Obama's Radical Pastor in Lockstep with Leftist Elites

Washington, D.C. - Senator Barak Obama's retiring pastor has come under intense criticism for his searing critiques of American foreign policy, including his call for God to "damn" America and his suggestion that 9-11 was deserved.
A member of the nearly all white and fast declining 1.1 million-member United Church of Christ (UCC), Rev. Jeremiah Wright pastors Chicago's Trinity Church, which is the UCC's largest congregation. Officials of the UCC are among the furthest left among major American church denominations.
UCC President John Thomas has fulsomely affirmed Wright's ministry, declaring on March 17 that many "would prefer to avoid the stark and startling language" that Wright employs.
The Institute on Religion and Democracy Director of UM Action Mark Tooley said:
"Instead of directly engaging the Rev. Wright's intemperate language about our nation, the UCC leadership quickly redirects attention to the ostensibly harsher crimes of U.S. foreign policy.

"Senator Obama quickly disavowed Wright's unpleasant remarks about America. Unfortunately, Wright's own denominational officials could not discern any problems with the pastor's harsh words."

"Wright's anti-American rhetoric and far-left politics echo mostly white Religious Left elites much more than so than the traditions of historically African-American churches. His liberal views on homosexuality further separate him from the beliefs of black churches. Wright should be seen as a product of declining liberal Mainline Protestantism, not as a representative of the black church."