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cbayer

(146,218 posts) Fri Jun 1, 2012, 02:57 PM Jun 2012

Southern Baptists reprimand top official over Trayvon Martin remarks

http://religion.blogs.cnn.com/2012/06/01/southern-baptists-reprimand-top-official-over-trayvon-martin-remarks/

By Dan Gilgoff, CNN.com

(CNN) – The country’s largest evangelical Christian denomination on Friday announced it is reprimanding one of its top officials over comments he made regarding the Trayvon Martin case, pledging to cancel the official’s national radio show.

The trustee committee of the Southern Baptist Convention’s Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission announced two reprimands on Friday for Richard Land, who leads public policy efforts for the Southern Baptists, according to the official press arm.

The first reprimand was for remarks Land - one of the country's most powerful evangelical leaders - made about the Martin case. The second was because Land lifted some remarks from another source on his radio show without using attribution.

The commission will move to terminate Land’s radio program, “Richard Land Live!” because of the controversy, the Baptist Press reported.

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Southern Baptists reprimand top official over Trayvon Martin remarks (Original Post) cbayer Jun 2012 OP

How do you spell 'Hallelujah'? sinkingfeeling Jun 2012 #1

This is how I spell it. cbayer Jun 2012 #3

i'm sure there are others in the wings oldhippydude Jun 2012 #2

So basically, what he said was... Scootaloo Jun 2012 #4

Time to run for office... nt rrneck Jun 2012 #5

That's rich. They never "reprimanded" Bailey Smith. onager Jun 2012 #6

sinkingfeeling

(51,471 posts)

1. How do you spell 'Hallelujah'?

Reply to cbayer (Original post)

Fri Jun 1, 2012, 03:05 PM

Jun 2012

cbayer

(146,218 posts)

3. This is how I spell it.

Reply to sinkingfeeling (Reply #1)

Fri Jun 1, 2012, 03:11 PM

Jun 2012

oldhippydude

(2,514 posts)

2. i'm sure there are others in the wings

Reply to cbayer (Original post)

Fri Jun 1, 2012, 03:10 PM

Jun 2012

right wings

Scootaloo

(25,699 posts)

4. So basically, what he said was...

Reply to cbayer (Original post)

Fri Jun 1, 2012, 03:18 PM

Jun 2012

"It's all them outside agitators what're rilin' up our 'good' darkeys. Yassir, the nigras we have 'round here are happy, and we don' need them NAACP sort of folks comin' down here to make 'em unhappy!"

Smells like 1950.

rrneck

(17,671 posts)

5. Time to run for office... nt

Reply to cbayer (Original post)

Fri Jun 1, 2012, 03:45 PM

Jun 2012

onager

(9,356 posts)

6. That's rich. They never "reprimanded" Bailey Smith.

Reply to cbayer (Original post)

Sat Jun 2, 2012, 08:18 PM

Jun 2012

Smith was a former president of the Southern Baptist (SoB) Convention.

Smith, at a 1987 SoB conference: "God does not hear the prayer of a Jew."

He was given a standing ovation.

Smith, at a 1994 Religious Roundtable meeting in Dallas, before 15,000 people: "With all due respect to those dear people, my friend, God Almighty does not hear the prayer of a Jew."

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