Thursday 10 January 2008

Obama's Trinity Troubles

Does it matter that Barack Obama is a member of Trinity United Church of Christ (an extremely atypical part of the extremely liberal, overwhelmingly white denomination that also includes the Pilgrim Fathers' church at Plymouth Rock, and the history of which is that of the descent of New England Puritanism into the Fatherhood of God, the Brotherhood of Man and the Neighourhood of Boston)?

Well, it certainly stands in stark contrast to the treatment of Mitt Romney and Mike Huckabee over religion. And ordinarily, I'd be the first to lay in con brio, both theologically and politically. But where is the clamour coming from? From the very ethnic-religious group that has built itself up in the US by precisely these same means. Just substitute "Jewish" for "Black" and "Israel" for "Africa", and the point is made.

And why not? But if they can do it, then why can't anybody else?

2 comments:

  1. Please read this response from the UCC:

    http://www.ucc.org/news/thomas-denounces-smear-1.html

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