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drm604

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5. If the article is accurate it wasn't about membership.

Reply to exboyfil (Reply #4)

Fri Jul 27, 2012, 02:50 PM

Jul 2012

There were people in the church who were specifically against a black couple getting married there.

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Overt Racism in Crystal Springs, Mississippi First Baptist Church: No Black Weddings Allowed! [View all] 33Greeper Jul 2012 OP

How can they possibly justify this attitude to themselves? drm604 Jul 2012 #1

It is baffling, isn't it? deutsey Jul 2012 #2

I read this and my first thought was JustAnotherGen Jul 2012 #3

The pastor should have gone ahead and performed exboyfil Jul 2012 #4

If the article is accurate it wasn't about membership. drm604 Jul 2012 #5

I'd like to know how many white couples who were not members SemperEadem Aug 2012 #7

Our church doesn't exclude non-members. Many don't. kwassa Jul 2012 #6

Living in the South inductivetreasoning Oct 2012 #8

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