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struggle4progress

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19. Community rallies in support of black couple blocked by church

Reply to cleanhippie (Original post)

Tue Jul 31, 2012, 11:05 PM

Jul 2012

By NBC News staff

Hundreds of people turned out in Crystal Springs, Miss., to support an African-American couple who says a predominantly white Baptist church where they planned to wed turned them away because of race.

The city of Crystal Springs organized the rally to send a message of unity, NBC affiliate WLBT of Jackson, Miss., reported. People held hands in prayer while First Baptist Church of Crystal Springs pastor Rev. Stan Weatherford and New Zion United Methodist Church pastor Rev. Fitzgerald Lovett embraced.

"I pray that God will take a very difficult situation and that he will turn it into good and that we will move beyond tolerating each other," Weatherford told WLBT ...

http://usnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2012/07/31/13052619-community-rallies-in-support-of-black-couple-blocked-by-church?lite

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White Baptist church in Missouri bans black wedding [View all] cleanhippie Jul 2012 OP

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