surprised or 'heart broken'.
Bump to the top!
Obama's vote for the botched abortion execution law in IL did not raise nary an eyebrow from this bunch. The hypocrits will meet with their idol to find the proper weasel words to bring back to their congregations. Obama has their vote no matter what he does.
Don’t go breakin’ my heart
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FcFlp6kl508
Their response: “Some things are bigger than the next election.”
Obama is in serious trouble with these Christians & he doesn't even realize it.
Organizations with 501(c)3 status are not allowed to be involved in fundraising, political campaigning or lobbying.
Very strange that racist card Holder is suddenly concerned about the law, or is he just flipping them off?
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