The morning after white supremacists and neo-Nazis sparked violent clashes in Virginia, the Rev. Titus Roberson delivered a 45-minute sermon to his historically black church here. He urged the nearly 50 congregants to give their lives to God. He warned them to avoid greed and jealousy. And he wrapped up without ever mentioning the violent clashes in Charlottesville, or President Donald Trump's refusal to condemn the white supremacists responsible.
Behind Roberson's decision lies a debate raging among some African-American clergy — as well as white clergy — over whether they have an obligation to urge their congregants to take political action.
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