By your stated opinions, Rev Wright's church should loose its tax exempt status. Clearly in his sermons and by his public statements that church is deeply involved with political statements. In fact, if his statements had been made by a Klan member that person would be in prison for hate crimes. When he says Black substitute White and when he says White substitute Black.

By your stated opinions, Rev Wright's church should loose its tax exempt status. Clearly in his sermons and by his public statements that church is deeply involved with political statements. In fact, if his statements had been made by a Klan member that person would be in prison for hate crimes. When he says Black substitute White and when he says White substitute Black.

I don't know why people “expected” blacks and latinos (who attend church on a regular basis) to vote for a proposition that is doctrinally against their faith.

A friend told me that Madonna allegedly said at a recent concert that she couldn't believe that America would elect it's first African-American president, but not vote for gay marriage.

Personally I am extremely bothered when people try to equate being gay with being black. The two are different in my opinion and based upon the bible that I believe.

As far at the office of Church initiatives, some good things have come from it; locally the office assists with drug treatment programs especially in my area, where many of these program service members of our community.

As far as the Priest that called out the woman; that was beyond wrong. I have found myself being very angry with some of the Pastors and Teachers in the Christian community for their comments in regards to our president; hopefully, prayerfully these people will repent for their comments, ask forgiveness, and go back to their mission which is to teach and preach the word of God.

I don't think this is a reason to leave organized religion, but remember that we believers are human, prone to failure and their is only one that is perfect Jesus Christ….

I think pastors (those who are really called by God) Should not used the church to express their views on political issues nor endorse any candidate. Political candidates should not be allowed to speak from the pulpit either.

Even the guy Bush picked to run the organization wound up quitting because he wasn't being allowed to run the office in a way that reflected spiritual values, because he was being directed by Bush to give money to churches that fully supported Bush – Eddie Long and TD Jakes were the first in line to get some of that Faith-Based Money Pie.

And there are double standards – this government impeached Bill Clinton because he got a blow-job in the Oval Office, while Bush has been allowed to rape and pillage the Federal Government for personal gain – and we can't get Congress to impeach his ass for violating the Constitution he swore to uphold and protect.

Third, you sound like a troll and while open discussion is welcomed, trolls calling new members of the POTUS administration “open whore policies” are not.

Get in where you fit in….TROLL

Bishop Eddie Long is a good example. He pulls in over seven figures annually as Pastor of his church, but he also has it under different tax loopholes where he's not paying a lot of taxes, and insists that his salary is a “stipend”. However, he and Creflo Dollar were named with Joyce Meyer, the Copelands, Benny Hinn and a few others in a subpeona by a Republican Senator asking them to justify the incomes of their churches and turn over records – not to mention explaining why they shouldn't lose their tax-exempt status: http://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/special/gra...

I think some of us remember Eddie Long trying to hide that Mercedes-Benz Maybach his parishioners gave him as a gift, and the IRS came calling to tell him if he planned on keeping it, even as a “gift”, it exceeded the amount you could receive in “gifts” before having to declare it as income.

dinosaurs listening to Christ address the masses? absolutely.
solution to unwanted pregnancy, STDs and AIDS? abstinence.
social problems? the fault of uppity women leaving the kitchen.
kids in trouble? schools need to institute christian prayers.
scientific research needed to find solutions to disease? okay, but save the stem cells!
global warming? bring on the end of days!
diversity of life on the planet under assault? but we have dominion over all things!

really, it's just madness. and i am so, so sick of them driving our public policy. i have no problem with religion. none. but i have a problem with religion-based government.

this priest / pastor / whatever was totally out of line.

My favorite line from a West Wing episode: Islamic extremists is to Islam as the KKK is to Christianity.

And as an asside to the numbskull who brought up Rev. Wright, I say this:

I am a white Christian AMERICAN, who listened to the ENTIRE sermon (not just those few seconds relooped on Fox Noise), and I was not offended in the slightest, and I agreed with his points resoundingly. Not because I'm ultra liberal. Not because I'm some sort of Marxist or communist militant. But BECAUSE I'm a CHRISTIAN! And a number of things/beliefs our leaders shake in front of us, a number of actions they claim to do for all who live under the American flag, in the name of GOD, are absolutely an abomination and a flagerant middle finger to God.

And now that my husband's company has been purchased by a Canadian firm, now that that company has since laid him off, I am a bitter American CLINGING to a faith that is tattered by the likes of priests muddling faith with political ideology. But don't worry. We're too broke to buy a gun any time soon.

For as many Christians who are all worried about our country becoming more and more secular, stories like this do nothing to help those who are genuinely trying to minister to the tired, the weak, the poor and disenfranchised. THAT'S not God's work at all. It sounds more like the work of “Oh who…ummmm, SATAN!” Imagine SNL's Church Lady sayin' that last line, if you will. ;)

Peace and love!