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Originally Posted by RFK1968
I understand that certain people aren't taking issue with his religion, specifically. Some people are (no offense, Frank), but most of them are few and far between. However, this really is, at its core, a religious issue. It's an issue about the man's church. If this was an issue about a PTA group or a social club, I think the scrutiny would be completely warranted because I don't equate churches, which many people hold in very high esteem, to social clubs, which are often casual memberships that are much easier to leave than a church.
I think in this case, a distinction has to be made between a church and a social club, and its disingenuous to try and discount the religious aspects of the accusations against Obama. At their core, they are indictments of the man's church, pastor, and in some cases, religion.
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Okay I get that, he may have felt a responsibility to stay there that he normally would not have felt if it was a social club etc..( I think its interesting to note that Oprah had her issues with and left the church- is she smarter, wiser, more forward looking and has better judgment? -
Why Oprah Winfrey Left Rev. Wright's Church | Newsweek Periscope | Newsweek.com )...but, too, church is also a social club as well, the prgms they worked on together etc. "church" is a social construct, but all be it with a certain ingrained loyalty, beyond a social club depending on its mandate and org. principals. for instance.
So, either way, we wind up back here to the issues I think this really speaks too- judgment and character.
And one other thing on the religious front, if we choose to parse it that way- politicians have an issue with abortion, driven via religious dogma that all life is precious including embryos etc.....I am simplifying that, but the point is, if a pols stance on abortion is open to contentious debate and speculation than so should his ( obamas) religious affiliation as to tenets of his church, be it abortion or racial, radical commentary of its church dogma as proselytized from the pulpit, right?
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