Here's a beautiful love story-Mixed-race couple: 'The priest refused to marry us'

[malaise]

http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-39003902

[democratisphere]

1. Great uplifting story!

Thank you for this malaise! Have a Happy and Healthy New Year!

[malaise]

2. You're welcome

I wish you all that is good for 2018 democratisphere

[Rhiannon12866]

3. Awwww! That really is a delightful story - with such a happy ending, still together after 73 years!

[malaise]

4. The smiles on their faces

are full of love - lovely pic you posted.
Happy New Year to you and yours Rhiannon12866!

[Rhiannon12866]

7. I know - everyone should be so lucky!

Thank you so much! And wishing you a Happy New Year, too! Here from the freezing North Country!

[malaise]

8. Awwwwwwwwwwwwww for that doggie

It's a lovely 74 where I am - stay warm.

[Rhiannon12866]

9. Oh! I wish you could send us a few degrees - you have plenty to spare!

At least we're not expecting more snow at the moment - and it's supposed to get up into the 20s later this week, a real heat wave!

[malaise]

12. More cuteness

[keithbvadu2]

5. Refused to marry them but the CC protected pedophile priests for many decades.

Refused to marry them but the CC protected pedophile priests for many decades.

[malaise]

6. Well your current president and several other ReTHUGs supported a racist pedophile

in Alabama over a Democratic Party man.
Most institutions were and are racist - the CC is no different.

[NewEnglandAutumn]

10. Thank you for sharing!

It is uplifting to see/hear people's love stories.

[malaise]

11. Welcome to DU

NewenglandAutumn and Happy New Year to you and yours.

[sarge43]

13. Welcome to DU

Yes, a remarkable, courageous, loving couple. An example for all of us.

[spiderpig]

14. This brought tears to my eyes.

And the first thing I thought of was John Lennon's "Imagine", which we were just playing yesterday.

Thanks, malaise!

[malaise]

25. My favorite song of all time - playing it right now

Happy New Year to you and yours

[Demsrule86]

15. lovely story. Things have changed but still there are some who act like jerks. My middle daughter

is dating a young man of color...nice you man. They still get some nasty comments when they go out. Thanks for this.

[malaise]

26. Lots of mixed marriages on our families

so I know your daughter's experience. Still we've come a long way.

Happy New Year to you and yours

[Pacifist Patriot]

16. Thank you!

Lovely story

[malaise]

27. Happy New eEar Pacifist Patriot

[mountain grammy]

17. Beautiful story, Malaise, thank you

Love wins! Happy New Year!

[malaise]

28. Indeed

Last year we watched the Loving movie - I did cry.
Happy New Year.

[mountain grammy]

32. The movie was good, but if you ever get the chance

Watch the HBO documentary about the Loving case. Real footage of Mildred and Richard.. you will fall in love with the real Mildred Loving.

[malaise]

33. Thanks

Will look for it

[getagrip_already]

18. great story, organzed religion sucks......

My wifes family Rabbi refused to marry us, even in a civil ceremony, because I wasn't jewish. He was a guest at our wedding though. Racism takes all forms.

[malaise]

24. Well I am an atheist

so for me all religion sucks

Imagine is my favorite song on the planet

[getagrip_already]

34. Im also a non-practicing atheist......

But if someone gets benefit from individual spirituality then i am happy and supportive for them.

Its organized religion (aka cults) i have issues with. The whole concept of give us money or else is just extprtion with a halo.

[malaise]

36. I hear you

[yallerdawg]

19. And then:

However, they were determined to marry and settled for a brief ceremony at the Liverpool Register Office.

The local Catholic priest agreed to perform a second wedding ceremony for them in his church. Two daughters - Jean and Betty - followed, and the young family were desperate to get a home of their own.

"The priest mentioned that they were building houses in Wythenshawe," Barclay says.

We were the only mixed-race couple there but we didn't have any trouble in the community," Trudy says.
"When this place filled up everyone loved our girls."

However, their daughter Jean did encounter bullying on her first day at primary school.

"The teacher sent her home and asked me to keep her home while she had a chance to talk to the school about how God loved all his children. Jean didn't have problems after that," Trudy says.

There's always good along with the bad.

[CurtEastPoint]

22. Thank you for being a voice of reason. There's always good along with the bad. Yes.

[malaise]

23. So who was not being a voice of reason?

I posted the article with the facts - good and the bad.

[CurtEastPoint]

35. No, not you at all. Just those who engage in bashing the RCC at any given opportunity.

I appreciate your posting the story. SOme people latch on to some detail and beat it down.

[spanone]

20. K&R...

Great Story ....

[malaise]

29. Agree

Happy New Year bro.

[spanone]

31. Happy New Years malaise!!!

[dalton99a]

21. It is a beautiful story

Happy New Year!

[malaise]

30. Back at you dalton99a

[Aristus]

37. Whew! Tears!

What a wonderful story!

[Justice]

38. Wonderful story!

[MLAA]

39. Wonderful love story! I appreciate you posting it.

Nice to start my day with a love story rather than a hate story 🙂

[HipChick]

40. Malaise...have you ever seen Small Island?

Excellent movie set in this era...

and Happy New Year to you too..

I'm hunkering down in St.Lucia myself...and not missing the cold and snow..

[malaise]

42. Hi there - no I haven't seen it - will check it out

Is it raining yet - my friends say it's been raining non-stop in Trinidad.
Happy New Year sis!

[HipChick]

46. Been cloudy..and some drizzle here and there..

[malaise]

43. 73 years!

[smirkymonkey]

44. Oh, what a lovely story!

Brought tears to my eyes. It is so inspiring and uplifting to hear about their love and their journey through life. I am so happy for them. Most of us can only dream of a love like that. Thank you for posting!

[malaise]

45. Happy New Year smirkeymonkey

[smirkymonkey]

48. Happy New Year Malaise!

Here's to a much better 2018!

[treestar]

47. So sweet!