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Originally Posted by agzg
This is also true of churches whose membership is predominantly white, and sometimes in favor of Republicans.
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Exactly, such is one of the roles of religion as an institution.
This is particularly interesting for the Black Church because we are talking about the poor and disenfranchised which is disproportionately Black. The Black Church has always been a driving force (pun intended) in busing Black voters and giving Blacks the resources they could not access outside of the Black community. When people wonder why the average Black person is a Democrat despite the history of Black Republicans, it is not because the average Black person KNOWS that the Democratic party has done so much for the Black community.