Wednesday, June 24, 2009

A Very Good Question for Obama

Obama courted the black church during the election campaign with a speech in a large black church on Father's Day 2008. He was very effective in getting the black vote to swing his way, not doubt because statements like this one made him seem like on of them religiously as well as racially. But is he really in the mainstream of black Christianity, most of which is fervently conservative on abortion and marriage?

Watch this video. It only takes a few seconds. Sometimes the simplist points are the strongest.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OCm8a5e47Kw

Tony Perkins asks Barack Obama: "If I became a father at conception, when did Samuel here become my son?"

1 comment:

Peter W. Dunn said...

Tony Perkins' question is beyond this Harvard graduate's pay grade.