When Hillary attacked Senator Obama for attending black liberation sermons by Rev. Jeremiah Wright

[Cheese Sandwich]

I think we all remember when Hillary Clinton attacked President Obama for attending Trinity United Church of Christ, a historic, predominantly African-American church in Chicago, when Rev. Jeremiah Wright was pastor. So I was just wondering which pastor she thought was acceptable.

Clinton: Wright would not have been my pastor

(CNN) -- Sen. Hillary Clinton would have long ago distanced herself from the Rev. Jeremiah Wright if she had been a member of his church, the Democratic presidential candidate said Tuesday.

It's the first time she or her campaign has commented directly on a controversy that has swirled around rival Sen. Barack Obama's campaign in recent weeks.

"I think given all we have heard and seen, he would not have been my pastor," Clinton said in a news conference in Greensburg, Pennsylvania.

The comments came hours after the New York senator made similar comments to the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review in an editorial board interview.

"You don't choose your family, but you choose what church you want to attend," she told the paper.

http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/03/25/clinton.wright/

[EmperorHasNoClothes]

1. Depends on who she is trying to pander to.

[azmom]

2. Bet you she just loves the Rev.

right about now. Best Pastor ever.

[Bluenorthwest]

3. Hillary at Rick Warren's Saddelback Church, 2007:

"And first, let me first say how relieved Bill and I were to hear that Saddleback was spared from the recent wildfires - and how impressed and moved we were to hear about the love and support that you gave those who were not so fortunate.

It's another example of the way in which this church is not measured by numbers. Yes, the numbers are big, they're certainly impressive. But it's measured by your impact. It's measured by the meaning that you give to lives here within this complex and so far beyond its boundaries. And the commitment that you demonstrate both to our faith in God and to doing His work here on earth is exemplary and that is one of the many reasons that I wanted to be here today.

You know, Rick has helped so many people with his lessons for a 40-day spiritual journey. But he knows those 40 days are just the beginning. My own faith journey is approaching a half a century, and I know how far I still have to go."


She seems to be very comfortable there I'd say.

[Cheese Sandwich]

4. I had to look that one up...

Two weeks before the 2008 U.S. general election, Warren issued a statement to his congregation endorsing California Proposition 8, which would amend the California Constitution to include the clause "only marriage between a man and a woman is valid or recognized in California".[37][38] Warren's position was consistent with the official position of his church's denomination, the Southern Baptist Convention, and reflected his belief that this definition of marriage "has been supported by every single culture and every single religion for 5,000 years."[37][39] Warren stated that the measure was necessary because the Supreme Court of California "threw out the will of the people" in May 2008 when it found, in the In Re Marriage Cases decision, that the previous statutory ban on same-sex marriage was unconstitutional.[37] After the measure passed, Warren's church and others were targeted by protesters.[40]

In an interview with Beliefnet in early December 2008, Warren again sparked controversy by appearing to equate same-sex marriages with marriages between siblings, marriages between multiple partners, and marriages between adults and minors.[41][42][43] He later released a video message explaining that he does not equate gay relationships with incest or pedophilia, but that, as he had stated during the Beliefnet interview, he opposes the redefinition of marriage.[44]

In a December 2012 interview, Warren publicly said that religious freedom will be the civil-rights issue of the next decade.[45] He publicly denounced President Obama’s record on religious freedom, saying that Obama was “absolutely unfriendly” to religion.[46]

In a May 2014 article in The Washington Post, Warren expressed his support for David and Barbara Green, the owners of Hobby Lobby, in the Burwell v. Hobby Lobby Stores, Inc. case before the U.S. Supreme Court. The case centered on the company's request for a religious exemption to certain portions of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act mandate that companies provide employee health insurance. Warren spoke out for the Greens, arguing that the case was about religious freedom. Warren wrote, “The [A]dministration wants everyone to render unto Caesar not only what is Caesar’s but also what is God’s. If it wins, the first purpose on which the United States was founded would be severely damaged.” [47]

Warren has not only criticized the Obama Administration for its record on religious freedom; he has also criticized American Christianity for not standing up for the religious freedoms of religious minorities. Among religious freedoms, he includes the freedom to worship, to practice beliefs and values, and to convert.[48]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rick_Warren#Political_and_social_views

Amazing. Thanks for the info. That's worse that I expected.

[roguevalley]

5. situational ethics by a person with a flexible

conscience