You should understand that private faith does not force public decisions. That's how you work at compromise. I haven't given up what I believe, but I live in community - in a city, state, nation, and world - with people who don't believe what I believe. That doesn't make them defective or inferior.
Jeremiah WrightJesus was a poor, black man who lived in a country and who lived in a culture that was controlled by rich white people. The Romans were Italian - which means they were Europeans, which means they were white - and the Romans ran everything in Jesus' country.
Jeremiah WrightI think that criticism is unjustified. It's a cute term, but noone shouldn't be criticized for who he is.
Jeremiah WrightThe stuff we have done overseas is now brought right back into our own front yard! America's chickens are coming home to roost!
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