Harlem choir leaves Glenn Beck hanging: Gospel group pulls out of scheduled performance

[The Straight Story]

HARLEM CHOIR LEAVES GLENN BECK HANGING: Gospel group pulls out of scheduled performance in Fox News star's holiday film.

*The Harlem Gospel Choir announced Monday that it has cancelled its scheduled performance in a simulcast of Glenn Beck's holiday film "The Christmas Sweater - A Return To Redemption," which opens in nationwide release on Thursday.

The choir blamed the last-minute pull out on financial reasons, however, James Rucker, executive director of Color Of Change – the online advocacy group that has spearheaded the advertiser boycott of Glenn Beck's television show – told the New York Daily News that the Harlem Gospel Choir nixed their appearance after he contacted them about Beck's racist rants.

"We wanted to make sure they understood who Beck was," Rucker told the Daily News. "We believe their mission is about spreading the Gospel and promoting harmony, and we thought Beck was the antithesis of that."

The Daily News reports:

Rucker sent the choir excerpts from some of Beck's shows, including one where he said President Obama "has a deep-seated hatred for white people."

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[Bolo Boffin]

1. Uh-oh.

I sense a tantrum coming on...

[Vidar]

2. Good for the choir.

[chemenger]

3. Re; The Christmas Sweater - A Return to Redemption ... The comments are hilarious

http://www.theawl.com/2009/10/the-christmas-sweater-%e2%80%94-a-return-to-redemption