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SC, your situation sounds a little unique, though I guess not too much so.
I don't want a pastor who is really my friend. Don't get me wrong, I love having a friend-like relationship with my pastor, but he's a spiritual leader for me, someone more concerned with my relationship w/ the Lord then anything else. Perhaps that is the definition of the best kind of friend, but I know at some point Wright would have ceased to be any sort of spiritual leader for me, and we would only be left with friendship. It is one thing for somebody to fall, it is another for that person to attempt to lead others while making no apparent attempt to remedy or cease their mistakes.
That said, this isn't a huge issue to me. I do find it questionable, but I don't think it shows that Obama is a racist. I think it shows that he struggled to stand up for what he thought was right when it required him to object to his own community. He seems willing to do that now, but that doesn't necessarily mean overly much to me, and I think other people have reacted similarly.
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