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‘A heavy lift’: Religious black voters weigh Buttigieg’s bid

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'A heavy lift': Religious black voters weigh Buttigieg's bidJoe Darby, a South Carolina pastor in the African Methodist Episcopal Church, pondered a sensitive question that he knew was on the mind of his congregation. Would black voters be able to reconcile their conservative religious doctrine with voting for a gay candidate for president? “It’s a heavy lift in the black church,” says Darby, who is also a Charleston-area NAACP leader.

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