Is It Unfair To Attack Obama’s Reverend?
I go to church, and like Senator Obama, I’ve sat quietly in my seat listening to my pastor say things which with I’ve disagreed, oftentimes strongly. But that doesn’t mean that I believe him to be any less a man of God.
God is perfect. Men are fallible. Which means men like Pastor Wright are fallible, too. Pastor Wright brought Barrack Obama closer to God. That’s his life’s purpose. He is not a man of politics. That’s Senator Obama’s territory. And to hold Senator Obama responsible for Pastor Wright’s views is, in my view, totally unfair.
I hasten to add, it’s equally unfair when the media try to indict a conservative politician for attacking the religious views of his or her church.
I couldn’t disagree more, and in rebuttal let me ask this question: What if Obama’s pastor was Fred Phelps of “God Hates Fags” fame? Would Obama’s association with such an extremist matter then?
And let me say that I don’t see a whole lot of difference between Phelps and Rev. Wright. Phelps feels that 9/11 was God’s punishment for America refusing to persecute gays. Wright feels 9/11 was God’s punishment for America being racist. Phelps feels that AIDS is God’s punishment for homosexuality. Wright feels AIDS was manufactured by the government to eradicate blacks. Phelps feels there is a conspiracy of homosexuals that seek to control the government at every level. Wright feels there is a conspiracy of white people that do control the government at every level.
Personally, I think it’s perfectly acceptable to judge someone by the people they choose to associate themselves with. Just as I feel perfectly comfortable in judging a member of Phelp’s Westboro Baptist Church on nothing other than that membership, I feel pretty comfortable judging Obama based on his relationship with Reverend Jeremiah Wright.














