Sentences with phrase «black religious leaders»

While Fowler notes that black religious leaders are often willing to enter politics, the last thing the huge Baptist, Methodist, and Church of God in Christ denominations are is radical or revolutionary.

Admittedly, the flood of responses from black religious leaders was a partly a function of where the TV cameras were pointed.

But I do think that black religious leaders have a responsibility, if they can not support gay marriage, to at least support and fight for the secular rights of gay people.

That puts black religious leaders in a tough spot.

Black religious leaders must be in the forefront of the fight for secular rights to be acknowledged and protected.

Not exact matches

It is the ultimate irony to listen to black / hispanic religious leaders use «the Bible» to justify discrimination, the same book that was used to justify slavery and ban intraracial marriage.

Gay marriage has divided the black community, with many religious leaders opposing it.

Wage a war of words using black leaders like Louis Farrakhan, Rev. Jesse Jackson and other religious personalities who promote Islam as the religion of African - Americans while insisting Christianity is for whites only.

White religious leaders tried to force militant black ministers to choose between Martin and Malcolm, integration and separation, Christianity and Black Pblack ministers to choose between Martin and Malcolm, integration and separation, Christianity and Black PBlack Power.

At 7 p.m., a community forum on the Black Lives Matter movement featuring a panel of religious and community leaders, Brown Memorial Baptist Church, 484 Washington Ave., Brooklyn.

Earlier in the day, religious leaders and politicians welcomed new Schools Chancellor Cathie Black during the Convent Avenue Baptist Church's annual Martin Luther King Day service, urging her to improve the city's education system.

When he was governor, he said he met with black clergy leaders to explain that their religious beliefs would not be under assault if gay marriage eventually became legal.

As well as being a superhero, Black Panther, played by Chadwick Boseman, is a religious figurehead and a political leader whose strength comes from his intellect, the superior technology in his suit, a herb that only he can eat without being poisoned, and the knowledge of his ancestors.

Black and Hispanic religious leaders and civil rights activists, including Martin Luther King III, implored the Florida Education Association to drop its lawsuit challenging the voucher - like program that serves about 75,000 students.

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