Black Faithfuls Press to Vote for Character over Race

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[The Christian Post] 26 Sep 2008--African-American Christians should place greater importance on a candidate’s character than his skin color, maintains a conservative black magazine.

“Are We More Black than Christian?” was the controversial question posed in the latest edition of Freedom’s Journal Magazine.

Polls indicate, the magazine pointed out, that up to 96 percent of African Americans plan to vote for Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama in November. But a growing number of conservative black leaders, the journal highlighted, are challenging that high figure by asking fellow believers to re-examine their priorities.

"Dr. Martin Luther King's dream that future generations be judged by the content of their character would be set back decades if Obama wins based on racial loyalty alone,” contends Dr. Eric Wallace, founder of Wallace Multimedia Group, LLC and Freedom's Journal Magazine, in a statement Wednesday.

Wallace criticized Obama for what he views as a “skewed approach” to “traditional Judea-Christian values” and for his lack of experience.

"Christians who are tempted to support Barack because of a feeling that we aren't doing enough to fight poverty, racism or sexism, etc. need to realize that the government cannot (and should not) do the work of the Church," Wallace writes in his editorial "Unto the Least of These." "As a matter of fact, government will, in almost every case, limit what can be done."