The weird thing about his whole Father Flaigler incident is that many people who denounced him on TV and radio seemed to not realize that

1) he is not a pastor at Trinity Church

2) Fr. Flaigler is a white, Roman Catholic priest.

3) he was NOT preaching at a pulpit but rather speaking at a national, interdenominational meeting on race relations.

However, I can't stand it when Religious leaders--Right or Left-- use their position to influence the voting of their church members.

Too me, religion is the fly in every ointment and I'm glad that Obama is separating himself from it. He probably should have done it a long time ago but being religious is expected of candidates now.