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August 17, 2008 | 6:03 pm
Sorry I’ve been fairly MIA since Friday. It’s been a nightmarish few days finishing up this week’s cover story. Never have I experienced the laws of inertia like I did the last two days.
That being said, I didn’t have the chance to liveblog the presidential forum at Rick Warren’s Saddleback Church last night. Rod Dreher, Mark Silk and William Lobdell, however, did. But besides updating you on my status as still breathing, the purpose of this post was to share a link hinted at in the headline.
For the first time in its history the Democratic National Convention will include meetings for a faith caucus. The list of invocators and benedictors provided in a press release from Barack Obama’s campaign include Joel Hunter, an evangelical pastor who has challenged the Christian Right; Rabbi David Saperstein, director of the Religious Action Center for Reform Judaism; Sister Catherine Pinkerton of the National Catholic Social Justice Lobby; Archbishop Demetrios, primate of the Greek Orthodox Church of America; and Cameron Strang, who is publisher of the Christian pop culture magazine Relevant.
“Democrats have been, are and will continue to be people of faith—and this Convention will demonstrate that in an unprecedented way,“ said Leah D. Daughtry, CEO of the DNCC. “As Convention CEO and a pastor myself, I am incredibly proud that so many esteemed leaders from the faith community will be with us to celebrate this historic occasion and honor the diverse faith traditions inside the Democratic Party.“
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“Democrats have been, are and will continue to be people of faith—and this Convention will demonstrate that in an unprecedented way,” said Leah D. Daughtry, CEO of the DNCC.“ Hmm, unprecented. But when it comes to attracting people of faith, the collection of fringe activists who make a living ‘challenging the [insert faith] Right’ is just a sideshow. Those of the faith community unable to vote for Mccain will spend election day at a barbeque.
Daughtry is a protege of the great fundraiser and political inept John Dean, and it looks like Obama either shares that ineptitude or has delegated the role to Dean. Karl Rove, he isn’t. Daughtry, known to some as “Rev. Jeremiah Wright in a skirt”, is a subscriber to BLT (Black Liberation Theology, favors abortion, promotes reparations for slavery for black people from ‘white America’ (her church ballroom is hung with a large banner reading ‘They Owe Us’), and we could go on.
More important to me is that she is the apple close to the tree of her unrepentant thug of a father the Rev. Herebert Daughtry, one a several racial arsonists puring the gasoline and striking the matches (and then fading off to his Jewish neighborhood in New Jersey) to incite the Crown Heights riots of 1991, Black against Jew, terrorism, violent assault, property destruction and ultimately murder.
Which brings me to a point I have made; the then Afro-American New York Mayor Dinkins was a nice old gent, initially appreciative ot the Jewish commuity for five minutes for supporting him and no antisemite. But he was politically paralyzed throughout his term by those he was beholden to, until New York City was a sinking ship. To the point of failing to protect the Jewish residents of Crown Heights, instructing the police to stay hands-off for three days (until they started throwing rocks and bottles at His Honor Himself).
An Obama victory will be much the same as Dinkins, a loss for the country. Except that the Obama constituency will extend to every little leftist and darker-than-white bigmouth and complainer in the whole world instead of just one city.
Is a DNC prayerleader anti-gay?
DNC Evening invocations and benedictions
Thursday, August 28
Invocation: Rabbi David Saperstein, Union for Reform Judaism, Washington, DC
Benediction: Pastor Joel Hunter, Evangelical, Northland, FL
1. Rev Joel Hunter and wife signed the fl marriage amendment petition defining marriage as only between a man and a woman.
http://www.knowthyneighbor.org/florida/index.php?first_name=&last_name=hunter&street;_address=&county=Seminole&searchMode;=&sortBy=last_name&sortDir=ASC&page=1&anchor=list&state_code=fl#list
Who Signed the Petition?
The names and addresses posted here were collected by Florida4Marriage.org as part of the citizens initiative petition process and have been verified by each individual Florida County Supervisor of Elections. They are part of the public record.
Last Name First Name Address City State County
Hunter Michael 263 Blackwater Pl Longwood FL Seminole
Hunter Karen 263 Blackwater Pl Longwood FL Seminole
Hunter Melissa 407 Monticello Dr Altamonte Sprin FL Seminole
Hunter William 646 Palm Dr Oviedo - FL Seminole
Hunter Connie 646 Palm Dr Oviedo - FL Seminole
Hunter Nakia 1354 San Remo Pt Unit 106 Oviedo FL Seminole
Hunter Deedra 450 Forestwood Ln Maitland FL Seminole
Hunter Becky 203 Savannah Park Loop Casselberr FL Seminole
Hunter Joel 203 Savannah Park Loop Casselberr FL Seminole
2. Rev Joel Hunter hosts a group at his church that seeks to help gays leave the gay lifestyle.
Among Friends is a weekly small group for. men who struggle with homosexuality and/. or homosexual feelings that want to live a life pleasing to God. http://www.northlandcc.net
You decide!!!
Too complicated. It doesn’t matter what a prayer leader is personally. Don’t worry, the DNC is not anti- anything they haven’t lost already. They need the votes.