Obama keeps pastor at a distance
By Brian DeBose
March 14, 2008

Presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama's ties to racially divisive minister Jeremiah A. Wright Jr. have drawn much attention in the media and on the Web.

The Rev. Jeremiah A. Wright Jr., a mentor and friend to Sen. Barack Obama for 20 years, in a recent sermon shouted: "God damn America" for its history of slavery, racism and oppression against its black citizens.

Mr. Wright — who baptized Mr. Obama at the Trinity United Church of Christ, presided over his wedding there and inspired him in his career as a community activist and a politician — has been a lightning rod for the campaign from the very beginning. the rest

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