Comments on: Obama's Ties To Church Examined

Chicago's Trinity United Church Of Christ Promotes "Black Value System"

[scott4261]

Barack Obama's speech at the Democratic National Convention resonated with me as a liberal Christian. To the depths of my soul, I truly believe that we should be building up the values which bring us together as Americans, rather than harping on the things which divide us. Obama's speeches and writings transcend the ethnic and religious boundaries which tend to build walls between all of us. I am smart enough to know that this church is probably responsive to the spiritual needs of its community in Chicago. And I am very aware of the positions of the United Church of Christ and I would have absolutely no reservations in electing one of its members to the presidency.

This article, like many others, concentrates too much on Obama%u2019s %u201Cblackness,%u201D which is completely irrelevant to whether or not he is fit to serve as President of the United States.

[baybreeze2u]

Church has always been a key avenue for community in the African-American world. This is where people learned to be leaders, financiers, speakers,etc. during times when the broader community only saw us as slaves, second class citizens and other. the church has historically been a refuge from the storms rained on us by lives in the USA. You can not substitute the word "white" for black in the tenets of Senator Obama's church and build a case for double standard. The experiences are different when you move beyond worship of the one God.

[us_infidel]

"I would feel uncomfortable with a church that used the word 'white' instead of 'black' when it talked about these things," she said. "It seems to me we are going backward if we're basing our churches and the help they give on skin color."

Buried on page two of this obvious "puff-piece." If this were a republican candidate, the MSM would already be called for him/her to step down.

[us_infidel]

asks parishioners to accept the "Black Value System," which includes tenets such as "commitment to the black family," "dedication to the pursuit of education" and one critics have seized upon - "disavowal of the pursuit of 'middleclassness."'

Substitute the word "white" for black and see how far it would play. Another MSM double standard.