It seems Chicago's Trinity United Church just won't leave Barack Obama out of its controversial headline making ways, so the Illinois senator is leaving it.
News of Obama resigning from the church was confirmed by his spokesman Ben LaBolt. At press time, no other details are available.
We all know about the huge firestorm that was centered around remarks by the church's now ex-pastor, Jeremiah Wright. Rev. Wright said the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks were the "chickens coming home to roost" on the U.S. for its foreign policy. He also uttered the now-infamous words "God damn America."
Obama publicly disagreed with the sentiments in a carefully crafted speech about race, in which he said he could do no more disown Wright than one could disown a family member. Now it seems that Barack is disowning the church that he attended for more than 20 years.
The newest controversy involving the church flared up this past week when video of the Rev Michael Pfledger's sermon from last weekend appeared on the Internet.
To put it mildly, Pfleger, a Roman Catholic priest, doesn't exactly see eye to eye with his superiors in the Chicago archdiocese as far as his political activism is concerned.
In his appearance at Unity, Pfleger seemed to go out of his way to mock Sen. Hillary Clinton. He also suggested the former first lady is a white elitist who felt entitled to the Democratic nomination.
Pfledger has since apologized, stating that his opinions have nothing to do with Obama’s views.
When the story broke on Thursday, the Obama campaign called pfleger's rant "divisive, backward-looking rhetoric." When Obama appeared in Great Falls, Montana on Friday, he made no mention of Pfleger. He is expected to deal with it this evening while campaigning.
Below is the link to check out the video of Rev. Pfledger’s controversial statements.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TWigzBClEk8&eurl=http://www.eurweb.com/story/eur43949.cfm
