Senate Chaplain Barry Black marks 20 years on Capitol Hill, says he’s nonpartisan even when admonishing chamber
“I think I am non-partisan,” Mr. Black said in an interview with The Washington Times. “[W]ith the lawmakers, I’m not expected to put my mind in neutral and not express my opinion about various issues. So I’m able to do that and share with them, and I love the opportunity to participate in the great conversation.”
“My philosophy is, you find a venue in which you can use your God-given abilities and talents and you will never work another day in your life,” Mr. Black told The Times. “There is a genuine love for country, a genuine patriotism, a genuine desire to protect the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic,” Mr. Black said. “And the lawmakers take an oath to that and the members of their staff are supporting that.”
“There were about four sailors who would drive from Virginia Beach, Virginia, to Durham to regularly attend my worship service,” he said. “I asked them, ‘Why in the world would you drive hours to come to church?’ And they said, ‘In the military, we’ve never seen an African American chaplain.’ So that was one of the things that made me interested in maybe changing that situation for them.”
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