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| Rev. Jeremiah Wright |
Continuing to drive a wedge between
Barack Obama and the hopeful new America his campaign aims to impart to voters, Rev.
Jeremiah Wright further defended comments he made during a YouTube taped Chicago Sermon while speaking before a group of journalists Monday.
Wright addressed the National Press Club in Washington D.C., saying he was unapologetic about comments in which he espoused anti-gay rhetoric and blamed the government for creating HIV.
The Chicago reverend, who democratic presidential hopeful Barack Obama has been aligned with over the course of his campaign, said that based on the Tuskegee Syphilis experiment, he has reason to believe that HIV is a manufactured disease.
At the press club meeting, Wright further explained that he thinks many of his comments are misunderstood by the general public because of a deep misunderstanding of the Black religious experience.
Rev. Wright’s comments caused trouble for the Obama campaign as several minority groups, including the LGBT population, called on the junior senator from Illinois to distance himself from the Trinity United Church of Christ.
Wright isn’t the only controversial religious figure to whom Obama has been linked. Earlier this month, Obama was linked to
Rev. James T. Meeks, whose anti-gay comments have landed him in hot water with gay activists.
