The conservative commentator goes in on black American Christians for supporting U.S. President Barack Obama: "Of course, Obama's 2008 victory also depended on virtually unanimous support from many black Americans. Among them were professing Christians, who put aside every consideration of faith and conscience to support someone dedicated to socialism, rooted in the God-erasing ideology of scientific materialism. This dedication led him to take stands on moral issues (like abortion and the law-enforced acceptance of homosexuality) that outrage and directly assault the tenets of the biblical faith these black Christians otherwise profess. But for Obama's sake, they put the idol of false racial pride above their respect for God and His word."
He continues his commentary: "At the Democrats' convention this [past] week, these black Christians saw the fruits of their idolatry. They saw the party that lifted up their idol expunge the name of God from its platform. And when some sought, for cynical political reasons, to mitigate the assault with just one mention of God's name, they saw and heard the wave of sacrilegious scorn and contempt that rose to drown out the feebler voices that were raised to support the gesture. (The proposal passed, but only because the chairman's gavel tolled [sic] a lie.)"
More commentary from Mr. Keyes: "Did black Christian voters feel the shame of this demonstration of hatred and contempt toward God, whose hymns of praise and honor they profess to sing? Martin Luther King relied on the armor of God courageously to defy the hoses, vicious dogs, and threats of violence by which the racist powers that be sought to put down the Spirit-inspired work he led for Justice' sake. In his dream for America, King surely foresaw the day when people would gather to re-nominate a dark-skinned tenant of the White House. Do you think he ever imagined that among them would be so many who would applaud a platform that erased God's name from every page and then answer with Satan's hiss a simple mention of the endowing authority of God, the authority King so often invoked to demand that Justice be done in America?"
He ain't done just yet: "Barack Obama has often, in his speeches, sought to erase God from America's history. It's no surprise that his party should do the same in its platform. But in this, as in so many other ways, his words and policies betray the black American heritage, the heritage that created the moral capital he has so ruthlessly squandered during his tenure in the White House. More than this, however, Obama destroys for future generations the historic moral asset relied upon by Martin Luther King, Frederick Douglass, and countless other black Americans who fought for justice."
Alan Keyes: "Are Black American Christians Reaping A Harvest Of Racial Idolatry, At The Expense Of Their Religious Faith?"
