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Mississippi Church Refuses to Marry Black Couple
I have no words.
EDIT: let me add more. Some times I am one of those more moderate people that take the more measured position that racism sometime gets blow out of proportion to the reality. As a American with my American friends, this reality doesn't exist. I find it hard sometimes others Americans would ever view this as ok. Shocking would be a good word to use. I can understand when one of my friends doesn't want to good to this one movie theater because the type of "poeple" are loud, or getting scared of some type of "people" when you find your self in the wrong neighborhood. I can at least understand the logic behind it. This, in this age, I just can't understand it.
http://news.yahoo.com/mississppi-ch...ck-couple-205218322--abc-news-topstories.htmlThere has never been a black wedding at the First Baptist Church in Crystal Springs, Miss., since its founding in 1883. According to Pastor Stan Weatherford, some church members objected so strongly to breaking that precedent, they threatened to oust him from his pastorship.
Rather than risk his job, Weatherford, who is white, said he decided to marry the pair at a black church down the road.
I have no words.
EDIT: let me add more. Some times I am one of those more moderate people that take the more measured position that racism sometime gets blow out of proportion to the reality. As a American with my American friends, this reality doesn't exist. I find it hard sometimes others Americans would ever view this as ok. Shocking would be a good word to use. I can understand when one of my friends doesn't want to good to this one movie theater because the type of "poeple" are loud, or getting scared of some type of "people" when you find your self in the wrong neighborhood. I can at least understand the logic behind it. This, in this age, I just can't understand it.