Following Months of Criticism, Obama Quits His Church

ABERDEEN, S.D. — Senator Barack Obama has resigned his membership in Chicago’s Trinity United Church of Christ, which he attended for nearly two decades, following months of controversy about pastors and their political views.

Mr. Obama said he and his wife, Michelle, wrote a letter on Friday to the church’s pastor, the Rev. Otis Moss, explaining that their estrangement from Trinity took root in controversial remarks by the church’s former pastor, the Rev. Jeremiah A. Wright Jr., who once was Mr. Obama’s spiritual guide.

“Our relations with Trinity have been strained by the divisive statements of Reverend Wright, which sharply conflict with our own views,” they wrote. “These controversies have served as an unfortunate distraction for other Trinity members who seek to worship in peace, and have placed you in an untenable position.”

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This was unavoidable, sad really. But I believe Senator Obama had to go to these extreme measures to distance himself even further from the scrutiny he has received since Wright came out. I do not condone Rev. Wrights "dissertations" and feel he played on Obama being in the Public eye at this time and perhaps for personal gain, which is not very "godly' is it?
Every church is entitled to their own thought and beliefs be it wrong or right however one does not hang onto the coat strings of someone else to get free publicity....my 2 cents