"We don't want to have to answer for everything that's stated in the church," the Democratic front-runner said. "We also don't want the church subjected to the scrutiny that a presidential campaign legitimately undergoes."
Obama said he was resigning "with some sadness."
"This is not a decision I come to lightly," he said.
The resignation comes days after the Rev. Michael Pfleger, a visiting Catholic priest, mocked Obama's Democratic rival during a sermon at Trinity United Church of Christ in Chicago, Illinois.
In the sermon, Pfleger wipes his eyes with a handkerchief and suggests that Sen. Hillary Clinton wept because she thought that as a white person and the wife of a former president, she was entitled to the presidency.
CNN mentions the mockery of Hillary Clinton. That was not the most vile part of Pfleger's sermon; at one point, Pfleger began screaming that America has been raping Black people, causing the crowd to erupt in cheers and applause. I posted that video here. What struck me was the reaction of the congregation to the vile things Pfleger was spouting. It is obvious the people at Trinity are comfortable with vile racism and hate speech.
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I wouldn't go to that church for two weeks, much less two decades. Obama's judgment is definitely suspect.
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Curt at Flopping Aces sees a whole lot of flipping and flopping on Obama's part.
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