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Protea · 07-29-2012, 10:07 AM

WASHINGTON, Jul 29 – A Mississippi couple got the shock of their lives when the pastor at the church they attended told them the wedding they planned could not be held there because they are black, ABC television reported.
Pastor Stan Weatherford told the network there had never been a wedding for blacks at the First Baptist Church in Crystal Springs, Mississippi, since it was opened in 1883.
He said some of the white congregarion so virulently opposed the wedding of Charles and Te’Andrea Wilson, who are black, that they threatened to have him fired.
Weatherford, a pastor who is white, offered to wed the Wilsons down the road at a mostly black church, he told the network.
“My 9-year-old was going to the church with us. How would you say to your 9-year-old daughter, ‘We cannot get married here because, guess what sweetie, we’re black,’” Charles Wilson told ABC’s affiliate WAPT-TV.
The would-be groom told WAPT that the couple intended to join the church as members after their wedding, which was planned for July 20. Until they got the bad news that forced them to move their ceremony to another church where it was held July 21.
Locals voiced shock at the pastor’s move.
“That church was their home,” said local resident Theresa Norwood, 48. “What would Jesus have done? He would have married them, without a doubt, because it’s the right thing to do. We’re all God’s children,” she said.

https://www.capitalfm.co.ke/news/2012...ey-were-black/

wtf is wrong in mississippi

gingerale · 07-29-2012, 10:18 AM

More interesting Mississippi trivia: they were the last state to ratify the 13th Amendment (which ended slavery.) This was in 1995.

watts · 07-29-2012, 10:45 AM

There's a church on every corner there lol... there is still a lot of racism there, from both sides. That church/congregation is just flawed. Doesn't really speak for all of MS. It's not very common for blacks to attend predominantly white churches in the south. There's plenty of churches there with predominantly "black" folks. Still a disgrace that the predominantly "white" church that they attended wouldn't marry them. They weren't even members of that particular church though, so that's strange and also played a role in it, i'm sure. I don't know why they would pick that church in the first place to get married at, unless they thought it was nice or something.

redbudduckfoot · 07-29-2012, 11:13 AM

1992?????????????????????????? ?????????????????????????????? ???

redbudduckfoot · 07-29-2012, 11:22 AM

sorry Ginger Ale, it was the 13th amendment, and it was 1995. lol. great state.

Protea · 07-29-2012, 11:47 AM

wow so you could actusly own another person im mississippi until 95.
wow is all i can say.

MadBuddhaAbuser · 07-29-2012, 04:53 PM

Kind of weird that govt pot is grown down there.

coastal · 07-29-2012, 04:57 PM

What a shitty state.

headband 707 · 07-29-2012, 05:04 PM

I think they should sue the churches ass and pay for a nice vacation or downpayment but go after them for this bullshit. The church is just the place where this crap needs to stop. Headband 707

big twinn · 07-29-2012, 06:12 PM

If I were them, I'd sue the hell outta that church, then after taking possession of the church, I'd turn it into a gay lesbian porn store just to shit all over them.

07-29-2012, 10:07 AM	#1
Protea Member Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: North of the alps Posts: 482	US couple denied wedding because they were black WASHINGTON, Jul 29 – A Mississippi couple got the shock of their lives when the pastor at the church they attended told them the wedding they planned could not be held there because they are black, ABC television reported. Pastor Stan Weatherford told the network there had never been a wedding for blacks at the First Baptist Church in Crystal Springs, Mississippi, since it was opened in 1883. He said some of the white congregarion so virulently opposed the wedding of Charles and Te’Andrea Wilson, who are black, that they threatened to have him fired. Weatherford, a pastor who is white, offered to wed the Wilsons down the road at a mostly black church, he told the network. “My 9-year-old was going to the church with us. How would you say to your 9-year-old daughter, ‘We cannot get married here because, guess what sweetie, we’re black,’” Charles Wilson told ABC’s affiliate WAPT-TV. The would-be groom told WAPT that the couple intended to join the church as members after their wedding, which was planned for July 20. Until they got the bad news that forced them to move their ceremony to another church where it was held July 21. Locals voiced shock at the pastor’s move. “That church was their home,” said local resident Theresa Norwood, 48. “What would Jesus have done? He would have married them, without a doubt, because it’s the right thing to do. We’re all God’s children,” she said. https://www.capitalfm.co.ke/news/2012...ey-were-black/ wtf is wrong in mississippi __________________ The U.S. federal government spent over $15 billion dollars in 2010 on the War on Drugs, at a rate of about $500 per second. State and local governments spent at least another 25 billion dollars An American is arrested for violating cannabis laws every 30 seconds.
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07-29-2012, 10:18 AM	#2
gingerale Banned Join Date: Dec 2009 Posts: 1,361	More interesting Mississippi trivia: they were the last state to ratify the 13th Amendment (which ended slavery.) This was in 1995. Last edited by gingerale; 07-29-2012 at 08:26 PM.. Reason: stoner memory
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07-29-2012, 10:45 AM	#3
watts ohms Join Date: Dec 2011 Posts: 1,788	There's a church on every corner there lol... there is still a lot of racism there, from both sides. That church/congregation is just flawed. Doesn't really speak for all of MS. It's not very common for blacks to attend predominantly white churches in the south. There's plenty of churches there with predominantly "black" folks. Still a disgrace that the predominantly "white" church that they attended wouldn't marry them. They weren't even members of that particular church though, so that's strange and also played a role in it, i'm sure. I don't know why they would pick that church in the first place to get married at, unless they thought it was nice or something.
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07-29-2012, 11:13 AM	#4
redbudduckfoot Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2010 Posts: 1,186	1992?????????????????????????? ?????????????????????????????? ??? __________________ "Those who know don't talk, and those who talk don't know a thing." Nas/Lao Tzu.
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07-29-2012, 11:22 AM	#5
redbudduckfoot Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2010 Posts: 1,186	sorry Ginger Ale, it was the 13th amendment, and it was 1995. lol. great state. __________________ "Those who know don't talk, and those who talk don't know a thing." Nas/Lao Tzu.
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07-29-2012, 11:47 AM	#6
Protea Member Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: North of the alps Posts: 482	wow so you could actusly own another person im mississippi until 95. wow is all i can say. __________________ The U.S. federal government spent over $15 billion dollars in 2010 on the War on Drugs, at a rate of about $500 per second. State and local governments spent at least another 25 billion dollars An American is arrested for violating cannabis laws every 30 seconds.
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coastal Banned Join Date: Jul 2012 Posts: 277	What a shitty state.
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headband 707 Plant whisperer Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: who wants to know? Posts: 4,017	I think they should sue the churches ass and pay for a nice vacation or downpayment but go after them for this bullshit. The church is just the place where this crap needs to stop. Headband 707 __________________ Any man that knows a thing knows he knows not a damn thing at all. https://www.icmag.com/viewarticle.ph...id=1422&page=2 "WEED be everywhere" Are we growing wiser or are we just growing taller? When everyone is going left it's important to look right.. Never follow the crowd they are usually WRONG! Headband707 The more I see the less I know LOL... Micheal Faranti What we do for ourselves dies with us. What we do for others and the world remains and is immortal. Albert Pine Somthing that drives me Hazy ,, I'm I or the other's crazy?Albert Einstien Free Gypsy ffs!! Nas& Damian Marley " Friends" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OO18F4aKGzQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MrC-yum82MI Nas&Damian Marley "Patience" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=01FE9cPXE3M https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=17FZIncZi8Q https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XSbZidsgMfw now you should listen to it loud...
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