Very, VERY curious to hear what your thoughts are on this move. Did you expect it? Did you want it? Do you think it was a mistake? Share, share, and share some more…
My personal opinion? I think it was a mistake to leave the church.
Barack Obama resigned Saturday from his Chicago church — where controversial sermons by his former pastor and other ministers had created repeated political headaches for the frontrunner for the Democratic presidential nomination — his campaign confirmed.
The resignation comes days after the Rev. Michael Pfleger, a visiting Catholic priest, mocked Obama’s Democratic rival, Sen. Hillary Clinton, for crying in New Hampshire during the runup to the primary there.
Previously, the Rev. Jeremiah Wright — former pastor at Trinity United Church of Christ and Obama’s minister for about 20 years — drew unwanted attention for the campaign when videos of several of his fiery sermons surfaced.
In them, Wright suggested the U.S. government may be responsible for the spread of AIDS in the black community and equated some American wartime activities to terrorism.
Obama has said he was not present for the controversial sermons by Wright or Pfleger and had condemned both — most recently saying he was “deeply disappointed” by Pfleger’s “divisive, backward-looking rhetoric.”
http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/05/31/1090902.aspx
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/05/31/report-obama-resigns-from_n_104488.html
http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2008/05/31/obama-resigns-from-controversial-church/
http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/05/31/obama.church/index.html
He had to do it, now we can move on.
Mr. Obama i feel is being forced to leave this church, these so call preacher should just preach the gospel and leave these ugle comments along. I think the last straw came when that white preacher made those comments about Mrs,. Clinton. Mr. Obama does not need friends like these.
I think the timing is interesting. THe fact that everyone is so focused ont he DNC this weekend, I’m sure, had something to do with it.
I think we have become really cynical when we begin thinking that people make spiritual decisions based on political polls. It doesn’t matter if we think it was the right thing to do politically. Spiritually, it was what he and his wife felt led to do.
Everything is politically motivated at this point.
I can’t say I believe it’s spiritual, because, like Sable, I question the timing. Maybe it is, that’s between him and God.
I lost all respect for him if it was politically motivated, however. Not that I was in love with him…love his wife, though!