Black Leaders Protest Christian Conservatives
Dallas Morning News | News for Dallas, Texas | Texas/Southwest: "Black leaders plan to protest against Christian conservatives
06/27/2006
By JULIA GLICK / Associated Press
Prominent black leaders said Monday they will organize against Christian conservatives they say have used gay marriage and abortion to distract from larger moral issues such as the war, voting rights, affirmative action and poverty.
The Revs. Al Sharpton, Jesse Jackson, Joseph Lowery and hundreds of black leaders from around the country are focusing on mobilizing black voters for the fall elections. They kicked off a three-day black clergy conference Monday in Dallas.
'There are no gay people coming to our churches asking to get married, but there are plenty of people coming with problems voting or their sons in jail,' Sharpton said. 'I am not going to sit here silently and let these leaders distort our church with these issues....' "
06/27/2006
By JULIA GLICK / Associated Press
Prominent black leaders said Monday they will organize against Christian conservatives they say have used gay marriage and abortion to distract from larger moral issues such as the war, voting rights, affirmative action and poverty.
The Revs. Al Sharpton, Jesse Jackson, Joseph Lowery and hundreds of black leaders from around the country are focusing on mobilizing black voters for the fall elections. They kicked off a three-day black clergy conference Monday in Dallas.
'There are no gay people coming to our churches asking to get married, but there are plenty of people coming with problems voting or their sons in jail,' Sharpton said. 'I am not going to sit here silently and let these leaders distort our church with these issues....' "
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