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Some black clergy see no good presidential choice between a Mormon candidate and one who supports gay marriage, so they are telling their flocks to stay home on Election Day. That\u2019s a worrisome message for the nation\u2019s first African-American president, who can\u2019t afford to lose any voters from his base during a tight race.<\/div>\n
The pastors say their congregants are asking how a true Christian could back same-sex marriage, as President Barack Obama did in May. As for Republican Mitt Romney, the first Mormon nominee from a major party, congregants are questioning the theology of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints<\/a> and its former ban on men of African descent in the priesthood.<\/div>\n
In 2008, Obama won 95 percent of black voters and is likely to get an overwhelming majority again. But any loss of votes would sting.<\/div>\n
\u201cWhen President Obama made the public statement on gay marriage, I think it put a question in our minds as to what direction he\u2019s taking the nation,\u201d said the Rev. A.R. Bernard, founder of the predominantly African-American Christian Cultural Center in New York. Bernard, whose endorsement is much sought after in New York and beyond, voted for Obama in 2008. He said he\u2019s unsure how he\u2019ll vote this year.<\/div>\n
It\u2019s unclear just how widespread the sentiment is that African-American Christians would be better off not voting at all. Many pastors have said that, despite their misgivings about the candidates, blacks have fought too hard for the vote to ever stay away from the polls.<\/div>\n
Black church leaders have begun get-out-the-vote efforts on a wide range of issues, including the proliferation of state laws requiring photo identification cards to vote, which critics say discriminate against minorities. Last Easter Sunday, a month before Obama\u2019s gay marriage announcement, the Rev. Jamal-Harrison Bryant of Baltimore formed the Empowerment Network, a national coalition of about 30 denominations working to register congregants and provide them with background on health care, the economy, education and other policy issues.<\/div>\n
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Some black clergy see no good presidential choice between a Mormon candidate and one who supports gay marriage, so they are telling their flocks to stay home on Election Day. That\u2019s a worrisome message for the nation\u2019s first African-American president, who can\u2019t afford to lose any voters from his base during a tight race. 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