Group to protest AZ pastor who asked for Obama's death

Not all of Arizonians agree with Pastor Anderson's remark that he hopes Obama dies of cancer like the late Senator Kennedy..

On Sunday, a Valley group calling themselves "People Against Clergy Who Preach Hate" will host a "love rally" outside the church of the Tempe pastor who has advocated for the death of President Barack Obama.

"I know it sounds corny," said group member Leonard Clark, 44. "We're calling it a love rally because we're not going to be out there yelling at them. It's about saying not all clergy in Arizona preach this kind of hate. I think people need to know that there are a lot of good people here in Arizona we're not all carrying guns . . . we're not going to shoot you."

That sentiment and Anderson's sermons shocked Clark and his friends into forming the "People Against Clergy Who Preach Hate" group on Facebook

"I couldn't believe my ears this is . . . a man who was hoping that our president would die," Clark said. "We're all very concerned that we're being painted with the same brush as this man who is preaching an extremist ideology."

As of Wednesday, the Facebook group had 293 members from Arizona and across the country.
Clark has run for political office and has also gained national notoriety for blogging against the Iraq War while he was stationed in Iraq in 2005 with the Arizona National Guard.

The Phoenix veteran said he saw the influence of radical clergy in Iraq and that he felt obligated to speak out against Anderson because he fears that religious extremists are endangering American's security.

"I saw people die to keep this country safe," he said. "In Iraq when I'd see someone blow someone up I used to think what could make somebody strap a bomb to themselves. (Then) we'd come to different sites where some imams were shouting (hate) on a loudspeaker. I'd think this is what happens with the radical religious."
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