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.
(Excerpt) Read more at wjla.com ...
I’m having a hard time believing this.
Most Baptist don’t have Elders, have Deacons. The pastor is still in charge. I attended one of the largest Baptist churches in the country. The pastor said that people of any color were welcome to worship and if someone didn’t like it they could go elsewhere.
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.
Lizzie Warren is black.....when it’s to her advantage.
Knowing the nature of our enemies, your skepticism is healthy. The article states specifically that the couple was refused a wedding because of their race. If this is not so, if the refusal was for some other reason, then this church should sue for libel. This type of trick (if that's what it is) is just what the Dems need to get folks' minds off of Obama's endorsement of "gay marriage."
However, if the story is accurate, those responsible for this decision should be ashamed of themselves and subjected to church discipline, if it is available.
>>And you don’t think the community should make a statement about the church’s position?
I want to hear the church’s story first. Something sounds fishy about this. The couple says they just wanted to get married someplace where they could feel loved. Obviously, they aren’t members, or have even attended that church. We’re not hearing enough details to condemn this congregation, but the media is certainly using all the keywords to guarantee community outrage.
My church had to turn away a couple this year who wanted to get married and insisted that we let them “borrow” all the tables and chairs from our fellowship hall to take to their house for the reception on a Saturday afternoon. They said that they’d return everything by Sunday morning. We explained that we aren’t in the furniture rental business and they got angry that we’d charge them (as non-members or even attendees) $300 to use the church and not let them take all our tables and chairs off-site.
But, I’m sure their side of the story is that we care more about our furniture than people in the community.
The pastor himself seems to confirm the story and the couple said they’d thought they felt loved at the church, so I’m not seeing anything saying they’ve not at least attended previously.
I’m waiting for the NASA thread where you claim she is Martian........when it is convenient.
If these folks are members of the church or one of them is a member of the church then they should be able to get married to deny that because of race is racism. On the other hand if neither where members then the church has the right to deny them use of the church, most churches have bylaws to govern such things.
The article linked in #22 says she’d been attending for about a year, and he had for a month. Actual membership is a different issue, of course.
Dang this is terrib... Ohhhh this is an ABC story.. For a minute there I thought it was real. You almost got me you disney own b*stards.. Almost.
Google it up. This might be real or one well crafted hoax, but it looks real. Dang. They can get married in my yard. Us Wilson’s have to stick together.
I was conceived in Texas but because my father was killed overseas in WWII, my mother moved in with in-laws up north where I was born and raised. Upon graduating from high school, I attended a secular Southern college but later transferred to a Christian school. And I have lived in the South thereafter, specifically, Alabama, Arkansas and Texas.
I will say that business trips to other parts of the country have really opened my eyes. By far, any racism that remains is found in liberal enclaves such as Boston, Minneapolis and Seattle. From my college days in the early 60's, I have a number of acquaintances now in Mississippi. To a man, every one of them is pro-God, pro-life and pro-gun. In my estimation, some of the very finest Christians in America are Mississippians. That's among the reasons why I doubt the veracity of this story.
Just curiously, why do you ask?
You can be a regular attender at a Church and still not be a member. To become a member you may have to go through a vetting process to find out if your beliefs match the beliefs of the Church and whether you are living a moral life style.
And the problem with this is?
Cross posting another article on this subject from The Daily Caller that was written by Matthew Vadum.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2912040/posts
If this story is true then it seems they should join the church which did open its doors and brush the dust of the old one from their feet.
“This is despicable.”
You will be getting a despicable “Jim Crow” story at least once a day until the election; get used to it. Nobody will defend this church, but this is somehow newsworthy...
New Jersey is probably more segregated than Mississippi. Yankees should clean up their own house before pointing fingers; the “high road” of the ablitionists assumed the blacks would remain in the south.
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