Pastor Hutch, as he styles himself, is a man of parts, He claims to be a super-secret Bush administration ambassador to homophobic eastern European churches; he is a major league boycotter, having announced last November he will bring Microsoft to its knees by persuading his co-religionists to buy billions of dollars of stock in Microsoft and turn a third of it over to him to vote against gay rights; and he gets really mad when people boo him for explaining at a high school how gays have no rights- on Martin Luther King Jr Day.
So wahddaya know- Hutch now claims blacks are racists:
A Seattle-area pastor is accusing the executive director of the Washington State Commission on African American Affairs of racist comments, but the gubernatorial appointee denies the charges.
Pastor Ken Hutcherson is still pursuing action against the teacher at Mt. Si High School in Snoqualmie, Washington, who interrupted his Martin Luther King Day speech to voice his opposition to Hutcherson's Christian views on marriage and sexuality. Teacher George Potratz later compared Hutcherson's support for the biblical condemnation of homosexual behavior with advocacy for slavery.
Hutcherson perceived Potratz's comment, in the context of the Martin Luther King Day appearance, as racist and complained to the Washington State Commission on African American Affairs. But after two telephone conversations with the commission's executive director Rosalund Jenkins, Hutcherson is now accusing the gubernatorial appointee of making racist comments as well.
"She said to me, 'Well, if you were the pastor of a black church, that would have much more impact than being the black pastor over there with a white church, and you're the one that has chosen,' basically, 'to live over there with those people,'" Hutcherson details.
Hutcherson was asked who Jenkins was referring to as "those people?" "White people," he answered.
However, Jenkins disputes Hutcherson's account of the conversation. "That's not exactly what I said. What I said was that, from the perspective of the Commission on African American Affairs, when there is an issue that's involving a church congregation and maybe a political work that that church may be doing, that it's a little different kind of role and a little different positioning for us to be able to get involved when the congregation of the church is...a black church or a black denomination," she contends.
She also denied the comment about Hutcherson choosing to "live over there with those [white] people."
"Again, I'm not sure that's exactly what I said," Jenkins states. "I explained that the whole Pacific Northwest – there are very few black people here and we all here know that we're...in the minority...So, it's certainly a fact of life for all of us who are here, and it can't come to any of us as a surprise that there are certain communities where we are not quite as welcome...," she explains.
Even after hearing Jenkins' defense, Hutcherson is still livid. "You have got to be kidding me. So, if I don't play the natural, African American game, [if] I don't line up politically, naturally with the African Americans, and if I'm not living in the black community, then I really don't have any rights when it comes to the African American Affairs (Commission) here in the State of Washington," he questions. "I mean, that's enough to get you a little bit upset. And I could not believe I was hearing this coming from the head of the African American Affairs (Commission) that where I live and what kind of church I have affects my equal rights and protections for being African American," Hutcherson points out.
During a second conversation with Jenkins, Hutcherson said what he believes to be the real issue became clearer. "I was also informed by Miss Jenkins that there is a homosexual member of her Commission on African American Affairs, so I can basically forget about fighting the issues of racism and homosexuality and have them help," Hutcherson adds.
Jenkins again disputed Hutcherson's account. "That's not exactly right, either," Jenkins says.
She then elaborated that she needed a pure claim of racial discrimination to present to the commission. "Because, unless it was clearly an issue of racial discrimination, and one where I could definitively say, 'This is a black issue that I'm bringing to you,' that it would be rather awkward to bring that to the commission because we do have a member who is gay...it would be much easier and much more effective for me to be able to go to the commission with a clear picture that painted the racial discrimination piece with clear edges so that we could address it," Jenkins expounds.
Hutcherson is beginning to believe that Jenkins just is not hearing his complaint against the teacher. "Well, what about the statement that the teacher made in the public meeting that if I don't stop going down this road fighting on this fight about homosexuality, maybe they should think about reinstating slavery? She said, 'He was making a comparison, just letting you know how important and what's going on with the homosexuals in this day. And you need to drop that statement and forget it.' Now this is coming from an African American woman," Hutcherson recounts.
While Hutcherson is critical of Jenkins, he realizes that she is just parroting the pro-homosexual leanings of her boss, Gov. Christine Gregoire. "We have a governor who is showing favoritism like never before. And it's time for us to do something out here as Christians and as African Americans and people who want right done," Hutcherson notes.
Jenkins says Hutcherson is welcome to appeal her decision to the chairman of the commission, but Hutcherson has another idea. "I believe God is the greatest power – not money, not homosexuals, not the governor of this state or any other elected official," Hutcherson admits.
Hutcherson says he will continue to press the commission for an investigation of Potratz' comments and the alleged racism at Mt. Si High School and also will continue to battle homosexual activists who are attempting to use the public schools to promote their political agenda.
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