<![CDATA[Obama's Minister Committed "Treason" But When My Father Said the Same Thing He Was a Republican Hero]]>

1.0 link 91774 <![CDATA[Obama's Minister Committed "Treason" But When My Father Said the Same Thing He Was a Republican Hero]]> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/frank-schaeffer/obamas-minister-committed_b_91774.html When Senator Obama's preacher thundered about racism and injustice Obama suffered smear-by-association. But when my late father -- Religious Right leader Francis Schaeffer -- denounced America and even called for the violent overthrow of the US government, he was invited to lunch with presidents Ford, Reagan and Bush, Sr.

Every Sunday thousands of right wing white preachers (following in my father's footsteps) rail against America's sins from tens of thousands of pulpits. They tell us that America...

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