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mfcorey1

(11,134 posts) Sun May 13, 2012, 09:47 AM May 2012

I just heard a minister encourage his congregation that 2008 was important but [View all]

2012 is critical. No truer words have ever been spoken. By the way, he is progressive. He cautioned them to not be distracted by those who want to create a divide between the President and African American Christians. No such divide exist. It can mainly be found on the lips of the pundits in the news.

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I just heard a minister encourage his congregation that 2008 was important but [View all] mfcorey1 May 2012 OP

I agree except to a point. mmonk May 2012 #1

Point well taken. nt mfcorey1 May 2012 #2

Lots of Christians agree with Obama on Gay and lesbian marriage. JDPriestly May 2012 #10

I'm aware of that as well. mmonk May 2012 #11

Frankly, I don't want ministers on either side nobodyspecial May 2012 #3

He never encouraged the congregation to vote for either candidate, but he did speak to the mfcorey1 May 2012 #4

Social networks, casual conversations and DU nobodyspecial May 2012 #5

I agree with you 100%. obxhead May 2012 #6

The liberal church support MLK and civil rights, the safety jwirr May 2012 #13

What someone does outside of their church property shouldn't apply. obxhead May 2012 #14

What about the groups inside the church that specifically deal with hunger issues, etc.? We are jwirr May 2012 #15

Acts of goodwill obxhead May 2012 #16

Exactly my point. And when I right a letter to my Congressman to support a program for those jwirr May 2012 #17

When you "right" your letter obxhead May 2012 #18

The letter would be written from home but the idea would have come from the group inside church jwirr May 2012 #19

This was never a conservative. Liberal dems are progressive. What you are expressing is simply mfcorey1 May 2012 #7

Wow nobodyspecial May 2012 #8

Done! mfcorey1 May 2012 #9

You think church members do not pay taxes? Think again. jwirr May 2012 #12

Where did I say church members? nobodyspecial May 2012 #20

You basically pointed out that groups outside the church pay their taxes leaving the impression jwirr May 2012 #22

Whatever happened to separation of church and state? Zax2me May 2012 #21