I understand why Obama left his church. It just makes me sad that he felt he had to.
My instinct is that he should have stood and fought, but against that he tried sweet reason earlier, and it failed, so it's hard to see what fighting would have helped - other than assuaging my feelings of outrage at the bullshit that all this pastor-parsing has substituted for intelligent conversation.
"Obama has disowned every minister, pastor, or priest he has ever known. How can he claim to be a Christian?" Wait for it. Drudge or some other wingnut will find this nugget.
Why is Obama responsible for every word spoken by every person he has ever spent time with or worked with? He has worked with Republicans, too. Is he responsible for every lunatic thing they've ever said?
It's also ironic that Bill Donohue claims the Catholic League defends free speech for Catholics by criticizing a Catholic priest for his speech!
