What's Wrong with Rev. Wright?

Perhaps the statement receiving the most attention in the press that Rev. Wright has made, however, is “God damn America!”  We all like to think this is a great nation and that God should bless America, not damn it.  But when you consider our history and the extent to which we betray our own avowed principles—when you put his comments in the context without which they cannot be understood—it is difficult to fault him.  Anyone who believes in confronting painful truths about ourselves should agree:  In the respects that cause him concern, God should not grant us an exemption.  When our leaders betray us and damage the well-being of ourselves and of others, they deserve our forceful condemnation—and God’s!

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