呪詛牧師Wiley Drake師、Obama大統領を呪詛中...

当時、共和党大統領候補の座を争っていたHuckabeeを支持して2007年8月にAU(政教分離のためのアメリカ連盟)のJoe ConnとJeremy Learingに対する呪詛の祈り(Imprecatory Prayer)を行ったカリフォルニア州の"First Southern Baptist Church of Buena Park"のWiley Drake牧師が、Ledger-EnquirerやThe Associated PressやAssociated Baptist Pressなどの報道によれば、Obama大統領の死を祈願している。

Wiley Drake, pastor of First Southern Baptist Church in , Calif., and former running mate of American Independent Party presidential candidate Alan Keyes, said June 2 on Fox News Radio he didn't understand why people were upset with his comments quoted by Associated Baptist Press from a webcast of his daily radio talk show.

"Imprecatory prayer is agreeing with God, and if people don't like that, they need to talk to God," Drake told syndicated talk-show host Alan Colmes. "God said it, I didn't. I was just agreeing with God."

Asked if there are others for whom Drake is praying "imprecatory prayer," Drake hesitated before answering that there are several. "The usurper that is in the White House is one, B. Hussein Obama," he said.

カリフォルニア州Buena ParkのFirst Southern Baptist Churchの牧師であり、American Independent Partyの党首候補Alan Keyesとペアを組んでいたWiley Drakeが、2009年6月2日のFox News Radioで、人々が何故、Associated Baptist Pressが引用した、Wiley Drakeの毎日のラジオトークのウェブキャストでのコメントに怒っているのかわからないと述べた。

「呪詛の祈りは神に合致したものであり、人々がそれを嫌うなら、神と話す必要がある。神はそのように言っている。私が言ったのではない。私は神と合致している。」とトークショーのホストAlan Colmesに対して、Wiley Drakeは言った。

他に呪詛の祈りをしているか問われたWiley Drakeは少しためらってから「ホワイトハウスにいる強奪者であるBarack Hussein Obamaだ」と答えた。

[Drake, former SBC officer, says he's praying for Obama to die (2009/06/03) on Associated Baptist Press]

ちなみに、Wiley Drakeがちょっと前に副代表をしていたSouthern Baptist Convention(SBC)からは、現在はWiley DrakeはSBCと関係がなく、彼が何を言おうがSBCの立場とは無関係とのコメントが出ている：

Sing Oldham, vice president for convention relations with the SBC Executive Committee, was unavailable for comment until late on May 4.

He said that while Drake served one year as second vice president of the SBC, he is not now nor has ever been a spokesman for the convention.

"Mr. Drake does not represent Southern Baptist actions, resolutions, or positions in his interpretation and application of 'imprecatory prayers,'" Oldham said. "Any comments made by Wiley Drake on this subject represent his personal views, not those of the Convention."
[Drake, former SBC officer, says he's praying for Obama to die (2009/06/03) on Associated Baptist Press]