Are these people racist for demanding Holder be IMPEACHED?
Black pastors demand Eric Holder's IMPEACHMENT after he tells state attorneys general that they don't have to defend anti-gay marriage laws
•The U.S. attorney general believes he's found a way to force the gay-marriage issue in states that refuse to recognize them
•Democratic state attorneys general, Holder said, are justified in sitting on their hands when state 'traditional marriage' laws are challenged in court
•A group of black pastors responded by launching an online petition calling for his impeachment and removal from office
•They say Holder swore an oath to protect and defend all laws, not just those he finds morally and ethically acceptable
By David Martosko, U.s. Political Editor
PUBLISHED: 22:51 GMT, 25 February 2014 | UPDATED: 23:12 GMT, 25 February 2014
A group of African-American pastors stunned Washington on Tuesday by calling for the impeachment and removal of Eric Holder, the black lawyer who heads the U.S. Department of Justice.
Attorney General Holder, a longtime friend and ally of President Barack Obama, spoke Tuesday at the winter meeting of the National Association of Attorneys General, telling top law enforcers at the state level that laws banning gay marriage can be cast aside if they believe they encourage illegal discrimination.
'In general,' Holder told them, 'I believe that we must be suspicious of legal classifications based solely on sexual orientation.'
'And we must endeavor in all of our efforts to uphold and advance the values that once led our forebears to declare unequivocally that all are created equal and entitled to equal opportunity.'
Holder's speech came just weeks after Holder ordered Justice Department employees to give legal same-sex marriages equal consideration, even in states where such unions are not recognized.
The result of his latest remarks is a new federal government-sanctioned license, covering attorneys general who refuse to defend 'traditional marriage' laws when they are challenged in court.
That has angered the Coalition of African American Pastors, which said it aims to collect 1 million signatures on an impeachment petition that blames Holder for violating his oath of office by picking and choosing which laws to enforce on the basis of his personal beliefs.
'President Obama and Attorney General Eric Holder have turned their backs on the values the American people hold dear,' the group said, 'values particularly cherished in the black community: values like marriage, which should be strengthened and promoted, rather than weakened and undermined.
Addressing Holder's move to bring state attorneys general along, the group accused him in a statement of trying to 'coerce states to fall in line with the same-sex "marriage" agenda.'
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