I'm so tired of listening to the media persecute Barack Obama because of his pastor's preaching methods and/or what his pastor has to say.  In fact, I believe that Rev. Wright is no longer his pastor.  But that's not the point.  Religion is personal.  There was a time people didn't ask each other what religion they were. 

I was raised Catholic, but by the time I had reached my mid-30s, that religion was changing and I did not care for the changes at all.  What made me make that decision was when I received envelopes in the mail from my church with the amount of my Sunday contribution written on them.  The sermons were becoming financial reports instead of insightful spiritual lessons.  I didn't appreciate the church actually telling me how much money to give them.  That should be my choice.  I turned away from the Catholic church, and twenty years later I do not call myself a Catholic or a Christian.   I consider myself a person with spiritual values based on what I've read in the Bible, including the old and new testaments.  The Bible offers great advice, and I don't need someone standing in the pulpit to tell me so.

But to condemn someone, politician or not, because of what's being said in the church they attend is just wrong.  I just wish the media would drop the whole thing and let Obama campaign as a politician and not as a man who has to defend his former pastor. 

Besides, until the media calls out McCain on the endorsement he got from that neo-nazi preacher, John Hegee, who openly condemns other churches, I don't think any of this should matter to voters. 

That being said, I'm personally sick of this whole presidential campaign and how the media has twisted it into a puzzle almost impossible to piece together.  Not one of them deserve my vote and I'm not so sure I'll just give it away this time.  They can thank the media for that.