The Democratic Black Church
Chicago Dyke, of the group blog Corrente, warns that the Democratic courtship of religious voters — and, in South Carolina, black religious voters — is more complicated than it appears in a press that loves the “authenticity” it attributes to almost all black churches: “While it may have been the case that 30 years ago, there were […]
Chicago Dyke, of the group blog Corrente, warns that the Democratic courtship of religious voters — and, in South Carolina, black religious voters — is more complicated than it appears in a press that loves the “authenticity” it attributes to almost all black churches: “While it may have been the case that 30 years ago, there were great people in the Black Church, these days things aren’t so simple. It’s one of the reasons that I don’t write off Hillary in SC; she’s well-versed with the ’who’s who’ in the Black church there, and I don’t doubt that among her many promises to them, more faith-based money is in the mix, prominently. I doubt Obama is any different, especially after his little trick of having a blatant homophobe campaign for him.” Read more.