‘Hypocrites’: Sharpton Blasts Black Pastors Who Won’t Support Obama Over His Gay Marriage Stance
- Posted on May 17, 2012 at 10:24am by
Billy Hallowell
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It‘s no secret that many Christian pastors have taken a stand against President Barack Obama’s proclamation of support for same-sex marriage. African American faith leaders, in particular, have struggled to rectify their Biblical views with Obama’s endorsement of same-sex unions. As the president does damage control among faith leaders of all stripes, it seems the Rev. Al Sharpton is an ally.
On Wednesday, the controversial pastor took to the radio to slam black faith leaders who don’t plan to vote for Obama in November as a result of his newfound stance. While Sharpton said that he understands disagreement with the president’s position on the issue, he finds faith leaders’ claims that they cannot vote for Obama as a result of it hypocritical.
(Related: Obama Does Damage Control Among Christian Pastors Following Gay Marriage Endorsement)
“When I hear them say they’re not going to vote because we prayed with him — I saw black ministers — the same ones you naming — get around and lay hands and pray for Bill Clinton when Bill Clinton, we know, committed a sin,” Sharpton proclaimed. “And we still voted for him and prayed for him. So what is the difference in this man taking a position and an opinion — not committing the act — just saying, ‘I’m alright with the legal right for people to do this.’”
Sharpton continued, claiming that the same pastors who met with Clinton and continued to support him throughout his very public ordeal, are hypocrites when it comes to Obama.
“They had prayer meetings for Bill Clinton,” Sharpton said. “Got on their knees, slobbered and rolled up down the floor to keep him in office when they were trying to impeach him.”
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Comments (120)
Hiswill
Posted on May 17, 2012 at 11:02amAl has to be an embarrassment to the black community.
Report Post »seeker9
Posted on May 17, 2012 at 11:17amAl is an embarassment to the human race.
Report Post »sWampy
Posted on May 17, 2012 at 11:23amPromotion of homosexuality, promotes abuse, Christianity is all about NOT promoting abusive things period.
Report Post »Gonzo
Posted on May 17, 2012 at 11:24amI think it’s the exact opposite unfortunately. .
Report Post »michael48
Posted on May 17, 2012 at 11:28amseeker…you assume “it’s” human…looks and sounds more insect ..to me…
Report Post »PATTY HENRY
Posted on May 17, 2012 at 11:28amSIMPLY PUT: GOD had better be first in the lives of these Pastors who have undertaken the task to preach His word. IF they replace GOD with Obama, they know the consequences. For this dolt Sharpton to be Obama’s bulldog is pathetic. Shows he’s already sold his soul.
THIS is the beginning of the final fight between GOOD v. Evil. GOOD wins.
Report Post »BreeZee
Posted on May 17, 2012 at 11:29amdisclaimer; I am not PC
Report Post »if you preach from the Bible but side with barry your a hypocrite. they are voting purely blk for blk. you cannot teach from the Bible yet back those backing abortions unless it’s for personal reasons which means you have no ethics or character.all these religons are getting what they deserve for silently cowarding in the shadows while the progressive left have all but kick GOD compleately out of the country.
ImJusSayin
Posted on May 17, 2012 at 11:50amAl is an embarrassment to the Human Race !
Report Post »minorityconservative2
Posted on May 17, 2012 at 11:51amI have to agree. These “pastors” have already give their support to him when he is “pro-choice”. There is no greater evil than killing the innocent. Those innocents didn’t even get a chance to decide whether they would become gay or not. But this is going to be a sticking point for them? I don’t get it at all. It is clear for anyone to see in their Bible that killing of babies in the womb is murder, that is if they care to look. I can see a good pastor talking to Obama to counsel him but not to vote for him. He pushes his sin and other people’s sin on all of us. He voted against giving medical attention to babies that survived an abortion. He is evil.
Report Post »johnjamison
Posted on May 17, 2012 at 12:54pmLooks like the old Racist Rev. is more Democrat than Christian.
Report Post »AmericanFightingMan1
Posted on May 17, 2012 at 3:17pmSharpton is intellectually shallow.
Bill Clinton’s sin was a personal one where he failed as a man. He did not advocate his sin, he committed the sin.
Obama advocates the sin, but did not commit it (so far as we know). Obama advocates that which is sinful.
Big difference, but too much for Sharpton, the bigot, to see.
Report Post »From Virginia
Posted on May 17, 2012 at 9:09pm@MinorityConservative2 – Agree 1000% with everything you said!
Report Post »rickc34
Posted on May 19, 2012 at 5:49pmAl does not represent the views of Christians. I don’t know what he thinks he is a reverand of but his views are not in line with the word of God. I pray for those that stand for God and do not submit to man. Eternity is forever the choice is yours if you do not stand for God you stand againstt God.
Report Post »Cabo King
Posted on May 17, 2012 at 11:00amwhat is wrong with this S.F.N. ?
Report Post »Madmilo
Posted on May 17, 2012 at 10:53amSure, Vote for him because he’s black. Nothing racist about that.
Report Post »lovenfl3
Posted on May 17, 2012 at 11:07amExactly, I couldn’t agree more. Aside from Barack Obama, I don‘t know anyone that’s a bigger hypocrite than Al Sharpton. I always use this simple rule. Whatever side of an issue he’s on, I take the other view. I find that it works out very nicely.
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Smoke Ranch
Posted on May 17, 2012 at 10:53amWhen has Mr. Sharpton ever shown anything close to a Christian value? And he calls himself a reverand? The hypocrisy of this person.
Report Post »From Virginia
Posted on May 17, 2012 at 9:10pmHe got it in the mail when he was 12.
Report Post »mrsmileyface
Posted on May 17, 2012 at 10:52amThis may be the first time in a long long LONG time that black people and those of faith actually think for themselves instead of doing what they are told to do by a corrupt White House and or a corrupt pundant/preacher. Watch the panic start to set in.
Report Post »Gonzo
Posted on May 17, 2012 at 11:16amDon’t hold your breath. When push comes to shove, they’ll vote for him.
Report Post »From Virginia
Posted on May 17, 2012 at 9:17pmGonzo is right – they’ll vote color over God. Like MinorityConservative2 pointed out, these pastors were just fine with Obama being a baby killer – and what babies are the most aborted in this country? Black babies – and these pastors supported that when they supported Obama.
Report Post »cgent47
Posted on May 17, 2012 at 10:48amSorry Al (My Favorite Race Pimp) most black folks don’t want to be sodomized.
Report Post »IDONTTHINKSO
Posted on May 17, 2012 at 10:48amI was reading the blaze story last night and I remembered one of Booker T. Washington’s quotes!
Report Post »“There is a class of colored people who make a business of keeping the troubles, the wrongs, and the hardships of the ***** race before the public. Some of these people do not want the ***** to lose his grievances, because they do not want to lose their jobs. There is a certain class of race-problem solvers who don’t want the patient to get well.”
Redmanblackdog
Posted on May 17, 2012 at 10:46amSharpton = Dumbton
Report Post »crazyoz
Posted on May 17, 2012 at 10:46amAl (the phoney reverend) should be removed from MSNBC.
Report Post »momrules
Posted on May 17, 2012 at 10:44amSharpton is wrong again.
The hypocrites are the Pastors that will claim to preach the word of God from the pulpit but will still vote for Obama on election day.
Report Post »spirited
Posted on May 17, 2012 at 10:51amExactly MOM.
>More of Sharpton’s brotherly love.
Report Post »The Third Archon
Posted on May 17, 2012 at 7:20pmYou could have just left it “the pastors are hypocrites.”
Report Post »path232
Posted on May 17, 2012 at 10:43amShut up, Al
Report Post »wrecked
Posted on May 17, 2012 at 10:41amWhy is this race baiter even relevevant ? This man has no credit he is morally bankrupt. Yet the media and others thing he has something earth changing to say? If he walked with Dr. King he didnt learn much.
Report Post »From Virginia
Posted on May 17, 2012 at 9:24pmI don’t believe he ever did – Jesse Jackson did and HE certainly didn’t learn anything.
Al Sharpton burst on the scene with the fake Twana Bralley rape case. This guy should really have done some time for that one – and the tax fraud – and the incitement to riot that got a man killed.
Report Post »doglady
Posted on May 17, 2012 at 10:40amAl Sharpton is a hate monger, race baiting hypocrite who needs to wander off into the sunset and disappear.
Report Post »YouGottaProblemWithThat
Posted on May 17, 2012 at 10:40amThis may be the first step toward the traditional black churches of America and all others to stand firm and together against this President. The healing can begin after this Jimmy Carter II era is reversed. Welcome my brothers and sisters of color.
Report Post »SquidVetOhio
Posted on May 17, 2012 at 10:39amThere is a special place in hell awaiting this guy and other false ministers. I pray that he repents and comes to Jesus Christ as I wouldn’t wish my worst enemy go to the place of weeping and wailing and gnashing of teeth.
Report Post »Dismayed Veteran
Posted on May 17, 2012 at 11:23amFrom what I read in postings, it seems that many Protestants believe that a sinner on the very edge of death repents, he gets into heaven. To think that Sharpton could get this “get out of jail” card brings out the Catholic in me.
Purgatory. This Catholic doctrine is for Purgatory is for the purification of souls who are not sufficiently free of sin but are not so sinful that they should go to hell immediately.
Personally, I figure he is hell bound. He is lucky that God decides.
Report Post »tennantusa
Posted on May 17, 2012 at 10:39amSharnot’s only worships the GREEN!
Report Post »RJJinGadsden
Posted on May 17, 2012 at 10:38amTHE BLAZE, As much as I love to listen to Rush, but somebody made a mistake posting his audio instead of the stated Al Sharpton video. A correction would be nice
Report Post »CrawfishFestival2
Posted on May 17, 2012 at 10:38amhey Al – have you heard what Conservative Talk Show Host Mark Levin stated =
I would rather have someone in the White House born with a silver spoon in their mouth, than someone born with a chip on their shoulder.”
Report Post »VaVetVoice
Posted on May 17, 2012 at 10:37amSharpton = insignificant….
Report Post »Ghandi was a Republican
Posted on May 17, 2012 at 10:36amSharpton is a racist. What he is not is a “reverend”. What a scam artist.
Report Post »CrawfishFestival2
Posted on May 17, 2012 at 10:35amYeah, Al. Keep it up…….Black America will finally see you for what you are = a Race Hustler – and now a Same-Sex Marriage huckster – on behalf of Obama.
Looks like yr platform is imploding – to capture the votes from the black communities.
Report Post »Apple Bite
Posted on May 17, 2012 at 10:54amWe already know what he looks like, problem is, we have fools among us that think his word has more weight than those of opposite skin color. Which in my opinion is the very definition of perpetual ignorance. We have fools amongst us all whose thoughts are so shallow, that they think anyone who would oppose this clown, is doing so because “he’s black”. They don’t even stop to consider the fact that just 3-4 years prior to Obama becoming president, they were condemning Bush for everything they’re currently praising Obama for now. Gas went up 75-80 cents under Bush and they darn near buried him in hatred. Gas goes up $2 under Obama, and they say he’s saving lives by keeping people from driving. Where’s the logic?
When speaking of Liberals, that word never exists.
Report Post »I.Gaspar
Posted on May 17, 2012 at 10:35am“Hypocrites”…isn’t that the pot calling the kettle black???
Report Post »Optimist4now
Posted on May 17, 2012 at 10:37amNo, I believe that’s a black smoking pot.
Report Post »mom4times
Posted on May 17, 2012 at 10:44ammy thoughts exactly
Report Post »HKS
Posted on May 17, 2012 at 10:33amHow does this rag sleep at night.
Report Post »CrawfishFestival2
Posted on May 17, 2012 at 10:33amConsidering the hair-dos that Rev Al Sharpton has had over the years, he could be a little gay himself.
Sharpton should get into a same-sex marriage with Rev. Wright –
or Louis Farrahken.
Report Post »SquidVetOhio
Posted on May 17, 2012 at 10:41amLove the Screen Name. Nothing like the Crawfish Festival in Breaux Bridge LA. This yankee is fed well every time I go to Lousiana!
Report Post »biohazard23
Posted on May 17, 2012 at 10:43amOr Jesse Jackson – doesn’t matter which one, Junior or Senior….
Report Post »mom4times
Posted on May 17, 2012 at 10:46amewwwww…..way too early for that kind of imagery :x lol
Report Post »JAMACAMECRAZYMAN
Posted on May 17, 2012 at 10:29amP. o. s…………………………..
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