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Several African American pastors of the Coalition of African American Pastors (CAAP) met with the media today to announce their disapproval of President Obama's stance on gay marriage.  (Must see video ). In an interview with ABC's Robin Roberts earlier this summer, the President said that he supports the rights of gay couples to be married.  Since then, that statement has sent a relentless backlash, and division, within the African American religious community. The  national media called the president 'the first gay president' because of his endorsement of gay marriage. Supporters of the Coalition of African American Pastors. While there are those that support the president in his decision, including the Reverend Al Sharpton and Jesse Jackson, not all African America pastors take that stance.  With an overwhelming number of African American people, in general, against the homosexual lifestyle - especially in the church -the group's speaker, William ...

"We know what we’re fighting for. We can see the America we believe in—a country where everybody gets a fair shot."   --- President Barack Obama Speaking at the opening of the 2012 National Urban League Conference in New Orleans Wednesday night, President Obama touched on several items with a recurring theme of building stronger communities. From touching on the tragedy in Colorado to the shootings on the South Side of Chicago (his first mention publicly of the Chicago shootings) , the president said he vows to "work with both parties to arrive at a consensus on violence reduction, at every step." He said he is open to "looking at everything we can do to keep our children safe. We must leave no stone unturned. We have no greater mission than keeping our children safe." The president did suggest implementing stiffer background checks on gun buyers and restrictions to keep the mentally unbalanced from buying weapons, but did not indicate whether or ...

Leaders from the worlds of science, diplomacy, politics, philanthropy and entertainment are speaking at AIDS 2012 , including President Bill Clinton , US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton , US Secretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius and South African Deputy President Kgalema Motlanthe will participate, as will former First Lady Laura Bush . The week-long conference will be held this year at the DC Convention Center to discuss policy, prevention and advocacy for those living with the disease. "I am delighted that the District of Columbia has been chosen to host this conference", said DC Mayor Vincent Gray. It has been more than 20 years since a conference has been hosted in our area. Since 2000, HIV infection rates in the United States have remained stable at approximately 50,000 new infections each year.   While this is a significant decrease, the number is still high. HIV/AIDS cases in the Nation's Capital still remains at an all-time...

Come and be inspired and empowered to upgrade the strength in you this weekend, July 17 at the The International Worship Center (IWC), a non- denominational church with DC area community service director for WKYS, and First Lady, Sheila Stewart-Russell. The church will sponsor a Men's Empowerment Brunch with Pastor Bill Russell the following weekend, July 21, 2012. For more information, visit www.theIWC.org .