http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Government/2013/03/31/Obama-s-Easter-Service-Pastor-Attacks-Captains-of-the-Religious-Right At the Easter service attended Sunday by President Barack Obama and his family, the pastor railed against "captains of the religious right," according to the White House pool report cited by the Washington Post. The service, led by Rev. Luis Leon, was held at Saint John’s Church at Lafayette Square, which is where the First Family worships most often, though they have not formally joined any particular church in Washington, D.C.
The Post article notes that the Easter sermon targeted conservatives as racists, sexists and xenophobes:
According to a press pool report of Leon’s sermon, the minister criticized what he called ”the captains of the religious right.”
People often want things to go back to the way things used to be, before “work got difficult and faith got confused, and life got more confusing,” Leon said, according to the pool report.
“You cannot go back,” Leon said, citing the words of Jesus. “It drives me crazy when the captains of the religious right are always calling us back ... for blacks to be back in the back of the bus ... for women to be back in the kitchen ... for immigrants to be back on their side of the border.”
President Obama left his own church in 2008 amidst controversy over his pastor's incendiary remarks.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/president-obama-attends-easter-sunday-worship-at-st-johns-church/2013/03/31/a67ee70a-9a10-11e2-a941-a19bce7af755_story.html .
Obama attends Easter service; minister criticizes ‘captains of the religious right’
Video: President Obama and his family attended Easter services at an Episcopal church near the White House where past presidents frequently have worshipped.
By Hamil R. Harris, Published: March 31
President Obama and the first family walked from the White House across Lafayette Square to attend Easter worship at St. John’s Church, their most frequent religious venue while in Washington.
The Obamas worshipped at St. John’s on Easter 2009, and they have visited the Episcopal congregation, which is led by the Rev. Luis Leon, numerous times, including last year.
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Obama family attends Easter Sunday service: President Obama, his wife and their daughters walked across the street from the White House to St. John’s Episcopal Church.
With Obama in the pews, Leon took a shot at political conservatives, arguing from the pulpit that some conservative positions are holding people back.
Quoting from John 20:1-18, Leon said in the same way that Jesus told Mary Magdalene not to hold on to him, it is time for conservatives to stop holding on to what he considers outdated stances in matters of race, gender equality, homosexuals and immigrants.
“It drives me crazy when the captains of the religious right are always calling us back . . . for blacks to be back in the back of the bus . . . for women to be back in the kitchen . . . for immigrants to be back on their side of the border,” Leon said.
Leon said that people instead should use “Easter vision” to allow them to see the world in a different, more “wonderful” way.
After the sermon, Leon told The Washington Post that he was speaking about Mary realizing that she shouldn’t hold on, accepting it and changing from that point on.
“That is the invitation for all of us,” Leon said. When asked to discuss his criticism of political conservatives, he said: “I will keep my thoughts there.”
The Obamas walked back to the White House after the service.
Obama has visited the church, near the White House, several times during his presidency. Like most of his previous visits to churches in the District, Obama did not make a speech. He sat on the end of a pew near the middle of the sanctuary, smiling and greeting members of the congregation with “Happy Easter.”
Since taking office, Obama also has visited a number of African American churches, where he has almost always chosen to worship quietly, speaking only once.
The Obamas have not become members of a congregation in the District, but they have started to develop a spiritual tradition, largely visiting churches close to the White House
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