Senator Obama, Trinity Church, Rev. Jeremiah Wright and Father Michael Plfeger—What’s the Problem?

1.0Casting Stoneshttps://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/castingstonesDr. Richard Landhttps://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/castingstones/author/jmartinSenator Obama, Trinity Church, Rev. Jeremiah Wright and Father Michael Plfeger—What’s the Problem? - Casting Stonesrich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="9iIyDQwanL"><a href="https://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/castingstones/2008/06/senator-obama-trinity-church-r.html">Senator Obama, Trinity Church, Rev. Jeremiah Wright and Father Michael Plfeger—What’s the Problem?</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/castingstones/2008/06/senator-obama-trinity-church-r.html/embed#?secret=9iIyDQwanL" width="600" height="338" title="“Senator Obama, Trinity Church, Rev. Jeremiah Wright and Father Michael Plfeger—What’s the Problem?” — Casting Stones" data-secret="9iIyDQwanL" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript"> /* <![CDATA[ */ /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); /* ]]> */ </script> Senator Obama and his wife Michelle have now resigned their membership from Trinity United Church of Christ in Chicago. Given the outrageous and incendiary statements made from the pulpit by Rev. Wright and repeated with evident relish from the podium of the National Press Club, perhaps the Obamas’ resignation was inevitable. I personally thought the…