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Black Pastors: Gay Rights Not Same as...
The Rev. Billy Owens, Chairman of the Coalition of African American Pastors, says that claims by the gay marriage proponents that they are fighting the same fight as the African American Civil Rights movement of decades ago are just plain wrong. Gays can have any job, attend any school, sit where they want on the bus and enjoy all America ha [...]
Pastors thank GOP, lobby democrats on...
Written by STAFF REPORT
Sunday, 09 September 2012
MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Last week in Tampa the Coalition of African-American Pastors (CAAP) thanked the Republican Party for supporting traditional marriage in its party platform.
This week the group is attending the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, N.C. to push the party to which most C [...]
RNC Report: Black Pastor Denounces Ob...
Assigned to cover both this year’s political conventions, ESSENCE News Editor Wendy L. Wilson has been on the scene at the RNC in Tampa, speaking with African Americans in attendance to find out exactly why they aren’t backing President Obama in 2012. Here, she catches up with the Rev. William Owens, founder of the Coalition of A [...]
President Obama, same-sex marriage, a...
The Democratic Party platform group have announced the platform they drafted will, like the did president recently, endorse same-sex marriage and remove references to God. The positions will undoubtedly be highlighted at the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte this week.
Will the rest of the Democratic party follow suit and formally i [...]
Pastor: Black Christians should ‘with...
Published: 12:11 PM 07/06/2012
By Caroline May
After failing to receive a response to their request to meet with President Barack Obama and Attorney General Eric Holder to discuss the administration’s support for same-sex marriage, the Coalition of African-American Pastors is now calling on other black Christians to withhold support for [...]
Black pastors target Obama
Rev. William Owens, president of Coalition of African-American Pastors
A large coalition of African-American pastors, snubbed by President Obama and Attorney General Eric Holder in their demand for a meeting to discuss same-sex marriage, are calling on blacks to boycott the president and sign a petition demanding that the admi [...]
