On the eve of President Obama’s really big show in Charlotte, a group of African American pastors announced that they are forming a group to defend traditional marriage. The African American vote is crucial to the President’s re-election chances. I believe that the President will sweep the African American vote. The question is whether or not they will turn out with the same enthusiasm — and numbers — as they did four years ago.
President Obama’s announcement earlier this year that he now favors same-sex marriage and the Democratic Party’s inclusion of a plank supporting same-sex marriage in the Party platform may play a role in this situation.
What effect, if any, all of this will have on the outcome of the election remains to be seen.
New Christian group created to celebrate, defend marriage
.- Pastors from across the country have come together to form an organization celebrating the important role of marriage and encouraging Christians to take action in support of it.
“For us to remain silent is for us to give consent to the belief that traditional marriage can be redefined,” said William Owens, Jr., founder of We Celebrate Marriage.
“This is not a time in our generation to be silent.” (Read more here.)
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