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Black couple denied wedding at Mississippi church July 30, 2012
ABC ^ | 7.30.2012 | ABC

Posted on 07/30/2012 4:16:00 PM PDT by Morgana

A rally will be held Monday night in Crystal Springs, Mississippi after a black couple wasn’t allowed to get married at their church because of their race.

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The Wilsons were told they couldn’t wed at the town's First Baptist Church because it goes against tradition since a black couple had never been married there in its 129-year history.

Charles Wilson and his fiance, Te'Andrea, wanted to get married there, but church members got upset. The paster then asked the couple to take their wedding elsewhere.

"This had never been done here before, so it was setting a new precedent, and there were those who reacted to that," said Pastor Stan Weatherford.

"All we wanted to do in the eyes of God was to be man and wife in a church where we thought we felt loved,” said Charles Wilson.

Pastor Weatherford presided over the couple’s wedding at a nearby church. He says he wanted to avoid controversy and protect the couple.

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TOPICS: Current Events; Evangelical Christian
KEYWORDS: baptist; charleswilson; church; gannett; lamestream; leftism; liberallies; mississippi; stanweatherford; teandrea; weatherford
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So it's 1950 again?
1 posted on 07/30/2012 4:16:06 PM PDT by Morgana
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To: Morgana

Facepalm.


2 posted on 07/30/2012 4:18:19 PM PDT by PittsburghAfterDark
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To: Morgana

I think I read tis story on another thread over the weekend. Unless this is becoming more common.


3 posted on 07/30/2012 4:19:23 PM PDT by rem_mitchell
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To: Morgana

They can go to the church, but they can’t get married there? Time to find another church.


4 posted on 07/30/2012 4:20:01 PM PDT by popdonnelly (The first priority is get Obama out of the White House.)
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To: Morgana

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”.


5 posted on 07/30/2012 4:20:53 PM PDT by Terry Mross ( To kin and former friends: Do not attempt to contact me as long as you love obama.)
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To: Morgana

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.


6 posted on 07/30/2012 4:22:48 PM PDT by GeronL (The Right to Life came before the Right to Pursue Happiness)
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To: Morgana

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.


7 posted on 07/30/2012 4:24:23 PM PDT by Grams A (The Sun will rise in the East in the morning and God is still on his throne.)
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To: Morgana

8 posted on 07/30/2012 4:27:59 PM PDT by colorado tanker
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To: Terry Mross
The illiterates at ABC refer to the preacher as a paster [sic]. What other aspects of this story are also wrong? The All Barack Channel will stoop to any depths to disparage the South in general and Mississippi in particular. Until a credible source confirms this story, I remain skeptical.
9 posted on 07/30/2012 4:28:17 PM PDT by re_nortex (DP...that's what I like about Texas.)
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To: Grams A

This whole story smells funny to me.


10 posted on 07/30/2012 4:29:08 PM PDT by Walrus (ICH BIN EIN ARIZONAN!)
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To: rem_mitchell

>>A rally will be held Monday night in Crystal Springs, Mississippi after a black couple wasn’t allowed to get married at their church because of their race.

Ahh wonderful. A rally! The media is stirring the pot on this, keeping this week-old story alive. This church will probably burn down or be vandalized and that’s another victory for the secular media.


11 posted on 07/30/2012 4:29:08 PM PDT by Bryanw92 (Sic semper tyrannis)
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To: Grams A; Morgana

Not just “a church of their choice,” but the church where they were regular attendees. (I think it’s reasonable for a church not to hold weddings for people who aren’t members of the congregation.) The pastor should have said, “Guess what, folks: we have a new tradition! Anyone who attends this church can get married here!”


12 posted on 07/30/2012 4:30:54 PM PDT by Tax-chick ("To contracept is to rebuke a woman for being a woman." ~ Donald DeMarco)
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To: Morgana
I call BS.

More likely this is a Dnc/msm campaign stunt to gin up the Obama voter base.

13 posted on 07/30/2012 4:32:55 PM PDT by rhinohunter (DraftWalkerNow)
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To: Morgana
Why would they want to be married at a church that refuses to marry them? There are plenty of other churches that will gladly do it.

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.

14 posted on 07/30/2012 4:33:08 PM PDT by jboot (OPSEC. It's a killjoy, but it may save your life someday.)
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To: Walrus
This whole story smells funny to me.

I'm with you - my finely calibrated BS detector tells me that there's probably a lot more to this story.

15 posted on 07/30/2012 4:33:25 PM PDT by VoiceOfBruck (Mandrake gestures hypnotically)
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To: Morgana

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.


16 posted on 07/30/2012 4:34:02 PM PDT by Lx (Do you like it, do you like it. Scott? I call it Mr. and Mrs. Tennerman chili.)
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To: GeronL

Totally agree!

AFAIAC this is a distraction. How many members does this church have?

I seriously doubt they gather in His name.


17 posted on 07/30/2012 4:34:34 PM PDT by prisoner6 (Right Wing Nuts bolt the Constitution together as the loose screws of the Left fall out!)
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To: Morgana

18 posted on 07/30/2012 4:36:02 PM PDT by mylife (The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
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To: Lx

I missed something.

The Pastor who refused their marriage at his church then marries them at another church?

I agree with the people who thinks something is wrong about this story.


19 posted on 07/30/2012 4:38:01 PM PDT by Lx (Do you like it, do you like it. Scott? I call it Mr. and Mrs. Tennerman chili.)
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To: prisoner6

Seriously, I bet this stupidity is going to cost them a lot of members and donations. I am not sure it should be illegal since churches should be free to make their own rules and stuff, though.


20 posted on 07/30/2012 4:38:20 PM PDT by GeronL (The Right to Life came before the Right to Pursue Happiness)
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