Barack Obama at LA Trade Tech College

This morning I volunteered at a Town Hall Meeting at LA Trade Technical College in downtown Los Angeles. It's the first time I've actually hear Senator Obama in person. It was just electric. All the opening speakers were invoking history and JFK and MLK and talking about a turning point in history. There were probably 1,500 people all together. Because it is a community college there was a heavy representation of young people. And I have to tell you, there were people of all kinds - every major ethnic group, all ages, professions, working class, students, women and men, teachers, hotel workers....

Truly inspiring!!!

Comments

[frank]

vote republican!!!
Save our values

[Ryan Bell]

Which values would those be?

[Jared Wright]

We invoked you in a class on theology last week when conversation turned to a pastor's role in the political process.

A pastor in the class from Africa asked what a pastor ought to do in election time. The professor suggested voting, by all means, but would not necessarily suggest openly endorsing and supporting a candidate. I mentioned that I knew of at least one Adventist pastor serving as a precinct captain for the Obama campaign.

Thanks for providing a positive model of the intersection between the pulpit and the stump!

[Anonymous]

At risk of losing non-profit status and alienating a good chunk of church members. . .

[Neville]

Pastors, like every other private citizen, should be able to endorse whomever they choose, especially on their personal blog. In progressive, libertarian Hollywood, I doubt there are many who would be alienated by a pastor who makes his personal politics known. Funny how other pastors like Falwell, Dobson, etc. are not afraid of losing their non-profit status nor alienating their members with their political positions.

[Johnny A. Ramirez]

This is not about the pulpit at all. This is about one citizen making clear his political preference on a personal blog. Certainly even pastors are allowed that right also.