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    Dr. King niece explains black support for Dems: pastors loyal to the party


    Dr. King niece explains black support for Dems: pastors loyal to the party
    Steve Jordahl
    Sep 03, 2021
    Dr. King niece explains black support for Dems: pastors loyal to the party

    Black Americans voted overwhelmingly for Joe Biden in 2020
    , a fact that is not surprising to anyone who follows national politics, but a longtime black activist says that loyalty can be traced to a churchgoing community that is listening to its Democratic Party-supporting pastors.

    Looking at post-election figures, Pew Research crunched the numbers and found that 90% of church-attending black voters cast a ballot to put abortion-supporting, homosexual rights-defending Biden in the White House.

    Alveda King
    , a niece of the Civil Rights leader and a pro-life activist, tells American Family News the lopsided support comes from a trait that, in almost any other context, would be a virtue.

    "We have a very interesting history in the African-American community: a history of loyalty," she says. "Once we have been taught and trained, pretty much that's where we will stay regardless of external circumstance."

    That does not mean black voters fled from President Donald Trump, especially since pre-election polls showed growing support among blacks. Exit polls confirmed that, too.


    Yet what Trump was up against, King frankly says, is a Democratic Party machine that knows it can rely on black congregations, and pastors in particular, when Election Day nears.

    "African-American leaders, such as pastors, still accept get-out-the-vote money from the Democrat party," she warns. "They close their eyes to the issues and the policies, accept the money, and just turn the vote out."...




    ...The close relationship between the Democrat Party and black churches is no secret. NPR reported in a March story on the importance of "Souls to the Polls" voter drives at black churches. For its story, the liberal news organization used the example of the African Methodist Episcopal Church, which oversees more that 500 churches across Georgia.

    Bishop Reginald Jackson, who oversees those churches, told NPR that the only goal is to "get people to vote" but not to tell them who to vote for....




    ...The influential bishop also commented t
    hat Georgia is now "competitive" for Democrats thanks to the work of Stacy Abrams, and he said he is enjoying working closely with Abrams and with Atlanta's mayor, Keisha Lance Bottoms.

    King currently lives in the Atlanta area, a longtime hotbed of Democratic Party activity and, more recently, accusations of blatant voter fraud in 2020.

    Most black churches are politically active, King tells American Family News, because the right to vote was a hard-fought one that is not taken for granted.


    But those churches need to align their politics, she says, with the Bible.


    "And we can read our Bibles ourselves," she says. "We can't just depend on our pastors to help us with that."









    This I say therefore, and testify in the Lord, that ye henceforth walk not as other Gentiles walk, in the vanity (futility) of their mind, having the understanding darkened...
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    That's a good article especially by a black believer and there is a rise of black and minority leaders speaking out.

    I live thousands of kilometers away and over the years have read about the dangers of mixing faith with right wing values and especially during the Trump presidency with white evangelicals.
    Then I thought why isn't the same judgement called out on black/minority churches when 90% support Democrat policies. At least white evangelicals are more evenly split with Republicans and Democrats.

    Why doesn't the media and christian leaders address this anomaly?
    I do realise that in the past there were genuine reasons for blacks/minorities to vote Democrat but in 2021 with many wicked Democrat policies why do christians still vote for these people.

    Christians are weak and if you promise them more money they will vote for you.

    We have the same situation here with many white believers and non believers from poorer socio-economic areas will vote for godless people if they are promised more money.
    I understand non believers doing it but not christians.

    Obviously I wouldn't recommend voting for a right wing politician if his values are godless but at least investigate the policies.

    Many years ago my wife and I voted for a Catholic politician from a left wing party because he stood on moral grounds against abortion contrary to his party and genuinely helped people.

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    Quote Originally Posted by fuego View Post
    Nothing that actually getting saved wouldn't cure.
    Starting with the "pastors".



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    Quote Originally Posted by GodismyJudge View Post
    Starting with the "pastors".



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    That's what I meant. lol.

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    Quote Originally Posted by GodismyJudge View Post
    Starting with the "pastors".



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