Furman conversations with Balmer and Sellers

Come back to this blog in the next couple days as it will only get bigger; like that joke whats his face told at the Oscars about ten years ago.

Came up tonight to hear Randall Balmer talk about the religious right, but did not know till it was over Charles Marsh's Hero of God's Long Summer (also Fannie Lou Hamer) Cleveland Sellers of the Orangeburg Massacre was on campus along with Marshall Frady and Jack Nelson's friend Jack Bass.

I crashed the microphones at the end of the 2nd event and asked what Sellers thought; asked if there was any out for Barack Obama in the face of Jeremiah Wright's "God Damn America" remark.
Sellers, and you have to know his history as he and Marsh can explain to you; said Obama is in a fix; the black church is coming to defense of Wright and Trinity UCC and Sellers is not sure white America and Limbaugh and CNN and the media sound bite frenzy will let him breathe.

I think Marsh, and Matthew Morgan and Will Willimon and the editorial board of the Christian Century understand, but whether or not White America will be receptive to even other white folk explaining, in this climate is hard to understand.

I did ask the question.

Balmer was sterling as well earlier. He explained the abortion question away, but whether folks like Uncle Prentice will ever get it; well that is another question.
What did the Congress do for the 12 months the Republicans placed in power by the Christian right had all the balls in their court; what did they do with aborton; not a damn thing. Balmer says he is convinced there are right wing strategist who see abortion as too valuable a political wedge to let it be resolved.

Obama speaks in the morning.
I am praying for him and I am also praying for our Country.

Google up Marsh and Obama and buy their books or go to Hell in a Handbasket; just kiddin, but do read their books, and read this new book on the Orangeburg massacre by Jack Bass and Jack Nelson.

Sfox