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TechnoratiThe Rev. Dr. Clenard Childress, a Baptist minister and founder of Black Genocide, said he does feel the pressure to support an African American candidate, but reminded the audience that Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. wanted a nation where people are not judged by the color of their skin but the content of their character.
“African Americans are applauding Barack Obama according to the color of his skin and have not looked at the content of his character,” said the highly active pro-life activist.
“The dream said to look at the content of character…So even though they like to quote Martin Luther King and talk about it because the media is looking for the next Martin Luther King, he (Obama) does not fit the bill of the dream,” Childress said as he pointed to Obama’s support of abortion and gay rights.
Taking in a more moderate tone, Dean Nelson, executive director of the Network of Politically Active Christians, conceded he probably would support Obama if he was not conservative. But as a conservative, he is worried about who Obama would bring with him to Washington.
“If he were president, I’d be more worried about who he would appoint to the Supreme Court, and quite frankly, a lot of the people around him are extremely liberal,” Nelson warned. “We have to worry about who the person will bring with them. And Barack Obama, he himself I can probably deal with, but I am more concerned about what his White House and cabinet will look like.”
Many black Christian leaders feel differently from their fellow conservative activists. The Obama campaign has been highly successful in attracting black voters, especially in South Carolina where they were credited for his crucial win. It is estimated that Obama took in more than 80 percent of the black vote in the state.
The campaign also organized a committee of top African American religious leaders in the country that have endorsed Obama and will help mobilize black voters to support the Illinois senator.
But going against their community, the media, and the odds, the relatively small group of about 50 black conservative leaders are standing in solidarity with the not-so-well financed and less popular Huckabee.
Catherine Davis, legislative director of the Network of Politically Active Christians and member of executive committee of Georgians for Huckabee, concluded, “I encourage every other American – black, white, pink or green – to join me and to join us who are here today to give him (Huckabee) their support and saying to Mike, ‘Hold on. Do not withdraw from this race. Do not fall into the media hype, because those like me in this nation are going to support you and rush you into the White House,’” Davis encouraged.
Super Tuesday contests take place in 24 different states nationwide, with the Democrats in 22 states going to the polls and Republicans facing off in 21 states.
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