Facepalm.
I think I read tis story on another thread over the weekend. Unless this is becoming more common.
They can go to the church, but they can’t get married there? Time to find another church.
A friend of mine told me that back in the 70s members of his church were knocking on doors inviting people to church. One guy asked what they were supposed to do if a black answered the door. My friend told him “Invite them to church or tell them to go to hell”.
You can be married in the eyes of God without a church being involved. “Church” is any time two or more come together in HIS name.
If this is really true, shame on those church people that would not support this. We rail against Blacks because there are no men in the house and then when a Black man and a Black woman want to get married, refuse to allow them to do it in a church of their choice. This is despicable.
More likely this is a Dnc/msm campaign stunt to gin up the Obama voter base.
But before anyone suggests forcing the church to marry them, consider the consequences. IMHO, the government should never have any power to compel anything of a church-and vice versa.
WTH? Are we sure it isn’t a Westboro Baptist God hates everyone church?
This makes no sense and it is racist. Against tradition because no other blacks have been married there? Just dumb, I wonder how big they are.
>So it's 1950 again?<
In the 1950s local journalists and their copy editors knew how to spell pastor.
I question the veracity of this column. Were the bride and groom members of the church?
What part did the Obama administration reelection operation play in this?
Where's Holder?
If this story is true, it’s disgusting. Shame on the parishioners. Shame on the pastor.
Even ignoring the racism, since when does “not ever having done something before” constitute a “tradition”? I’ve never eaten yogurt but that doesn’t make it a freaking tradition.
hmmmmmmm....As presented, the church is way wrong on this.
Should have just said we only marry church members in good standing.
Of course, if nobody had ever been married in the church, it might explain alot. The article never says anybody had been, merely no black couple had been married there in 129 years.
http://www.wlbt.com/story/19125864/black-wedding-banned-by-baptist-church
http://www.wlbt.com/category/240213/video-landing-page?clipId=7556244&autostart=true
A Black heterosexual couple who attend that church can't get married in it because no Black couple had ever been married in it before? Why did it admit them as members if they were going to have to go elsewhere to get married?
Are the members of that church against the idea of Blacks procreating or something?
As a very loud and unapologetic defender of poor Southern rural whites, I'm going to say something I will probably regret later, but here it goes: some stereotypes really are true.