7-29-2012
http://news.yahoo.com/mississppi-ch...ck-couple-205218322--abc-news-topstories.html
Mississippi Church Refuses to Marry Black Couple
They had booked their wedding far in advance. The invitations had been sent, the programs printed. But one day before Charles and Te'Andrea Wilson were to be married at the Mississippi church they frequented, they said a pastor told them they would have to find another venue -- because they were black.
There 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.
The church is now holding internal meetings to figure out how it should respond to future requests by black couples to be married there.
http://news.yahoo.com/mississppi-ch...ck-couple-205218322--abc-news-topstories.html
Mississippi Church Refuses to Marry Black Couple
They had booked their wedding far in advance. The invitations had been sent, the programs printed. But one day before Charles and Te'Andrea Wilson were to be married at the Mississippi church they frequented, they said a pastor told them they would have to find another venue -- because they were black.
There 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.
The church is now holding internal meetings to figure out how it should respond to future requests by black couples to be married there.