Obama spiritual adviser Joel Hunter concerned about support of gay marriage

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President Obama with pastor Joel Hunter, center, and Josh DuBois, director of the White House Office for Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships, in Feburary. (Pete Souza - THE WHITE HOUSE)


The president and the pastor spoke for 15 minutes, as Hunter, who had been driving with his wife in their home town of Orlando, Fla., pulled into a parking lot to listen. The pastor said he told the president that he did not agree with his view.

Here’s another tidbit from our interview with Hunter: Obama expressed concern that his full embrace of gay marriage was now putting the evangelical mega-church leader in an uncomfortable spot.

“We have a close relationship,” Hunter told The Post. “And he wanted to make sure that I wasn’t in a really precarious position by not knowing what he had done, and he wanted to make sure our relationship was solid.”

Hunter assured the president that the relationship was fine.

“Of course it is,” Hunter said. “A pastor doesn’t abandon people because he happens to disagree with the decisions that they’ve made.”

Still, Hunter was not pleased. Upon answering his phone when a Post reporter called, Hunter sounded exasperated. “I’ve had better days,” he groaned.

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Obama needs to dump this jerk

[Angry Dragon]

1. It would seem that Obama needs to find better advisers

Maybe it comes down to finally see if what Obama says is what advisers suggest or if he able to say how he really feels

[TBF]

2. This "advisor" needs to go. nt

[enough]

3. He's so spiritual. (nt)

[crayfish]

4. I'm hoping for an atheist President to be elected before I die.

I could RIP.

[Chan790]

8. I'll run in 20 years...

if DUers will do the legwork to make me a viable candidate.

Chan790 for President: "He believes in himself."
Chan790 for President: "He denies the existence of one more false god than devout Christians."
Chan790 for President: "America's first heathen President since Jefferson."
Chan790 for President: "Evolution, yes. Family Planning, yes. Marriage Equality, yes. God, not so much."

The slogans write themselves.

I'd be a great President. DU should start an exploratory committee for me.

[lunasun]

9. they discussed this on the Mclaughlin group recently

After 2050 was the panel consensus. Only one 'out' atheist in Congress per show but 28 are assumed currently
but hey what do they know if you asked them for 1st black/biracial prez prediction would they have said 2008 6 or 7 years ago?????

[pscot]

5. Great photo

[daaron]

6. Figures. WTF?!? We have to fight with Democratic Christians for equal rights, too?!? nt

[WCGreen]

7. Mega church pastor is another way of saying fleecing the flock and perverting

the message of Jesus....

[burrowowl]

10. I like his first pastor better

he was right on!