Sparked by the controversy at Trinity United Church of Christ, it's parent organization, The United Church of Christ, says they want to open dialog about racial issues.  The church's national leadership says the country's reaction over Jeremiah Wright's sermon demonstrated the complexity of racial issues in the country and the need for churches nationwide to talk about them.

"The members of Trinity United Church of Christ are going through a very difficult time right now. The intersection of politics, religion and race has heightened our awareness of how easy it is for conversations about race to be anything but sacred," said the Rev. John Thomas, the denomination's president.

Meanwhile, Wright's church, Trinity United Church of Christ, is asking for respect from the media.  They say all the attention is disrupting their sevices.  They have stepped up security.

Ok, so let me get this right... they teach racial intolerance and hatred of the United States and they want us to feel sorry for them and give them respect.  Well, Christ has taught me to forgive people, however, He hasn't taught me to accept their ways.  They have "social" sermons and have created an Afro-centric church environment.  My Christian values tell me that a church should not be white, black, brown and any other color.  It should be all about fellowship and sharing God's message.  They have used the pulpit to spew their social and cultural agenda.  I don't think they should be asking for respect.  I think they should be showing respect.

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Hillary Clinton took a direct shot at Senator McCain by resurrecting her 3am national security ad, however, it has been modified to address the economy.  The ad goes like this...

“It’s 3 a.m., and your children are safe and asleep,” the narrator says, again to the backdrop of dark blue-tinged footage of sleeping children. “But there’s a phone ringing in the White House and this time the crisis is economic.  Home foreclosures mounting, markets teetering … Hillary Clinton has a plan to protect our homes, create jobs. It’s 3 a.m., time for a president who’s ready.”

The ad is an attempt to discredit Senator McCain suggesting that he is doing nothing about the country's current housing situation.  McCain senior adviser Steve Schmidt said, "With ads like that, it’s more likely the call at 3 a.m. is ‘Senator, you just lost another superdelegate'". 

John McCain has a nice little web ad in response that says... “Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama just said they’d solve the problem by raising your taxes. More money out of your pocket. John McCain has a better plan. Grow jobs, grow our economy … not grow Washington.”

Check out McCain's ad below...

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