Obama Forced to Denounce a Friend

I mentioned previously that Barack Obama had decided to walk the tightrope between a gospel singing friend who claims to be a recovered homosexual, and the homosexual activists that make up a large part of the noisy left side of the Dem party. In order to keep peace with the lefties Obama had to say he was "disturbed" by some of gospel singer Donnie McClurkin's views on homosexuality, but his friend was certainly unrepentent during the Obama event:

On Sunday night McClurkin headlined the final installment of the Obama campaign's "Embrace the Change" Gospel concert series, and addressed critics at the end of the event who have faulted him for saying homosexuality is a choice.

"They accuse me of being anti-gay and a bigot," McClurkin said. "We don't believe in discrimination. We don't believe in hatred, and if you do you are in the wrong place at the wrong time. That's the whole premise of God. That's the whole premise of Christ is love, love, love. But there is a side of Christ that deals in judgment, and all sin is against God."

"Don't call me a bigot or anti-gay, when I have been touched by the same feelings," McClurkin, who has said he once felt homosexual impulses, went on. "When I have suffered with the same feelings. Don't call me a homophobe, when I love everybody … Don't tell me that I stand up and I say vile words against the gay community because I don't. I don't speak against the homosexual. I tell you that God delivered me from homosexuality."

McClurkin isn't interested in compromising his values...unlike Obama.