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UCC president pushes back at Obama church accusation

Don’t you love election season? Especially the maddening whisper campaigns which on one hand denounce Sen. Obama as a Islamicist Manchurian candidate — if you’ve gotten one of those emails, do let me know — and on the other denounce his church (Trinity UCC, Chicago) as some kind of black racist stronghold. It’s enough to lead a soul to distraction.

The Rev. John Thomas, United Church of Christ General Minister and President, has pushed back in a press statement at UCC.org defending Trinity. A bit slow in coming I think — dates yesterday — and a bit defensive and a tad off-tone, as one might expect. See for yourself.

This entry was posted by Scott Wells on Tuesday, 12 February 2008 at 7:58 am and is filed under Political life, United Church of Christ. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.

3 Responses to “UCC president pushes back at Obama church accusation”

  1. Hank responds:
    12 February 2008 at 2:12 pm

    Vote Scott Vote!

  2. PeaceBang responds:
    14 February 2008 at 2:47 pm

    I did get one, from a Jewish cousin. Didn’t know how to respond but it made me angry. Thanks for posting this.

  3. PeaceBang responds:
    14 February 2008 at 2:50 pm

    But what of the accusations that John Thomas consorts with Louis Farrakahn and that sort of thing?

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