Letters to the Editor
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Why did Obama join
When Obama joined Trinity he wasn't looking for the "blackest" black church. First of all, Trinity is part of United Church of Christ (formerly Congregationalist) which quite literally came over on the Mayflower. Second, Trinity, and Rev. Wright preaches a liberal social gospel well in line with Obama's thinking. Rev. Wright, in fact has been very supportive of gay rights among the black religious community and has never spoken any bigotry about any group the way so many pastors who support the republicans have.
The fact is that Rev. Wright will continue being a preacher and that means not mincing words and speaking the truth. If you read the Bible you will see that the prophets and Jesus himself said things that got the powers that be very riled up.