21.   There were black singers, black dancers, black music, black children, black preachers, a veritable army of black speakers.

22.   When a black preacher extends a hand toward homosexuals, it tends to be conditional.

23.   When black preachers do talk about homosexuals, most cite the Bible in condemning them.

24.   But Robert Merriweather, a black preacher and longtime resident of Jackson, welcomed the special report.

25.   Jackson, a former black preacher who spoke ahead of Clinton, threw oil on the political fire.