Black Baptis Leaders united against "*"

[RaulVB]

This is unprecedented and very important!

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/chi-0501290142jan29,1,2052254.story?coll=chi-news-hed

* Sorry, I guess it requires previous registration.

- By Manya A. Brachear
Tribune staff reporter
Published January 29, 2005


"NASHVILLE -- Leaders of 15 million black Baptists on Friday called on President Bush to pay as much attention to democracy at home as democracy abroad, issuing a list of demands that they say better defines America's moral values.

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After an unprecedented assembly of four historically divided Baptist groups, presidents of each denomination declared their opposition to the war in Iraq and to the nomination and expected confirmation of Alberto Gonzales as attorney general.

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"We have power in terms of black registered voters across the country to impact who sits in the White House," said Rev. Stephen Thurston, president of the 3 million-member National Baptist Convention of America and pastor of the New Covenant Missionary Baptist Church on Chicago's South Side..."