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President Obama's call for a post-racial political era apparently hasn't reached Georgia yet.

Frustrated black lawmakers staged a walkout Friday after the Georgia House decided to delay another vote on a resolution that would have honored Obama as a politician with an "uimpeachable reputation for integrity, vision and passion" and made him an honorary member of the black caucus.

Supporters of the resolution, who say it would have been the first such action in the country, claim white Republican legislators are trying to snub the nation's first black president.

"It drips with racism," said state Rep. Al Williams, a Democrat who joined about two dozen black lawmakers outside the chamber. "I call it just like it is."

But Republicans, who control the House and object to the resolution's wording, say the proposal to make Obama an honorary member of the Georgia Legislative Black Caucus needs a slight revision.

State Rep. Austin Scott, a Republican who led the charge, said he took exception to language that read "no one could be more worthy of a special honor and recognition by the members of this body and the Georgia Legislative Black Caucus than this extraordinary leader."

Scott, who is running for governor, said if Democrats had taken out the wording "by the members of this body" he would have accepted the proposal. But he said its sponsors refused to budge.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.