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[ieoeja]

Obama had never heard of McClurkin. McClurkin was recommended by an R&B artist. They learned McClurkin had shared a stage with Bill Clinton in May of last year and decided to hire him without vetting any further.

When Obama found out about McClurkin's ex-gay ministry, he should have fired him regardless of the inconvenience.

On the other hand, Obama does go in front of anti-gay/atheist/abortion audiences and argue forcibly for gay/atheist/abortion rights. I don't know any other politician who does that. So the failure to fire McClurkin would seem to be less about cowardice than about inconveniences like having to refund tickets, getting a new headliner for that one evening, etc.