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Obama breaks with Chicago church
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Barack Obama has resigned his 20 year membership in the Trinity United Church of Christ in Chicago in the aftermath of inflammatory remarks by his longtime pastor the Rev. Jeremiah Wright and more recent fiery remarks at the church by another minister. (article 2)
Obama campaign communications director Robert Gibbs said Obama had submitted a letter of resignation to the church and would discuss his decision in a session with reporters later Saturday. (article 2)
CHICAGO Father Michael Pfleger's face is well known in these parts, one of the many iconoclastic characters who inhabit a city with a long history of racial division and political activism. (article 10)
As a guest speaker at Sen. Barack Obama's church, the priest suggested that the former first lady is a white elitist who felt entitled to the Democratic presidential nomination. (article 10)
In doing so, the priest reignited a debate about Obama's church that had nearly quieted down after controversial remarks by the Rev. Jeremiah A. Wright Jr. surfaced this spring. (article 10)
The job of uniting the Democratic Party after a long and divisive primary season just got tougher, thanks to yet another Chicago Christian leader who's a longtime friend and associate of Illinois Sen. Barack Obama. (article 16)
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- Obama Resigns From Trinity Church (CBS News, 05/31/2008, 262 words)
- body {background:#FFFFFF} (L.A. Times, 05/31/2008, 450 words)
- Obama quits Chicago church after long controversy (sfgate.com, 05/31/2008, 734 words)
- Obama resigns from church (msnbc.msn.com, 05/31/2008, 712 words)
- Barack Obama quits his Chicago church after long controversy (cbc.ca, 05/31/2008, 582 words)
- Obama breaks with controversial church (Washington Post, 05/31/2008, 527 words)
- Obama breaks with Chicago church (BBC News, 06/01/2008, 256 words)
- Obama Explains Why He Left His Church (CBS News, 05/31/2008, 460 words)
- The Dallas Morning News (dallasnews.com, 05/31/2008, 388 words)
- Activist priest reignites debate (L.A. Times, 05/31/2008, 436 words)
- Obama tackles flap over priest (dallasnews.com, 05/31/2008, 470 words)
- Priest who mocked Clinton draws spotlight - (seattletimes.nwsource.com, 05/31/2008, 684 words)
- Today on the presidential campaign trail (boston.com, 05/30/2008, 270 words)
- Priest caught ranting about Hillary at Obama's church :: CHICAGO SUN-TIMES :: Barack Obama (suntimes.com, 05/30/2008, 685 words)
- Mocking of Clinton at Obama’s Church Reverberates (nytimes.com, 05/31/2008, 545 words)
- ABC News: Cardinal Condemns Clinton Mocking Priest (ABCNews, 05/30/2008, 317 words)
- OBAMA'S 'SPIRITUAL' PROBLEM (NY Post, 05/31/2008, 242 words)
- FOXNEWS.COM HOME > HANNITY & COLMES (FOX News, 05/30/2008, 16 words)
- FOXNEWS.COM HOME > SPECIAL REPORT W/ BRIT HUME (FOX News, 05/30/2008, 24 words)
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