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Posted at 8:07pm on Apr. 1, 2008 Honoring Reverend Wright

By absentee

"If the church is silent, the rocks will cry out. If the church is silent, democracy will not become a reality in America. If the church is silent, then the United States cannot be united," Rev. Otis Moss III, Trinity United Church of Christ, in a ceremony honoring Reverend Jeremiah Wright.

On Monday, thousands honored Reverend Jeremiah Wright, the man and the message. Barack Obama was not there. The celebration was held by the Reverend's congregation, and was attended and joined by visiting speakers and guests. When the Wright Reverend arrived, he was greeted with a powerful standing ovation.

During the ceremony the Reverend did not speak, but was lavished with speeches and praise. As before at Trinity, Wright was compared to Jesus by several of the speakers. Among the congregants and guests, a consensus view was clear: Wright is right, everyone else doesn't get it.

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Posted at 11:45pm on Mar. 28, 2008 Wright and Obama: A Union of Thought

By absentee

"The statements that Rev. Wright made that are the cause of this controversy were not statements I personally heard him preach while I sat in the pews of Trinity or heard him utter in private conversation." - Senator Obama on The Huffington Post

I wrote about that statement in my blog here, in which I called Barack a liar for it. Shortly thereafter, Senator Obama delivered his now-famous race speech, A More Perfect Union, which I wrote about here. Here is an excerpt from the speech:

"Did I know him to be an occasionally fierce critic of American domestic and foreign policy? Of course. Did I ever hear him make remarks that could be considered controversial while I sat in church? Yes. Did I strongly disagree with many of his political views? Absolutely -- just as I'm sure many of you have heard remarks from your pastors, priests or rabbis with which you strongly disagreed."
Senator Obama, A More Perfect Union"

Today at Powerline there's a post up about the Senator's first sermon at Trinity United Church of Christ, which he wrote about in his autobiography Dreams of My Father. This sermon excerpt was also previously discussed at The Corner.

Read on for an excerpt ...

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Posted at 7:18pm on Mar. 18, 2008 We, The People

By absentee

Senator Obama, four score and one years ago, my forebears came to this continent, seeking liberty and dedicated to the proposition that Nazis were evil. Five score and more years ago, my great, great grandmother, a Native American, married someone who was, to her, a newcomer to this continent. I have ancestors from the Revolution to the Civil War, from here and from abroad. All sought life, liberty, and happiness.

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