Black Church Politics, White Evangelical Hypocrisy & Why Some See Herschel Walker as an 'Uncle Tom'

You’ve seen the video of Pastor Jamal Bryant slamming the Republican Party and its Georgia Senate nominee Herschel Walker. But did you seen what Bryant said after the video went viral?

In an interview with The New York Times, Bryant questioned why critics always want to come for Black churches when their leaders do exactly what many White conservative Christian churches do all the time — that is, talk politics from the pulpit.

“White evangelicals have been very prominent as to who it is that they push and why. But when the Black church clears its throat, then we hear, ‘what is the demarcation between church and state?’” Bryant told the Times.

Bryant mentioned that because the Times itself brought up the question. — Was the Black pastor crossing the line and running afoul of the IRS rule barring churches and other nonprofits from campaigning for or against a politician?

Interesting, right?

How many times have we seen White Evangelical pastors standing in the pulpit or on the stage of their church making it abundantly clear who they’re voting for? And, in some cases, calling Democrats “demonic” and even suggesting that to not vote for the candidate of their choice means you’re a fake Christian?

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