Salt Lake City pastor calls Obama speech historic'

[helderheid]

S.L. pastor calls Obama speech historic'
By Jessica Ravitz
The Salt Lake Tribune
Article Last Updated: 03/22/2008 07:50:32 AM MDT

Posted: 7:51 AM- Like many in America, the Rev. France Davis tuned in Tuesday to hear what Sen. Barack Obama had to say. His radio on, the pastor of Salt Lake City's Calvary Baptist Church listened as the Democratic presidential candidate delivered from Philadelphia a speech on race.

"He confronted the big bad wolf that's been in this room since the race started," Davis said. "He said what he needed to and did so with a great deal of respect. . . . In my mind, it was a historic occasion."

Tuesday's speech was delivered as controversial remarks by the Rev. Jeremiah Wright, Obama's former but longtime pastor, were being played over and over again.

Obama "approached it very thoughtfully and was straightforward," Davis said. "He tried to deal with all the aspects of . . . his former pastor's remarks," while reminding listeners about the importance of issues such as education and medical care, and "I think to get this out on the table and talk about it at this time was wise on his part."

The Salt Lake City pastor said he hopes this speech will help Americans move forward, but he knows there are some who will continue to harp on Wright's comments, hold them against Obama and make leaps as to what this means about black churches, indeed the black community, in general. He's even gotten the calls to prove it.

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[Tarheel_Dem]

1. k&r.....n/t

[JimGinPA]

2. It Was A Historic Speech

K&R

[helderheid]

3. kick for the afternoon

[helderheid]

4. kicking again

[medeak]

5. Baptist minister can relate to discrimination in Utah

;-)

[helderheid]

8. :P

[tokenlib]

6. If I were a minister--Obama's speech would be part of my message tomorrow.....

So when you go to church tomorrow and the speech is mentioned--you heard it here first :)

[Scurrilous]

7. K & R

:thumbsup:

[helderheid]

9. thanks!

thanks! Off to bed!