Curious,

Once again thank you for your reply. We can't go around condemning people for who their pastors or friends were. My pastor has said some things that I didn't agree with, but I knew that wasn't the way I felt and it didn't influence me one way or the other. I have had friends that I didn't think were making the right choices in life, or rather were doing things that were unknown to me. When I found out about it, yes I distanced myself from them but the fact is, we don't always know everything our friends are involved in.  

I try not to judge a person for what their parents did because we have no control over that. I try to think, what if God judged us for the sins of our parents, where would we be?

As far as his father's ancestors enslaving people, I have a lot of caucasian friends and some family members (brother-in-law, niece,nephew), who I love very dearly. I am a African American and my people were in the bondage of slavery, for over 100 years by the whites, but I don't go around hating whites for that. I've voted for whites all of my life and have never thought that I would not vote because their ancestors enslaved my ancestors.  

I am voting for Obama mainly because I think that he is the best man for the job. I told you not to vote for him if you felt that way, mainly because if it were me, I would not want your vote (not trying to be disrepectful). 

I pray that we both make the best choice.

Be Blessed.