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Politics, Race And Religion

Who would have thought that in the enlightened Twenty First Century,  some persons small of mind, but some large of butt, would attempt to mix race, religion and politics, fromom Meagan Clark, Daily Caller [1]:

A pastor has upset the townspeople of Winfield, Alabama by holding a conference for white Christians, complete with Confederate flags, Ku Klux Klan insignia and a cross-burning ceremony.

The group supporting the conference contends they have a right to religious freedom like every other American, and this right should have prevented the town mayor from ordering their flyers to the trash, WAFF 48 reported.

“When did they start religious censorship?” Rev. Mel Lewis, founder of Christian Identity Ministries and the conference’s keynote speaker, asked.And:

And:

(CNN [2]) – First lady Michelle Obama made an impassioned pitch for black churchgoers to embrace political action on Thursday in a speech to the country’s oldest black religious denomination.

“To anyone who says that church is no place to talk about these issues, you tell them there is no place better,” Obama said at a conference of the African Methodist Episcopal Church in Nashville, Tennessee.

“Because ultimately, these are not just political issues,” she said. “They are moral issues

I am outraged.