--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > CNN breaking news: > > Barack Obama has resigned as a member of the Trinity United Church of > Christ in Chicago, his campaign says.
(CNN) Barack Obama resigned Saturday from his Chicago church where controversial sermons by his former pastor and other ministers had created repeated political headaches for the frontrunner for the Democratic presidential nomination, his campaign confirmed Saturday. Obama plans to hold a news conference after the town hall meeting he is presntly holding in Aberdeen, South Dakota, the campaign said. CNN: http://tinyurl.com/5qxch8 === Sources tell ABC News that Obama felt that as the campaign continued, the media would continue to focus on the church, to the detriment of the church community, that Obama would be held responsible for what happened in the church, and that the Church would be held responsible for his campaign. It would be best, Obama felt, to simply cut ties. He has not yet joined a new church. ABC News: http://tinyurl.com/5p8p32