Archive for May, 2008

Democratic presidential candidate and US Senator Barack Obama (D-IL) speaks in Aberdeen, South Dakota May 31, 2008. (Rick Wilking/Reuters)Reuters - Democratic presidential front-runner Barack Obama has resigned from Trinity United Church of Christ, his spokesman said on Saturday, further distancing himself from a source of controversy as he gears up for the general election.


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Democratic presidential hopeful US Senator Barack Obama speaks at a town-hall meeting in a show barn at the Pennington County Event Center in Rapid City, South Dakota. Obama has quit his long-time Chicago church, following a string of racially-tinged rhetoric by preachers in its pulpit, a campaign source said Saturday.(AFP/Getty Images/Chip Somodevilla)AFP - Democratic White House hopeful Barack Obama has quit his long-time Chicago church, following a string of racially-tinged rhetoric by preachers from its pulpit, a campaign source said Saturday.


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In this Oct. 31, 2004 file photo, Democratic presidential hopeful Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., then Democratic senatorial candidate, prays during a services at Trinity United Church of Christ in Chicago. Obama has resigned his 20-year membership in the Trinity United Church of Christ in Chicago in the aftermath of inflammatory remarks by his longtime pastor the Rev. Jeremiah Wright and more recent remarks at the church by Rev. Michael Pfleger.  (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh, File)AP - Barack Obama has resigned his 20 year membership in the Trinity United Church of Christ in Chicago in the aftermath of inflammatory remarks by his longtime pastor the Rev. Jeremiah Wright and more recent fiery remarks at the church by another minister.


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AP - About 20 Furman University professors made plans to stand in silent protest during President Bush's commencement speech Saturday night at the Baptist-founded school.

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Both men believe in the healing power of music. Sacks, the best-selling author of 'Awakenings' and 'The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat,' will share the church stage Saturday May 31, 2008 with the famed gospel choir as part of the inaugural World Science Festival, a five-day celebration of science taking place in New York this week. (AP Photo/Jennifer Graylock, FILE)AP - Noted neurologist Oliver Sacks has found common ground with the pastor of Harlem's Abyssinian Baptist Church: Both men believe in the healing power of music.


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In this June 1, 2007 file photo, Rev. Michael Pfleger, left, of Saint Sabina Catholic Church is seen with Rev. Jesse Jackson during a news conference at Rainbow/Push Coalition headquarters in Chicago. Pfleger apologized Thursday, May 29, 2008, for the sermon given Sunday at Trinity United Church of Christ, during which he said Clinton cried in January because she felt 'entitled' to the Democratic nomination and that a 'black man is stealing my show.' (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green, File)AP - He's a white priest at a largely black church. He's held hands with Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan. He's been arrested dozens of times and battled anyone he thinks has wronged his parish ? from gun dealers to a local Catholic sports league. Now the Rev. Michael Pfleger is something else: the latest thorn in the side of presidential candidate Barack Obama.


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In this June 1, 2007 file photo, Rev. Michael Pfleger, left, of Saint Sabina Catholic Church is seen with Rev. Jesse Jackson during a news conference at Rainbow/Push Coalition headquarters in Chicago. Pfleger apologized Thursday, May 29, 2008, for the sermon given Sunday at Trinity United Church of Christ, during which he said Clinton cried in January because she felt 'entitled' to the Democratic nomination and that a 'black man is stealing my show.' (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green, File)AP - He's a white priest at a largely black church. He's held hands with Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan. He's been arrested dozens of times and battled anyone he thinks has wronged his parish ? from gun dealers to a local Catholic sports league. Now the Rev. Michael Pfleger is something else: the latest thorn in the side of presidential candidate Barack Obama.


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Former President Bill CLinton, left, introduces former British Prime Minister Tony Blair at the announcement of the formation of the Tony Blair Faith Foundation, in New York Friday May 30, 2008. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)AP - Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair said Friday that leaders in an interdependent world must work to end religious conflict or face "catastrophe" as he introduced a new foundation dedicated to interfaith understanding.


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