Black Preachers Tell Followers Not To Vote

From the Houston Chronicle: Some black clergy see no good presidential choice between a Mormon candidate and one who supports gay marriage, so they are telling their flocks to stay home on Election Day. That's a worrisome message for the nation's first African-American president, who can't afford to lose any voters from his base in a tight race.
The pastors say their congregants are asking how a true Christian could back same-sex marriage, as President Barack Obama did in May. As for Republican Mitt Romney, the first Mormon nominee from a major party, congregants are questioning the theology of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and its former ban on men of African descent in the priesthood.
In 2008, Obama won 95 percent of black voters and is likely to get an overwhelming majority again. But any loss of votes would sting.
"When President Obama made the public statement on gay marriage, I think it put a question in our minds as to what direction he's taking the nation," said the Rev. A.R. Bernard, founder of the predominantly African-American Christian Cultural Center in New York. Bernard, whose endorsement is much sought-after in New York and beyond, voted for Obama in 2008. He said he's unsure how he'll vote this year.
It's unclear just how widespread the sentiment is that African-American Christians would be better off not voting at all. Many pastors have said that despite their misgivings about the candidates, blacks have fought too hard for the vote to ever stay away from the polls.  http://www.chron.com/news/article/African-American-Christians-waver-over-vote-3869261.php
 I've been saying for a long time that Obama has screwed over the black community both with actions and words.
Obama's economic policies have made things worse in the inner cities, where his most vocal supporters live.  Crime hasn't gone down, especially black on black crime but poverty and unemployment has increased.
If Obama was a white president, he would never even made out of the primaries, if he had to depend on the black vote.  But because Obama is black, the African American community is going to defend him for no other reason than he is black.  There is no real intellectual reason to vote for Obama because most of his policies have failed, so the only reason this race is close is because Obama is black.
It is refreshing to see that some black pastors are showing some independence and are putting values over politics.  But my guess, they will be bullied back into supporting Obama.