Senator Barack Obama is not the only one unhappy with his minister. The Rev. Jeremiah Wright has been under much scrutiny this past week for comments he has made in the past, including some laying the blame for 9/11 at the feet of the United States. Now, God is also hoping to distance Himself from the minister.
Appearing on NBC’s Meet the Press, God said of the minister, “He isn’t my kind of people. Let’s be very clear on that.” Tim Russert pushed the Lord for more clarification. “Yes, I mean he is not with Me. I grow weary of being responsible for every not that takes up the cross. Just because it walks like a duck and sometimes talks like a duck doesn’t mean we’ll be having it for Thanksgiving dinner.” After a pause, God added, “Not that I would eat one of my own creatures for dinner. I’ll be having tofurkey.”
Wright came under fire particularly for the comments he made seven days after the 9/11 attacks. He said, “We have supported state terrorism against the Palestinians and black South Africans. And now we are indignant because the stuff we have done overseas is now brought right back to our own front yards. America’s chickens are coming home to roost.” Senator Obama has released Wright from his African American Religious Leadership Committee advisory positon. Wright had previously married Senator Obama to his wife Michelle, and baptized their two daughters.