BARAK, THE UNASHAMEDLY BLACK CHRISTIAN!

So, I told y'all that I am voting for Hillary, because she ain't a racist like Barak. So, here's my thinking:

Okay, this really bugs me. I saw this awhile back, but didn’t pay too much attention because I didn’t figure I’d have to decide whether to vote for this Obama character or not. But about 3 of my buddies have sent me this information in the last few days about this church that Obama goes to (when he's in town I figure).

So anytime I get a computer letter thing, I do my best to check it out to make sure it’s true or not. I know it’s hard to believe, but I have come off looking awful stupid, sending things around to folks that just weren’t true (it’s very humbling). But this is true stuff. I found it on the computer, so it must be. I even checked with them Snopes boys, and it looks like he really does go to this church. You can look at it here.

It really, really helped me out since the Louisiana Republican Party has messed me over, and I had to make a decision.

I know these days we’re not supposed to really care too much about somebody’s religion while figuring out if we want to vote for ‘em or not. Things have sure changed.

I remember when I was younger, every fellow running for office would come around to your house and give you a little card that told all about them. And it always told down there near the end of the card what church they went to. Those fellows running for office were proud of their church.

I ain’t seen a card like that in a while…a good long while.

This is from the Trinity United Church of Christ in Chicago's computer site. You can look at it here.

We are a congregation which is Unashamedly Black and Unapologetically Christian... Our roots in the Black religious experience and tradition are deep, lasting and permanent. We are an African people, and remain "true to our native land," the mother continent, the cradle of civilization. God has superintended our pilgrimage through the days of slavery, the days of segregation, and the long night of racism. It is God who gives us the strength and courage to continuously address injustice as a people, and as a congregation. We constantly affirm our trust in God through cultural expression of a Black worship service and ministries which address the Black Community.

The Pastor as well as the membership of Trinity United Church of Christ is committed to a 10-point Vision:
A congregation committed to ADORATION.
A congregation preaching SALVATION.
A congregation actively seeking RECONCILIATION.
A congregation with a non-negotiable COMMITMENT TO AFRICA.
A congregation committed to BIBLICAL EDUCATION.
A congregation committed to CULTURAL EDUCATION.
A congregation committed to the HISTORICAL EDUCATION OF AFRICAN PEOPLE IN DIASPORA.
A congregation committed to LIBERATION.
A congregation committed to RESTORATION.
A congregation working towards ECONOMIC PARITY.

Now, I know what most of those words mean, but I’ll admit I was stumped on DIASPORA. I was. So, I got my word book out, and it means when folks are all in one place, and they get scattered out all over to other places…kind of like when you see a car come over the wall at Daytona, and everybody runs like crazy away from it…like that. So, I think they’re talking about when the black folks were all in Africa, and then went other places…say, like England, and Haiti, or New Orleans, and on and on.

A whole bunch of this stuff sounds good, you know Adoration, Salvation, even Commitment to Africa…but what bugs me is the last one, ECONOMIC PARITY. What bugs me about it is that if you’re gonna use the name of Christ in your church, then you oughta at least take what Jesus said for real. I don’t think he was kidding when he said that the POOR were always gonna be with us. The way these church-folks look at it, everybody’s gonna have to be poor if Jesus was right. (I looked up PARITY, too…it means everybody being pretty well the same). I don’t want everybody to be poor. Trust me, it ain’t all it’s cracked up to be.

But the thing that bothers me the most is right up front: “We are a congregation which is Unashamedly Black and Unapologetically Christian...” Now that bothers me something awful. Now, I’m unapologetic (looked it up) about my Christianity, but if I lived in Chicago, and I wanted to go help these folks with the Liberation, and the Diaspora things they’re working on…it looks like they wouldn’t want me. I mean, I ain’t exactly Unashamedly Black.

Sounds like a racist bunch to me. And if folks can refuse to vote for Huck because he’s a Baptist preacher, or Mitt because he’s a Mormon, or Rudy because he’s stupid enough to get married 3 times…well I can danged sure refuse to vote for Obama because he goes to a racist church.

So, I am not voting for Barak Obama…Hillary's my man!

The doctrine of a fellow’s church does say something about him, just like any club he belongs to, or the folks he hangs around with, or the decisions he’s made in life. I wouldn’t call any one of them the most important thing, but I had to take it all into account while deciding.

Another thing that I left out…it says “We are an African people, and remain true to our native land…" Look, Barak’s a nice-looking smart fellow with a lot of energy and all. I don’t know how quick their elections are comin’ up…but maybe he can run for President of Africa.