NYT: Obama Race Speech Fuels Easter Sermons

[KittyWampus]

found by maseman who originally posted this in LBN

NYT: Obama race speech fuels Easter sermons

Source: MSNBC/NY Times

WASHINGTON - This Easter Sunday, the holiest day of the Christian calendar, many pastors will start their sermons about the Resurrection of Jesus and weave in a pointed message about racism and bigotry, and the need to rise above them.

Some pastors began to rethink their sermons on Tuesday, when Senator Barack Obama gave a speech about race, seeking to calm a furor that had erupted over explosive excerpts of sermons by his pastor, the Rev. Jeremiah A. Wright Jr.

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Some ministers interviewed over the last several days said they would wait until after Easter to preach on it all, because Easter and headlines do not mix. But others said there was no better moment than Easter, when sanctuaries swelled with their biggest crowds of the year, and redemption was the dominant theme.

Read more: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/23760975

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1. Ooooh goodie, more fodder for Hannity the hater.

I wish I could go to more than one church at a time. Guess I'll have to order DVD's of certain sermons.

K/R

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[Johnny__Motown]

2. Well, I didn't anticipate this. Nice turn of events

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3. I guess carville didn't get the memo that

"Easter and headlines do not mix" when he said Guv Richardson of New Mexico was like Judas and 30 pieces of silver when he "betrayed" ol unworthy hilary.

[FrenchieCat]

4. That's why many will say what Obama did was

a teaching moment.

And that is exactly what happens when one sticks to the truth in earnest.

I have also read that the speech will be used in Universities.

[KittyWampus]

5. kick