And you don’t think the community should make a statement about the church’s position?
>>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.