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cleanhippie

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2. Wonder? Not at all. Religion in this country creates the "other" that they must distrust...
Fri Jul 27, 2012, 12:47 PM
Jul 2012

All of this racism has its roots deep in religion.

And we wonder how so many can hate President Obama? sinkingfeeling Jul 2012 #1
Wonder? Not at all. Religion in this country creates the "other" that they must distrust... cleanhippie Jul 2012 #2
WTF? RedStateLiberal Jul 2012 #3
So I assume that the Wilsons ... 1StrongBlackMan Jul 2012 #4
Raw Story got the state wrong. 33Greeper Jul 2012 #5
Good catch. cleanhippie Jul 2012 #6
I tweeted Raw Story and they just fixed it. 33Greeper Jul 2012 #7
How strange that a church wouldn't let people MineralMan Jul 2012 #8
He did end up marrying them, just not there, but I agree that he should have stood up cbayer Jul 2012 #9
I'm sure they will seek another church. However, the cowardice of that MineralMan Jul 2012 #10
Agree. Other articles say it was a small minority of congregants that objected, but cbayer Jul 2012 #11
Boards of Deacons run a large proportion of MineralMan Jul 2012 #12
vomit n/t RainDog Jul 2012 #13
That pastor should leave that congregation, if he's a decent fellow. eom TransitJohn Jul 2012 #14
"They insisted that all races were welcome at the church." humblebum Jul 2012 #15
Lol, apparently that is exactly what they meant. cbayer Jul 2012 #17
Really? jeepnstein Jul 2012 #16
Feel the Christian Love of the Southern Baptists panzerfaust Jul 2012 #18
Community rallies in support of black couple blocked by church struggle4progress Jul 2012 #19
Prof says racism should be test of fellowship struggle4progress Jul 2012 #20
So. Baptists Assess Racism after Black Wedding Banned struggle4progress Jul 2012 #21
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