>>>And of course you are assuming this was the first time he had any inkling of Wright's views? In 20 years?
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>>>Black liberation theology does not hide it's light under a bushel. *I* knew what Write and Cone and others were preaching 5 or 10 years ago and I'm not black (though arguably as black as Obama) and don't belong to his denomination, let alone his congregation.
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>>FWIW, Obama is a United Methodist, not a "black denomination." In fact, one of the interesting things in the Moyers-Wright interview was that Moyers is also a United Methodist.
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>>Tamar
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>I thought it was United Church of Christ? I'm a Methodist and as far as I know that church is not Methodist. ( and black liberation theology is a strain all it's own)

You're right; I'm wrong. It is United Church of Christ, and that's why Moyer is as well. My main point was that the denomination is not one considered a "black denomination" (like, for example African Methodist Episcopal).

Tamar