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Okay, you know what? This is getting completely ridiculous. People are simply not playing fair. The ad nauseum pandering by politicians in United States churches is ostensibly patronizing. It is virtually impossible to remain silent when politicians so blatantly go "off sides". John Kerry is at the pulpit again, but not without resident irreverent reverends, Al Sharpton, and latest addition to the Kerry campaign as "Senior Advisor" Jesse Jackson, waiting in the proverbial wings.

With a "mere" 73% of the black vote as compared to the 90% of Al Gore in 2000, polls are showing Kerry's support from black voters is slipping (as if it had anywhere else to go but down).

This week's text was taken from the book of Jeremiah chapter 5 verse 21, as Kerry described his opposition, "Maybe these are the folks from Jeremiah, who are reminded they have eyes but do not see; they have ears, but do not hear."

The Washington Times reports,

Democratic presidential nominee Sen. John Kerry and civil rights activist the Rev. Jesse Jackson told black voters at a church here yesterday that President Bush's support for a constitutional amendment against homosexual "marriage" shouldn't be enough to earn their vote.

Mr. Kerry attended Mass at a Catholic church in North Miami, and then spoke during services at Friendship Missionary Baptist Church in Miami , as he and several black Democratic leaders tried to rally black voters.

"How many of you — someone from your family — married somebody of the same sex?" Mr. Jackson asked of the congregation of about 500. After nobody raised a hand, he asked, "Then how did that get in the middle of the agenda?"

"If your issues are cancer and Medicare and education and jobs and Social Security and decent housing, then how did someone else put their agenda in the front of the line?" he asked.

Following him a few minutes later, Mr. Kerry urged his audience to try to ignore diversions from the issues Mr. Jackson had mentioned.

"All they're going to do is attack and attack and try and divert, and push some hot button that has nothing to do with the quality of your life on a daily basis," the senator from Massachusetts said.

That's right. Because the redefinition of marriage will in fact have no direct impact on anyone's "quality of life" right? The article notes the "wildcard" issue of banning same-sex marriages and the outstanding fact that polls show black voters overwhelmingly would support such a ban. But Mr. Kerry cautioned the predominately black audience at Friendship Missionary Baptist Church,

"Don't let them fool you with these diversionary tactics."

No no no. Let us not be fooled by diversionary tactics that might urge us to oh, I don't know, vote our collective moral consciences. This entire scenario just reeks of some pre-abolitionist movement speech, attempting to convince the semi-literate and politically inept "darkies" that slavery really is a good thing.

Kerry, Jackson, and Sharpton were also joined by Rep. Sheila Jackson-Lee of Texas and Rep. Kendrick B. Meek of Florida among others. And as if that weren't enough, the Baptist church's pastor, Gaston E. Smith heralded Kerry as a savior,

"For every Goliath, God has a David. For every Calvary's cross, God has a Christ Jesus. To bring our country out of despair, discouragement, despondency and disgust, God has a John Kerry."

I have nothing else to say about that.