MANDATE FOR MARRIAGE' MOVING ON TO NEXT PHASE
Charlie Butts (OneNewsNow.com)
Thursday, September 06, 2012
Thursday, September 06, 2012
A grassroots movement of African-American Christians who believe in traditional family values is in Charlotte expressing dissatisfaction with President Obama's stance favoring homosexual "marriage."Earlier this year The Coalition of African-American Pastors (CAAP) asked the president to meet with them so they could discuss their concerns and dissatisfaction with his pro-homosexual agenda (see earlier story). Since Obama never responded, CAAP spokesman William Owens, Jr., who is part of the "Mandate for Marriage" effort, tells OneNewsNow his group is moving on to the next phase of the campaign to get his attention.
"We're going to have a meeting in Washington in the next two weeks and ask about 25 black pastors to come so we can deal with this collectively and try to continue to dialogue with the Democratic Party, but also dialogue with the Republican Party," Owens details.
Though the latter party supports traditional marriage, he asserts that it also needs to pay attention to the needs of blacks.
But Owens is concerned that some black pastors are supporting Obama and opposing what he is doing.
"I wonder what Bible that they use -- they must [not] use our Bible," he reasons. "I don't know where they get their theology from. But what happens when a man that's holding the most powerful position in the world endorses something, blind followers will follow it, and they lose all of their allegiance to God and country by following a man that's on the wrong track. And I disrespect them even more, because they're supposed to be men of God."
The CAAP spokesman stresses that Obama is just a politician, and he should have kept out of this sensitive moral issue.
"We're going to have a meeting in Washington in the next two weeks and ask about 25 black pastors to come so we can deal with this collectively and try to continue to dialogue with the Democratic Party, but also dialogue with the Republican Party," Owens details.
Though the latter party supports traditional marriage, he asserts that it also needs to pay attention to the needs of blacks.
But Owens is concerned that some black pastors are supporting Obama and opposing what he is doing.
"I wonder what Bible that they use -- they must [not] use our Bible," he reasons. "I don't know where they get their theology from. But what happens when a man that's holding the most powerful position in the world endorses something, blind followers will follow it, and they lose all of their allegiance to God and country by following a man that's on the wrong track. And I disrespect them even more, because they're supposed to be men of God."
The CAAP spokesman stresses that Obama is just a politician, and he should have kept out of this sensitive moral issue.
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