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  • May 2008
    • Obama Quits Trinity Church

      Obama Quits Trinity Church

      (Newser) - 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. Last month, Obama denounced Trinity's Rev. Jeremiah Wright for his heated racial sermons. More »

    • Obama Repudiates Preacher Over 'White Tears' Slam

      Obama Repudiates Preacher Over 'White Tears' Slam

      (Newser) - 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 tears on the campaign trail because her sense of white entitlement had been punctured by Obama's success. More »

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      Barack Obama   Trinity United Church of Christ   pastor   pastor controversy   Michael Pfleger

  • June 2007
    • Jesse Jackson Arrested at Gun Shop Protest

      Jesse Jackson Arrested at Gun Shop Protest

      (Newser) - 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 of guns. More »

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      crime   Chicago   protests   gun   gun control   Jesse Jackson   Michael Pfleger

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