Sportsmen for Obama? - The Third Spiritual Advisor

The Third Spiritual Advisor

Friday, 18 April 2008

We have all heard that Obama has had three main spiritual mentors in his life. They are Jeremiah Wright, James Meeks, and Father Michael Pfleger.

Jeremiah Wright is well known and we are not going to go there. James Meeks is getting publicity of his own.

Father Michael Pfleger is our concern. He is the Pastor at St. Sabina's Catholic Church. He is also the pastor that has a habit of demonstrating at Chuck's Gun Shop.

From Volokh:

Rev. Pfleger told the crowd: "We're going to find you and snuff you out....Like a rat you're going to hide. But like a rat, we're going to catch you and pull you out....We're going to snuff out John Riggio." Rev. Pfleger also promised: "We're going to snuff out legislators that are voting against our gun laws. We're coming for you because we're not going to sit idly."

I am not sure Pfleger's threat was more than figurative, but it is very clear the reverand believes in rabid gun control.

The behavior was serious enough to get the attention of Cardinal Francis George. The cardinal responded thusly:

Publicly delivering a threat against anyone’s life betrays the civil order and is morally outrageous, especially if this threat came from a priest," George said. "It is first of all up to the civil authorities to determine what threat might have been contained in the remarks attributed to Fr. Michael Pfleger. With that determination, the sponsors of the anti-gun rally and the Archdiocese can better decide how to respond.

If Father Michael Pfleger was just another one of the many Chicago Obama supporters, he would be of no significance. But, by Obama's own words, Pfleger is one of Obama's top three spiritual advisors.

I'd bet that Pfleger advises Obama on more than spiritual matters.

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