Coalition of black U.S. pastors to file 80 legal briefs against marriage equality

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14. Some background info on this group

This article is a bit dated but revealing. I also visited the website for this group and it would appear their total agenda consists of anti-choice, anti-gay crusading... well, and soliciting for donations.

http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/news/politics/story/2012-08-06/black-pastors-gay-marriage/56922742/1
Black pastors group has deep conservative ties, records show
By Aamer Madhani, USA TODAY

Since the Rev. William Owens launched his national campaign in May calling on African-Americans to withdraw their support of President Obama because of his stance on gay marriage, he has claimed the backing of 3,700 black clergy and touted his organization as predominantly Democratic.

But Owens and his group, the Coalition of African-American Pastors, are drawing criticism from black leaders and the political left who note Owens' long-standing ties with GOP politicians. They charge CAAP misrepresents itself as a non-partisan grass-roots organization when it is actually backed financially by right-leaning conservative groups.

"He is the poster person of conservative evangelicals … who are trying to use this as an emotional wedge issue to divide the black community," said the Rev. Amos Brown, pastor of the Third Baptist Church in San Francisco and a protégée of the civil rights leader Rev. Martin Luther King.

Owens has become an outspoken critic of Obama since the president announced in May that he was switching his position on gay marriage. The pastor has railed against Obama in cable news network interviews and has held a series of news conferences warning that Obama is in danger of losing black voters' support.... MORE