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ROCK and a hard place

Some black pastors advise sitting out this election

By RACHEL ZOLL THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Posted: September 22, 2012 at 3:25 a.m.

Some black clergy see no good presidential choice between a Mormon candidate and one who supports same-sex marriage, so they are telling their flocks to stay home on Election Day. That’s a worrisome message for the nation’s first black president, who can’t afford to lose any voters from his base in a tight race.

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Religion, Pages 12 on 09/22/2012

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