Obama's preacher

Barak Obama's ties to pastor Jeremiah Wright are very troubling. And his response, thus far has been wishy-washy at best. Does Obama offer hope toward racial reconciliation or does he represent more of the politics of division that we have seen on both sides of the political spectrum. I discovered a blog that tackles this issue in a fairly even handed way. Check out Dirty Harry's Place for several posts on the subject.

Here's a taste:

Christians don’t ask, pray for, or gin up their congregation by asking God to damn anything. One of the tenets of our faith is forgiveness. One of the tenets of our faith is reconciliation. Reverend Wright isn’t praying that America be better, or even that America become more like his vision of her. Reverend Wright is asking God and his congregation to damn America — to damn an entire nation — to damn a people.