Senator Barack Obama Resigns from his Church

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PRESS CONFERENCE WITH SENATOR BARACK OBAMA (D-IL), CANDIDATE FOR DEMOCRATIC PRESIDENTIAL NOMINATION
SUBJECTS: WITHDRAWING MEMBERSHIP FROM TRINITY UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST; DNC RULES AND BYLAWS COMMITTEE DECISION

ABERDEEN, SOUTH DAKOTA
8:00 P.M. EDT, SATURDAY, MAY 31, 2008

SEN. OBAMA: Well, it is good to see you guys. We’ve got two things to talk about, although you may have more.

The first is that a letter that I had sent to Trinity United Church of Christ, my home church for some time now, was apparently released to CNN, and so, you know, I think it’s important that everybody get a chance to ask me some questions about this. Michelle and I told Reverend Otis Moss that we were withdrawing as members of Trinity.

Source: fednews.com via politisite

CHICAGO — Reverberations from the Sunday sermon of a Roman Catholic priest who mocked Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton at Senator Barack Obama’s home church here continued to spread Friday, after the priest offered an apology and the archbishop of Chicago gave him a public reprimand for “partisan campaigning.”

In a guest appearance at Trinity United Church of Christ, the priest, the Rev. Michael Pfleger, who resigned about two weeks ago from an unpaid position on the Obama campaign’s Catholic advisory council, delivered a tirade against Mrs. Clinton that included fake tears, a high-pitched voice and top-of-the-lungs screaming. He also gave a racially tinged critique of so-called “white entitlement,” of which he says Mrs. Clinton is guilty.

Source: nytimes.com via politisite

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