It never ceases to amaze me that some in Christian Leadership are liberals. I recently came across an article about a Church in Santa Cruz that is building a brewery within its’ walls and the proceeds are going to planned parenthood from the sales of the Beer. This is a reality in the Church today, there are groups within it whose politics and social views seem to be at odds with the Bible.

Having worked with more than a few Black Conservatives, I get reminded from time to time just what they go through within their own community. Many are called names like “Coconut”, “Uncle Tom” and the like. The implication is that a Black Man who is not a liberal is somehow a sellout. Apparently, the days (1950’s, 1960’s) of Black voters being Conservatives against the racist democrat establishment are long forgotten.

Recently, several black pastors met with President Trump and many had effusive praise for him before, during and after the meeting. Black unemployment is at record low levels. Dr. Ben Carson is cleaning up the department of Housing and Urban Development (Carson is Black and I am proud to have worked for his Presidential Campaign). Still more Black Conservatives are being appointed and hired to all levels of government, including being appointed Judges.

However, in the mind of Parnell Lovelace they are all sellouts for participating in the Government led by President Trump.

Having seen Parnell Lovelace preach more than once, I knew he was a liberal but was completely taken aback by the hostility and the blatant attack. His social media is replete with a variety of items about racism, 100% of them directed at Conservatives.

Having been in politics for over 20 years, I have almost become numb to being called a racist as this is a go-to attack by the left.

Having run through Parnell’s social media accounts, it has become clear to me that he is actually a political activist first and a pastor second. If he was a pastor first he would not have called 80% of the members of his current Church Racist by inference as most all Christians in this area supported and voted for President Trump.

I do not attempt to defend myself from being called a racist, as in the cynical world of politics people care more about your response than the actual merits of anything alleged. Defending yourself actually serves to validate the issue.

The focus of this blog post is actually the abdication of the pastoral mantle of Mr. Lovelace. No one should ever be felt to be attacked for who they voted for within the confines of the Church. 

You will see here that when asked a question, Parnell Lovelace exposes his true agenda and doubles down on his attacks against the President with several leftist talking points. Knowing people within the Trump administration as I do, the characterization of this meeting by Mr. Lovelace is false. The President routinely seeks other people’s opinions and asks them for input and questions of their own.

I’d ask Mr. Lovelace to show me a tape of White Pastors meeting with Obama. It didn’t happen.

You will also see that he is irritated to learn that most all of those that attended were happy to be there and appreciative of the opportunity. This sort of paternalistic arrogance is common on the left and the hostile disdain amongst leaders of leftist interest groups against those that deviate from the course is way too common.

I’d debate Mr. Lovelace about his assertions of “Ungodly” policies by the Trump Administration, but I am afraid it would be to no avail. The Trump administration has reversed dozens of anti-faith policies of Obama, and they have defended Christians in Court who were getting prosecuted for standing up for their faith (Remember the Baker, the photographer, the contraception mandate?).

I’d debate Mr. Lovelace about policies that benefit the Black Community, like record low unemployment, cleaning up HUD (aka subsidized housing) and Charter School promotion – which disproportionately benefits minority communities giving children alternatives to failing government schools. Obama was a staunch opponent of Charter Schools and some of the worst abuses of the welfare system were encouraged and enabled under his watch.

The facts that Parnell Lovelace refuses to acknowledge are: Black and Hispanic Unemployment at Record Lows, year over year 2017-2018 Black Entrepreneurship rises 400%, and Black Wages jumped at a rate higher than Whites in the same time frame. President Trump has pardoned Black Americans wrongfully convicted because of their race (where was Obama?) AND advocates for Prison Reform – yet he is a Racist. This is called Politics before Principles.

At the end of the day, some people like Mr. Lovelace have become focused on electoral politics and when they lose that focus, they end up attacking people en masse. I am a blogger and a political operative. It is my job to be incendiary. Were I called in to the professional paid ministry, I would not do what I do now. It is one thing to lead a bible study with a few people and still another to be an out there pastor. Parnell’s calling is to lead people to the Lord, not attack them for their politics. My Job is to help candidates win their elections and to be confrontational.

The attack on Church members is the crux of my issue with Mr. Lovelace’s screed on social media. Where is the tolerance of conservatives? Where is the attempt to understand why his colleagues met with the President? Why the hostility?

When asked a direct question about what he would have done were he present in the meeting, Lovelace avoided the question.

This makes perfect sense. One Sunday after Lovelace said that it was Christian’s responsibility to “Fight for Social Justice” from the pulpit, I attempted on three separate occasions to get a meeting with him to ask him what he meant by his comments. I was ignored. 

President Trump is the first President in my lifetime that is addressing Prison Reform. The Bill Clinton Crime Bill led to the incarceration of thousands, if not tens of thousands of Blacks. Similar to the sudden hysteria about illegal alien families being separated – those two problems had their genesis under a Democrat President. Mr. Lovelace would do well to do some research on his own as it is clear he is not interested in a dialogue with your intrepid blogger. There have been something like 60 million abortions since 1973 when Roe Versus Wade was handed down by a leftist court on America. 18.5 Million of those have been Black Babies. That is 31% of abortions ending the lives of Black Americans who are only 13.8% of the population. I choose to fight for social justice for Black people by being pro-life. I’d hope Parnell would join me in this endeavor.

This is the reality of being a Conservative Christian in a Blue State. Some Faith leaders have thrown in with the left, then they attack us for being Conservative and we have to sort through it.