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March 26, 2008 Dear Editor: We have recently been exposed to a new controversy concerning Senator Barack H. Obama on the race issue. I do not agree with Senator Obama on most issues but I do agree with him that we should not make race an issue in this country. It is time for us to get past the injustices of the past and build bridges bringing people together. What we call a race issue is really not a race issue it is an ethnic issue. There is only one race and that is the human race. We have different pigment in our skin but we are all of one blood. We need to get past judging others by the color of their skin and deal with each person as an individual. I grew up in We must stop dividing people the way Pastor Jeremiah Wright has done in some of his sermons and work for reconciliation. We must work together the way we did during the days of desegregation. People of different skin colors joined together to overcome the prejudices of the past. Democrats and Republicans joined together to change the laws of our land to give equal opportunity to those who had been held back for too long. I am thankful that God has allowed me to pastor a multi-ethnic congregation in the midst of a primarily Anglo-Saxon Community. I have sought to bring people together and not to divide them. Jesus worked for reconciliation and not for retribution. Senator Obama should be considered for the issues that he endorses and not for the color of his skin. I like the man even though I do not like the things that he supports. I hope that when people go to the polls in November they will vote intelligently based upon the issues that face us as a country and not based upon the color of a person’s skin or their gender. Sincerely, Anthony L. Gibson Pastor, 203 655-0318 |