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Article: Barack Obama: Putting faith out front.(USA)
- Article from:
- The Christian Science Monitor
- Article date:
- July 16, 2007
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Byline: Ariel Sabar Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor
CHICAGO -- On a recent Sunday, the magnetic pastor who led Barack Obama to Christianity was at his usual perch on the dais here, a South Side megachurch where a plaque beneath stained-glass depictions of the African-American struggle reads "Unashamedly Black, Unapologetically Christian."
The Rev. Jeremiah Wright Jr., in a casual short-sleeve shirt, preached about Martha as a "single saint," urging unmarried women to draw self-esteem from faith rather than men. He took blacks to task for what he said was their silence on domestic violence, homophobia, and the "illegal, untested, insane war ...