Obama's Easter Service: Pastor Attacks 'Captains of the Religious Right'
[Obama's Easter
Service: Pastor Attacks 'Captains of the
Religious Right' by Joel B. Pollak] "At the
Easter service attended Sunday by President
Barack Obama and his family, the pastor
railed against "captains of the religious
right," according to the White House pool
report cited by the Washington Post. The
service, led by Rev. Luis Leon, was held at
Saint John’s Church at Lafayette Square,
which is where the First Family worships
most often, though they have not formally
joined any particular church in Washington,
D.C.
The Post article notes that the Easter
sermon targeted conservatives as racists,
sexists and xenophobes:
According to a press pool report of
Leon’s sermon, the minister criticized what
he called ”the captains of the religious
right.”
People often want things to go back to the
way things used to be, before “work got
difficult and faith got confused, and life
got more confusing,” Leon said, according to
the pool report.
“You cannot go back,” Leon said, citing the
words of Jesus. “It drives me crazy when the
captains of the religious right are always
calling us back ... for blacks to be back in
the back of the bus ... for women to be back
in the kitchen ... for immigrants to be back
on their side of the border.”
President Obama left his own church in 2008
amidst controversy over his pastor's
incendiary remarks."
Obama's Easter Service: Pastor Attacks
'Captains of the Religious Right'
Response to comment [from a Christian]: "I can't imagine Obama setting foot in a church that didn't teach from this perspective."
Par for the course for him.
Obama's Easter Service: Pastor Attacks 'Captains of the Religious Right'