Democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg, mayor of South Bend, Ind., speaks June 22 at the South Carolina Democratic Party state Convention in Columbia, S.C.
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‘A heavy lift’: Religious black voters weigh Buttigieg’s bid
The Rev. Joe 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?
