Rev. Dwight McKissic, a black Southern Baptist pastor, has asked his denomination to acknowledge the importance of President Barack Obama's election, despite the convention's opposition to many of his policies. McKissic, pastor of Cornerstone Baptist Church in Arlington, Texas, has proposed a resolution that would celebrate the election of the first African-American U.S. president "as a significant contribution to the ongoing cause of racial reconciliation." This comes as Rev. Wiley Drake, who prayed for then-candidate Barack Obama's acceptance speech at the DNC convention be rained out, on an interview with Fox News radio's Alan Colmes, that he was practicing "imprecatory prayer," or seeking a divine curse, that Obama would die. To be specific, he said, "If he does not turn to God and does not turn his life around, I am asking God to enforce imprecatory prayers that are throughout the Scripture that would cause him death," Drake said in an interview with Fox's Alan Colmes. Isn't this a threat on the president's life? The Southern Baptist Convention was formed in 1845 so slaveholders could continue to serve as missionaries. In 1995, Southern Baptists formally sought forgiveness from African-Americans.
By 2007, the convention's minority membership, including African-Americans, Asians and Latinos, had grown to about 18 percent, said the Rev. Richard Land, head of the denomination's public policy arm. But like many other U.S. denominations, the 16.2 million-member Southern Baptist Convention remains overwhelmingly white. Source: Yahoo News
Revs. McKissic and Wiley Drake are at two ends of the spectrum in their rhetoric. Drake is a nutjob who hides behind the guise of religion to promote his radicalism, while McKissic is just plain nuts if he thinks that President Obama deserves special honor in every facet of our society for being the first black president. Yes, he has made history because of his accomplishment as the first African American president, but are we expected to keep paying homage to this fact day after day? Or do we move on, knowing that his place is secure in history and tackle the myriad of issues confronting Americans everyday? Don't get me wrong, I am proud of the accomplishments of the president and equally proud of the fact that we are moving to a post-racial America, slowly but surely, but the celebration of President Obama's feat has passed and it's time to get to work on fixing what ails the United States. I am sure that is how the president feels as well. No matter what happens, his accomplishment can never be erased.
Rev. Dwight McKissic, a black Southern Baptist pastor, has asked his denomination to acknowledge the importance of President Barack Obama's election, despite the convention's opposition to many of his policies. McKissic, pastor of Cornerstone Baptist Church in Arlington, Texas, has proposed a resolution that would celebrate the election of the first African-American U.S. president "as a significant contribution to the ongoing cause of racial reconciliation." This comes as Rev. Wiley Drake, who prayed for then-candidate Barack Obama's acceptance speech at the DNC convention be rained out, on an interview with Fox News radio's Alan Colmes, that he was practicing "imprecatory prayer," or seeking a divine curse, that Obama would die. To be specific, he said, "If he does not turn to God and does not turn his life around, I am asking God to enforce imprecatory prayers that are throughout the Scripture that would cause him death," Drake said in an interview with Fox's Alan Colmes. Isn't this a threat on the president's life? 
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