e/Jeremiah Wright controversy

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has gloss	eng: The Jeremiah Wright controversy is an American political issue that gained national attention in March 2008 when ABC News, after reviewing dozens of U.S. 2008 Presidential Election candidate Barack Obamas pastor Jeremiah Wrights sermons, Wright is a retired senior pastor of Trinity United Church of Christ in Chicago and former pastor of President of the United States Barack Obama. Obama denounced the statements in question, but after critics continued to press the issue of his relationship with Wright he gave a speech titled "A More Perfect Union," in which he sought to place Dr. Wrights comments in a historical and sociological context. In the speech, Obama again denounced Wrights remarks, but did not disown him as a person. The controversy began to fade, but was renewed in late April when Wright made a series of media appearances, including an interview on Bill Moyers Journal, a speech at the NAACP and a speech at the National Press Club. After the last of these, Obama spoke more forcefully against his former pastor, saying that he was "outraged" and "saddened" by his behavior, and in May he resigned his membership in the church.
lexicalization	eng: Jeremiah Wright controversy
lexicalization	eng: Jeremiah Wright political controversy
instance of	(noun) a contentious speech act; a dispute where there is strong disagreement; "they were involved in a violent argument" argument, disputation, contention, disceptation, controversy, arguing, contestation, tilt