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.
I have no idea if there is any truth to this article or not but see my previous post. It says they attended this church which means nothing. Our church has had people that attended for years and years and because they are not members, which occurs in a very specific and defined manner, they cannot teach a class, they cannot keep the nursery, they cannot fill any church office, and it is possible, as I stated, that they cannot get married but I am not sure about that because I do not have a copy of our constitution handy and cannot remember anything about that.
surprisingly -- I disagree with you on this. A stereotype is about a group of individuals that may or may not be true. Most southerners (and all that I've met) would be disgusted by this congregation's actions. No one should castigate all southerners or all whites or all Americans for the actions of these folks