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Saturday, May 03, 2008
Uh-oh, here we go again: Meet Obama's new pastor
Otis Moss compares Wright to Jesus, backs up predecessor on AIDS,
drugs
By Aaron Klein
JERUSALEM =96 More pastor problems for Sen. Barack Obama?
The man slated to become chief pastor at the Trinity United Church of
Christ has called blacks "lepers" with a "skin disease," claimed U.S.
entertainment cor****ations operate with "disdain" for black people,
and in a fiery sermon claimed retired pastor Rev. Jeremiah Wright was
"lynched" by the media and compared the embattled pastor to Jesus.
Otis Moss III, lauded this week by Obama as a "wonderful young
pastor," also recently refused to deny claims by Wright that the U.S.
government was involved in distributing illegal drugs to minorities or
spreading the AIDS virus to blacks.
The 37-year-old Moss, nicknamed the "hip-hop pastor" by congregants,
will become the head of Trinity Christ in June, taking over for
Wright, whose controversial remarks landed Obama in hot water.
Following a series of national media interviews given by Wright last
week, Obama strongly denounced some of Wright's statements as
"divisive and destructive."
Wright had defended his views that the U.S. was to blame for the 9-11
attacks and referred to Nation of Islam head Louis Farrakhan as "one
of the most im****tant voices in the 20th and 21st century." Wright
also quoted controversial Farrakhan remarks, such as his calling
"Zionism" a "gutter religion."
While slamming Wright this week, Obama told the New York Times he will
continue his member****p in Trinity. He referred to Moss as
"wonderful."
"Well, you know, the new pastor =96 the young pastor, Rev. Otis Moss, is
a wonderful young pastor. And as I said, I still very much value the
Trinity community."
In what was labeled his first national broadcast interview, Moss spoke
last month to National Public Radio amid national media controversy
surrounding some of Wright's views.
NPR interviewer Michelle Noris asked about Wright's statements
regarding the spread of drugs and AIDS:
"As part of a member of this new generation is that a concept that you
embrace? That the government was involved in the distribution of drugs
or in the spread of HIV and AIDS?" asked Noris.
Moss replied: "Well, I think in terms of that particular narrative, I
think we need to be very, very honest in terms of that our government
has the ability to place a Hubble Telescope in the sky but yet we
haven't had the political will to shut down drugs coming into our
community. And from that perspective I think that's something we can
look at in terms of policy. That we just have lacked the political
will."
Like Wright, Moss has a trail of fiery sermons posted on YouTube.
In one, an animated Moss compares blacks to biblical "lepers" who have
a "skin disease."
"You see they still are lepers. They still have a skin disease. They
had a skin disease. They had a skin disease. Based on their skin
condition, they were considered to be second-class citizens. They had
a skin issue. They had a skin disease.
"And the lepers lived in a leper project. The lepers had bad health
care. The lepers were disrespected. They had funny names for lepers.
The lepers were considered inferior. They had an inferior school
system. The lepers lived in a ghetto leper colony. The lepers were
segregated from everybody else," he continued.
Moss went on to imply those who segregated blacks are the "enemy."
"But they (blacks) refused to give up. They decided to leave the city.
They said that's not going to stop me from my destiny. Once they left
the particular area, they then find out God has cooked things up. The
camp of the enemy...nobody is there. So they go into the enemy's camp.
They find food. They find shelter. They find gold. They find silver.
They even find some drink. In the enemy's camp. They find gin and
juice. In the enemy's camp."
"The one who wanted to destroy them ends up being the one who blesses
them. Every once in a while God will use your enemies to end up
blessing you," said Moss.
In his Easter sermon last month, Moss said Wright was "lynched" by the
international media.
"No one should start a ministry with lynching, no one should end their
ministry with lynching,=94 Moss said.
"The lynching was national news. The RNN, the Roman News Network, was
re****ting it and NPR, National Publican Radio had it on the radio. The
Jerusalem Post and the Palestine Times all wanted exclusives, they
searched out the young ministers, showed up unannounced at their
houses, tried to talk with their families, called up their friends,
wanted to get a quote on how do you feel about the lynching?=94 he
stated.
He went on to compare Wright to Jesus:
"The people gathered around Jesus, they knew better. But they kept
repeating sound bytes from his ministry. They kept saying, you know,
things like the last shall be first and didn't say the first shall be
last."
"They just kept quoting things. Did not talk about his parables. Did
not talk about his work. Just there he is on the cross being lynched.
No rabbis came to the aid of Jesus during his lynching."
Moss served under Wright as an assistant pastor for two years. He
graduated from Yale Divinity School and is the son of a preacher and
former adviser to Martin Luther King Jr.
Under Wright, Moss wrote in the Trinity church newsletter that
American entertainment companies operate with contempt for the black
community.
"Currently, there are about eight companies controlling 90% of
everything we hear, read, watch on television or view in the movie
theater. These companies operate with contempt and disdain for the
Black community," Moss wrote.
He was introducing an article featured in the newsletter about the
music industry and blacks.
That same church newsletter was widely featured in the media after it
was re****ted the bulletin reprinted an opinion piece by a top Hamas
official that defended terrorism as legitimate resistance, refused to
recognize the right of Israel to exist and compared the terror group's
official charter =96 which calls for the murder of Jews =96 to America's
Declaration of Independence.
The Hamas piece was published on Wright's "Pastor's Page," which later
printed an open letter by a pro-Palestinian activist that labeled
Israel an "apartheid" regime and claimed the Jewish state worked on an
"ethnic bomb" that kills "blacks and Arabs."
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