Reply #68: I know all the various religious camps [View All]

[Bluenorthwest]

very well thank you. Obama could easily have had Gospel concerts for weeks without using the people he did use. I know, because I've attended gospel concerts to benefit AIDs in the black community as long ago as 20 years.
The people Obama chose to use were not 'regular religious people' they were extreme activists, three of them known widley for really nasty anti-gay positions, one of whom sang to GW Bush at the '04 Convention. This guy has said 'gays are trying to kill our children', on Pat Robertson's 700Club Television show. Is that what you call regular religion?
His use of these highly charged figures was uncalled for and out of the blue. His own chruch is not like that at all.
He needs to explain it. He needs to make clear that he does not intend to pander to the dogma of what is in fact the religious right. Sorry, but that is what these people are. 700 Club for cying out loud!