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Obama Quits Trinity Church

Neal Colgrass — Sat, 31 May 2008 18:01:37 CDT

Barack Obama quit his longtime church today in an apparent attempt to quell its latest pulpit controversy, Politico reports. Obama resigned by letter to the Trinity United Church of Christ in Chicago, where a reverend accused Hillary Clinton this week of acting "entitled" to the presidency because she is white....

Obama Repudiates Preacher Over 'White Tears' Slam

Rob Quinn — Fri, 30 May 2008 03:27:56 CDT

Barack Obama has had to apologize for another troublesome preacher at his home church, reports MSNBC. The Rev. Michael Pfleger—a white Catholic priest widely known as Chicago's "renegade" priest for his liberal social activism in the city’s black community—mocked Hillary Clinton in a guest sermon, saying she squirted...

Jesse Jackson Arrested at Gun Shop Protest

NewsDude — Sun, 24 Jun 2007 19:32:18 CDT

Rev. Jess Jackson and Fr. Michael Pfleger were arrested for blocking the door of Chuck's Gun Shop in Riverdale, a suburb abutting the southern edge of Chicago. They and others were there protesting the ready availability of guns next to a crime-plagued part of the city, which bans the sales...