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Interracial couple banned from Gulnare Freewill Baptist Church in Kentucky [News]
What started off as a local story originally reported by East Kentucky Broadcasting, then via Kentucky.com has quickly soared to a nationally covered story by the Huffington Post, New York Daily News, and USA Today, just to name a few.
Yet again, Kentucky gains national attention for a perceived culture of ignorance and no-shoe-wearing-backwoods-rednecks. Though news coverage has soared, in its wake it leaves a sore black-eye on the state of Kentucky as well, in addition to the many great people of Pike County and Eastern Kentucky.
Not familiar with the story? Here’s a quick recap:
- Gulnare Freewill Baptist Church, a small Pike County church that usually has about 40 people for Sunday service, recently voted to ban interracial couples from membership and from participating in certain worship activities in an effort to “promote greater unity”.
- The vote was passed on Sunday - 9 to 6, with a number of members abstaining, to institute the ban.
- According to Harville's father, Dean Harville, Stella (24-year-old daughter of the church’s secretary and clerk) brought Chikuni (29-year-old fiancé, a native of Zimbabwe) to the church in June where they performed a song for the congregation. Following the visit, former pastor Melvin Thompson told Harville that his daughter and her fiancé could not sing at the church again. Thompson later proposed that the church go on record saying that while all people were welcome to attend public worship services there, the church did not condone interracial marriage. [via Huffington Post]
- Thompson tells The Louisville Courier-Journal that he is "not prejudiced against any race of people, have never in my lifetime spoke evil about a race. That's what this is being portrayed as, but it is not." He calls the issue an "internal affair" of the church. [via USA Today]
- Randy Johnson, President of the Pike County Ministerial Association states, "It's not the spirit of the community in any way, shape or form." He also said the reactions have included heartbreak and disbelief. "Most of us thought that we'd moved well beyond that," he said. Harville said he plans to ask the conference of churches to which Gulnare Freewill Baptist belongs to overturn the vote. [via Kentucky.com]
- Watch WKYT-27’s video as they talk to the family below.
Regardless of the events and actions that have transpired by a very small minority of people in Pike County, I’m here to say that they DO NOT speak for the greater population of Kentucky nor the beliefs of many Christians. Yes, we wear shoes and no, we're not all Bible-thumpers or a bunch of hillbillies who are missing half our teeth. Simply stated, we are a community of educated, accepting and intelligent people.
Jason Falls, a proud native of Pikeville (and also author, speaker, and CEO), had this to add after I reached-out:
"Pike County is no different from Jefferson County, New York City, L.A. or Chicago. There are rich, poor, smart, not smart, good parts of town and bad parts, and so on. The difference is that when one person in the minority says or does something narrow minded, it sticks out like a sore thumb.
I saw a number of friends on Facebook organizing protests at the church, all from Pikeville or Pike County. Thinking that everyone (or even most) people from Pikeville are backwards in their thinking is like saying Jed Clampett represents what Kentuckians are really like."
- Jason Falls, proud native of Pikeville, Ky.
I could go on, but I think it’s best to close by quoting a Kentucky native, Muhammad Ali, which I feel better articulates and simplifies my thoughts:
“A man who views the world the same at fifty as he did at twenty has wasted thirty years of his life.”
“Hating people because of their color is wrong. And it doesn't matter which color does the hating. It's just plain wrong.”
What are your thoughts? We’d love to hear from you, sound off in the comments below.
**Updated December 1st 9:05 PM - an official statement has been released by the Free Will Baptist Executive Office and can be found here.
Photo: By Stella Harville via AP
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Interracial couple banned from Gulnare Freewill Baptist Church
Seriously...
- Interracial couple banned from Gulnare Freewill Baptist Church in Kentucky -
Come on...
Are we going back to the stone ages??!!!
American people living around there, please wake up and come back to reality.
Seriously...
Come on...
Don't you all get it yet??
We are all human beings...living beings.
We all are deserve respect, love and freedom.
If you are a racism, you are wrong and should read and inform yourself on the subject.
There are good and bad people in every races and if you are racist, you are amongst the bad one.
We are all human beings...living beings.
We all are deserve respect, love and freedom.
If you're going to use Mohammed Ali....
...at least keep his quotes in context of his REAL views on race:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y1cANFjB2hM
Good for the church!
I'm not a big fan of church or Christianity in general but I'm glad to see there are still people in this country that are willing to stand up against what is happening in America. We don't want the next generation to be like Haiti or El Salvador so we had better start re-educating White people on the importance of not breeding with Third-World races.
And Blacks should be told outright to keep their hands off our daughters, mothers, and sisters and if they don't then they should be punished the old fashioned way. That seems to be the only thing they understand.
From a Northerner
Damned souls. These two will
Damned souls. These two will be burning in the hot fires of hell, for all eternity.
Banned interracial couple
When I saw this story It made me very angry. I have had the opportunity to travel across the country in an automobile, once was enough. But Jason Falls really did put it onto the right perspective. There are narrow minded people where ever you go. I live in Los Angeles which is pretty progressive. And there are quite a few numb skulls here also. I say these people look happy and that is all that matters. They are lucky that they found each other. He is a nice looking man and she is obviously content whith the way he treats her. Three cheers to them. I am sure that God is looking out for them. We should wish them all the best in these very trying times. Happiness is extremely difficult thing to find these days. If they are good to the people they come in contact with then they should be allowed to live their lives as they see fit. This really does seem to reak of the old souths mentality. It really should not be this ways we are all creations of the same God we say we worship.
Let's say, IF she'd come in
Let's say, IF she'd come in at the church with Michael Jordan in his late 20's or early 30's, I have no doubt at all whatsoever that they would've had different feelings/responses towards them. Viewers, what do you think would've happened IF she had come in with Michael Jordan in his late 20's or early 30's ?? Would the pastor and other people still have been unfriendly towards them ? Apparently, it's a personal preference and not racism. Don't overuse racism. Things one doesn't like or prefer doesn't make one a racist.
Wow. Look at all the pro-segregation comments
I hope you realize that all the pro-segregation comments in this discussion just make Kentucky look exactly like its own negative stereotype.
Not quite..
For one thing..if people want to make assumptions on an entire state because of one small church..then they're ignorant to begin with..
Secondly..people are already stereotyping and making discriminatory remarks like hillbilly as well as other comments..without it being warranted..pure ignorance in the "Anti-racist" ranks..combat racism with racism..that ought to learn 'em..lol..
And I do not care to win them over or care if they like the Bluegrass state or not..if you don't like Kentucky..don't go there..it isn't like tourism is huge in that area of the country despite its untouched beauty in areas..
I do NOT support forced segregation..and I do NOT support forced integration..
We are reminded everyday what forced segregation has done to Black folk..but would you care to elaborate to the less informed..on what forced integration and assimilation has done to the Native Americans?..not a pretty picture..they suffered more under forced assimilation and integration..than blacks did during segregation..and it is partly why they now only make up 0.2% of the population..where blacks their numbers rose and they make up 18.6% of the population..so I'd say forced integration is just as wrong..
In order to obtain genuine harmony..we have to get to a point in society..where people socially interact on their own..without it being forced..or it is pointless to call this a free society..nor will genuine harmony ever be achieved..
I never comment on sites like
I never comment on sites like this but your statement so sicken me that I had to write something. You comments could have been written in 1950. Racism is a cancer and intolerance has cause a generation of black children to grow up feeling 'less-than' there white counter-parts.
You can not defeat a cancer by ignoring it. You can not end racism by letting it stand.
I, for one, do not know what was in the hearts of the people who voted for the ban, the church in general or in any person in the south.
But I will say, it does make me feel uncomfortable just having recently moved to Tennessee about what's in the heart of people in the bible-belt and it makes me terribly sad.
Please..save the faux self
Please..save the faux self righteous indignation..if it was the 50s you'd be hearing send em back to Africa..or the Only good Indian is a DEAD indian..that is the rhetoric you'd hear..
To say forced segregation was wrong..but forced integration is okay even though it caused the abuse of and led to thousands of native deaths..destroyed their cultures and languages is what would be a lie and racist..or atleast self serving towards blacks who didn't suffer nearly as much as the Native population has under assimilation and integration..compared to segregation..
I am a true believer in FREE WILL..and equality..genuine equality..
Part of the problem with FORCED integration..and FORCED segregation is the FORCED part..you can't force friendships and good will..just as you can't force people to not be friends or lovers if that is how it was is in their heart..the notion of defeating racism and bigotry is about effective as that war on drugs.
To me equal rights..equal pay..treating each other with respect..isn't the issue..but telling a religious people..in a church setting to change their religious views..outlook and beliefs to suit those who want to be involved in interracial relationships is an issue..that never had to be..you know..FREEDOM OF RELIGION..and not everything in life is going to be a kumbaya lets buy world a coke multicultural love fest..
People want to go on about Appalachians..to which nobody has denounced those falsehoods..and racist slurs towards them..they have just perpetuated stereotypes and went on how evil they are because of this church..who didn't say that minorities couldn't attend..just that they do not support sexual interracial relations..
People want to defame and use racial slurs in regards to the same Appalachian people who were also the victims of the Jim Crow laws..who were oppressed..the same people who in the mines allowed blacks as well as the immigrant Italians who at the time weren't seen as white..to join the union with them way before civil rights era..the same people who shared their food...clothes..blankets and soap with them when both groups were forced out of their homes by the mining operator thugs..they could of let them starve and freeze..but felt that would of been wrong...the same people who defended them when the same thugs came back with guns to shoot up the make shift camps..but go ahead leave that part out of history out..selective memory and all..because it goes against the stereotypes..and call them the racist because members of a church that doesn't believe in interracial relations..
Appalachian Whites do believe in being fair..but they also cling to their culture and ways..and some will drawl a line when you go into their churches and try to dictate to them on what you think should be done in their church..which is a separate entity than state..period..
what you believe in is
what you believe in is racism. Racism is born out of ignorance. You can bemoan the efforts of the civil rights movement but despite this story race relations have improved in this country. Just because you want to be a racist and not feel bad about yourself doesn't make segregation ok. For the record how do you propose to distinguish between forced segregation and segregation by choice? This couple desired integration and were denied it. And the bringing up of native americans just illustrates your ignorance. If you understood history what occurred was colonialism and forced assimilation. It rose of a belief that one culture was better than another and people should be forced to ascribe to that culture. Integration is accepting and living with others cultures, not forcing everyone to ascribe to the same one. You are ignorant and most likely racist and the worst part is you are educated enough to realize that what you are is despicable which is why you try to defend it. Enjoy your life, I just wanted to make sure you know what you are.
LOL..
Wouldn't the more correct statement be..who you a stranger over the internet thinks I am? Which is irrelevant..you could not possibly define me..for I define myself..
I at no time bemoaned over the civil rights movement..Every race should have the same rights when dealing with the government..and the kind of segregation you are bemoaning was retarded and a waste of money for separate but equal facilities and such..
And Appalachians benefited from the civil rights movement being that they were effected by the same system and jim crow laws..that black folk like to pretend only happened to them..
I bemoaned over mainstream America trying to FORCE their dominant multicultural values over Appalachian culture which is different..ahem..ASSIMILATION via FORCED INTEGRATION..
I bemoaned over PC mind set persons feeling that their culture out trumps freedom of religion..and that bigotry is more acceptable than racism..when both are fails..
And what next?
The PC crowd going to get upset over the fact that Amish don't allow interracial relationships..that there is not one black Amish living in their communities?...
What about the Gullah? They are the direct descendants of African slaves..The are black..and their churches don't support interracial relationships either..as they shouldn't..their cultural identity is endangered as it is..
Again not all churches are inclusive..so what?..that is why church and state are separate entities..as it should be..
And everyone should have the freedom to decide if they wish to remain as a distinct people or not..it should not be for society to decide..
And are you familiar with United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples?
Article 8 paragraph d..clearly states Native peoples aren't to be subjected to any form of forced assimilation or FORCED INTEGRATION..
Yet..forced integration was never an issue?..the fact is Natives have fought against forced integration..as well as assimilation from the get go..as they should have it helped nearly destroyed their languages cultures..as well as helped in the genocide of their people..
So the fact is the a majority of Whites as well a lot of Blacks enjoy all the privileges of Western Society..while indigenous people still struggle for basic equality in their everyday lives..comparing the black struggle to the Native struggle is like comparing a person who had their finger cut off to someone who had their entire arm amputated..
I propose that those who wish to integrate to the absolute fullest be allowed without being criticized..and do like everyone else that has been banned from a church for unfavorable reasons..move on..and the same should be allowed for those who just wish to be left alone with their own..because that was how it was..before the government started with their forced integrations and segregation..
Everyone judge one another
I am just thankful I live in a country where we have the freedom to exclude others if we so feel.
Please ignore Good For Them
To all of the reasonable people reading this comment thread: Please note that the vast majority of the racist, "God says to keep whites and blacks separate" comments are being posted by one person: "Good For Them." There is no point in arguing with such extreme ignorance, so please do not take his bait. It only gives him more opportunity to spew his nonsense. Best to let him stew in his own foul juices.
ahh..
ahh..If that is their interpretation..that is their interpretation..there is also no where in the bible that states the races should be forced together under every social circumstance and religious rite possible or if not..that will equate to inequality and the violation of human rights..
This is a church we are talking about..not a country club..not a government building..they have the right to discernment..according to their interpretation of God's word..so if they don't accept homosexual or interracial relationships..it is their right not to..there are churches that do..the bride could of just as easily found one in the amount of time it took her to get a hold of a reporter..
You're flat wrong
You're simply wrong when you say the church has the right to discriminate as they please. By demanding tax-exempt status, they are asking for government recognition. By asking for government recognition, they should submit to the rules of secular society.
Take away their tax-exempt status, and then they can discriminate as they please.
A church is NOT a secular entity..
They have the right to discernment according to their BELIEFS..it is called FREEDOM OF RELIGION..the church refuses to marry and except people for all kinds of reasons..the interracial reason was just one of them..why should they not have free will in who and who they will not marry and accept?..other than the PC crowd demands it..
They at no time said minorities weren't able to attend..they stated that they do not support interracial sexual relations according to their beliefs..they also don't support gay relations either..so do tons of other churches..but that is okay to discriminate for that..
And what's next?..Should everyone be allowed to attend sacred Native American ceremonies..that they have no business being at nor would they be welcomed..just because a non native may want to be there to witness?..should students that attend Howard University even be able to receive federal aid to attend a non segregated college? Should Notre Dame no longer be allowed to only allow only those in who went to a catholic high school?
There are a lot of groups..and institutions that get tax breaks and or federal aid..and none of them secular in nature..some of them are fraudulent..like the educational organizations that get the same tax exemptions as churches..who steal the name of a tribe..and pose as Native Indian tribes..and charge money to join..to take part in whatever it is they do there..
There are just some things in life that won't be multicultural in nature..nor does it always have to be..the PC Nazis have just taken their arguments the other way..and want to force multiculturalism on everyone in every aspect of their lives..
Forced segregation and forced integration are both wrong because it takes away free will and imposes the views of others onto others..it is kind of like slapping handcuffs on someone even if they're not into that type of thing..
Gulnare Freeware Baptist Church
Will someone explain why people who are not connected to this incident want to stick their nose into someone elses buisness? Tend to your own and you won't have time for this.
Help your neighbors
So if you saw someone kidnapping a child, you wouldn't intervene? If you saw a rape in progress you'd just continue strolling on past? If you saw a robbery in progress, you wouldn't call the police? Not very neighborly, are you?
Are you serious?..
Are you serious?..rape and kidnapping are CRIMES..and are way different circumstances than a church refusing to marry or receive an interracial or gay couple because of their interpretation of Gods word..
I stand with the church with this one..
Even if everyone disagrees with them..they have the right to allow or disallow whoever they want..there on no laws that state that they have to include everyone..it isn't a government facility..most people who disagree with a church or who barred from a church..just find a different church..they don't call the local newspaper..
Multiculturalism is obviously not for everyone..and if people want to mix or not to mix..it should be there choice..if not..so FN what?..As long as they aren't committing a crime or breaking laws..they should have the right in a free society to make either choice and take it either way..
Forced integration is just as wrong as forced segregation..if you question that..just ask any Native American..they'll most likely agree with that sentiment..
CHRISTIAN HYPOCRISY ABOUNDS
This thread is full of "Christians" persecuting and cannibalizing other Christians over a disagreement in theology.
Practice what you idiots always preach to others...
LET HE WHO IS WITHOUT SIN CAST THE FIRST STONE.
I dare ya.
^C/S, but to all you IR couples out there, listen up!
I have to say Amen to you on this one, even in black churches this mess happens, Eddie Long, Zach Tims and there are more in small churches like this one that you never hear of.
You mean to tell me that she didn't already know he congregation would not accept them? Yea right!
Anyways I am a black woman(raised Pentecostal), married to a white man that was raised Catholic. We have been to a predominately all black church, while we did get looks, people were still respectful. I wouldn't have it any other way, I mean I was raised in that church (btw, this was not my first white man that I had brought to church)and my mom is a minister there. However, I did feel like our union was a little "outside the box" for a lot of people and in the interest of not wanting to be stared at while my husband clapped off-beat during praise service, we stopped going, NO BIGGIE!!!! I mean we were there to praise God and hear a sermon, not to be gawked at....
My point is this: we've been places and been ignored because of this, or his drink got refilled and mine didn't or if it was a black male, I got all the attention blah blah blah, Or the "are you two together" type of thing, guess what people? EVERYONE WILL NOT ACCEPT YOU! Point. Blank. I'm not saying accept being disrespected, but I am saying if someone doesn't like me OR him, I don't give 2 mini damns and I move on. Find a church that is preaching God's word, not their own lol and be happy there, or better yet, start your own church for IRR. But, be warned even if you do that, some people will still have issues with you all. Please, I beg you, do not raise your kids to believe that everyone HAS to accept their lifestyle or who they've decided to spend their life with, or their skin color or hair type, etc. Teach them to have confidence in this mean world and they will go further than looking for affirmation from people that don't have their best interest in mind.
^C/S, but to all you IR couples out there, listen up!
I have to say Amen to you on this one, even in black churches this mess happens, Eddie Long, Zach Tims and there are more in small churches like this one that you never hear of.
You mean to tell me that she didn't already know he congregation would not accept them? Yea right!
Anyways I am a black woman(raised Pentecostal), married to a white man that was raised Catholic. We have been to a predominately all black church, while we did get looks, people were still respectful. I wouldn't have it any other way, I mean I was raised in that church (btw, this was not my first white man that I had brought to church)and my mom is a minister there. However, I did feel like our union was a little "outside the box" for a lot of people and in the interest of not wanting to be stared at while my husband clapped off-beat during praise service, we stopped going, NO BIGGIE!!!! I mean we were there to praise God and hear a sermon, not to be gawked at....
My point is this: we've been places and been ignored because of this, or his drink got refilled and mine didn't or if it was a black male, I got all the attention blah blah blah, Or the "are you two together" type of thing, guess what people? EVERYONE WILL NOT ACCEPT YOU! Point. Blank. I'm not saying accept being disrespected, but I am saying if someone doesn't like me OR him, I don't give 2 mini damns and I move on. Find a church that is preaching God's word, not their own lol and be happy there, or better yet, start your own church for IRR. But, be warned even if you do that, some people will still have issues with you all. Please, I beg you, do not raise your kids to believe that everyone HAS to accept their lifestyle or who they've decided to spend their life with, or their skin color or hair type, etc. Teach them to have confidence in this mean world and they will go further than looking for affirmation from people that don't have their best interest in mind.
I hesitate to enter this...
I hesitate to enter this... "debate"... but let me begin with this one point. My understanding of the bible is that there are tons of prohibitions from the Old(er) Testament that Christians don't observe today. We don't stone people, we wear clothes woven of multiple fabrics, and we eat all the pork and shellfish we want. So doesn't that cast some doubt on any person's interpretation of the bible that only relies on the OT?
"Gulnar "Free Will" Baptist Church
So much for "free will". This reactionary response to the couple is rooted in fear and is straight from the pit!
Can we just move on?
I think the point has been made. Nine folks in a tiny church in a tiny town in the mountains of Kentucky made a bad decision. That one decision by those nine people in no way represents the views of religion, Christianity, church, or Free Will Baptists as a whole. People make bad decisions all the time. The decision was wrong and will most definitely be corrected. If one decision by a whopping big body of nine people is enough for some to use as "ammunition" against all these groups, then it sounds like the real problem lies elsewhere. Ignore ignorant and uneducated people and go on with life. Apparently they are being set straight.
NO, WE CANNOT MOVE ON... YOU MOVE ON.
This vote is more than a bad decision!! This church is supposed to represent God and what God believes. Discriminating against people based on color is clearly against God's will. These people who still believe that they are superior to other races need to simply not call themselves christian and move to another planet...not country, but planet. The pastor of this church should no longer be the pastor of this church if this is something he enforces. The people of the congregation should take a stand and vote these people out of the church.
We all need to pray for these people who beleive they are above God and tell who is and who is not allowed in His house. Remember, a church is God's house of worship "come as you are".
I'm assuming you don't want to move on...
The mistake has been fixed. Now can you move on? Or do you thrive on other people's mistakes INDEFINITELY and hold grudges FOREVER? That's definitely not practicing the "acceptance" you preach. lol Put them on another planet, yet "pray for them?" lol Typical.
Anger management?
The mistake (yes, mistake) has been fixed. Now can you move on? Or do you thrive on other people's mistakes INDEFINITELY and hold grudges FOREVER? That's definitely not practicing what you preach. lol Put them on another planet but "pray for them?" I bet you will. Typical.
See, what really makes
See, what really makes racists think like this is their imagination of you-know-what.
can you say Racial
can you say Racial Discrimination lawsuit? it they were smart they'd find a damn good lawyer and file it!
The fifth and the 14th amendments are the two primary amendments to the constitution that deal with the issue of racial discrimination. The 14th amendment builds upon the fifth amendment, which has the now famous assertion that the due process of law is necessary for the government to deprive persons of "life, liberty or property." The fifth amendment was not originally intended to support anti-racist initiatives within government. The 14th amendment, however, in some sense further elaborated on the fifth amendment by making explicit what was only implicit in the fifth. It required the states to provide equal protection under the law to all citizens and overturned the Dred Scott decision, which had made it impossible for African-Americans to be classified as citizens.
the people that decided this shit is in a world of trouble for which he or she can't get out of. i hope this couple sues the hell out of the chuch and the church learn a valuable lesson from it!
Any and all of the church
Any and all of the church members who voted for this racially discriminatory policy should be prosecuted to the fullest and immediately kicked out of the congregation.
Prosecuted? LMAO!
PROSECUTED? THEY DID NOTHING ILLEGAL.
Maybe you mean they should be PERSECUTED. They are, by the likes of you.
I believe racism is a crime
Is racism NOT a crime? I think it would be fair to say an example should be made of their intolerance.
By the likes of who? Well
By the likes of who? Well educated people who know the difference between right and wrong, and know not to judge someone by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character. You should be taken behind a shed and shot because if you agree with this because I treat my dog better than the likes of people like you. Good day.
It's sad to think the one
It's sad to think the one place of people that should make you feel comfortable, and accept you like family, even when your real family doesn't- doesn't. A place where you should be able to worship God all the same. There is only one issue of importance here.
Would Jesus have turned this couple away based on their colors?
Is Diversity of opininon accepted at your Church?
If an individual or group at your church publicly expressed a opinion that was in opposition to the current program of genocide against the White race by means of assimilation, would they be accepted in your anti-White church?
If not why do you feel the need to force your theology on this small congregation?
People everywhere are waking up to the fact that anti-racism is just a code word for anti-White.
Amen!
Amen!
She is anti-White, stupid!
If she really wanted "acceptance", she could go to a diverse church and be "accepted" right now. Quite obviously she has an anti-White agenda.
No one says a Church that is 100% Black needs more diversity.
No one says a Church that is 100% Asian needs more diversity.
No one says a Church that is 100% Oriental needs more diversity.
They are already 100% diverse.
All White Churches and only White Churches always need to be more diverse. White Churches only stop needing to be more diverse when there are no White people left in them.
Anti-racist is a code word for anti-White.
More hypocrisy
The woman is just a spiteful fat hag who didn't like being rejected bringing in her African boy toy, and these whacko Christians on this thread think they're self-appointed Inquisitors hell-bent on persecuting those who step out of theology as they see it.
NO WONDER I'M NOT A CHRISTIAN! Look at you people!
I totally agree with you!
And guess what? I'm from Philadelphia, PA, not the Deep South or Kentucky! Whites are the ONLY racial group that is not allowed to practice self-determination!
Support from the American West
I'm from Colorado, a former liberal, and a former so-called "antiracist" until I came to understand what the anti-white racket is all about. It's about denying us our right to have ANYTHING to ourselves and about denying us our right to be a people and love our race and culture like everyone else has a right to.
Anti-racist is a codeword for anti-white
Africa for the Africans, Asia for the Asians, And White countries for EVERYBODY!
Everybody says there is this RACE problem. Everybody says this RACE problem will be solved when the third world pours into EVERY white country and ONLY into white countries.
The Netherlands and Belgium are just as crowded as Japan or Taiwan, but nobody says Japan or Taiwan will solve this RACE problem by bringing in millions of third worlders and quote assimilating unquote with them.
Everybody says the final solution to this RACE problem is for EVERY white country and ONLY white countries to “assimilate,” i.e., intermarry, with all those non-whites.
What if I said there was this RACE problem and this RACE problem would be solved only if hundreds of millions of non-blacks were brought into EVERY black country and ONLY into black countries?
How long would it take anyone to realize I’m not talking about a RACE problem. I am talking about the final solution to the BLACK problem?
And how long would it take any sane black man to notice this and what kind of psycho black man wouldn’t object to this?
But if I tell that obvious truth about the ongoing program of genocide against my race, the white race, Liberals and respectable conservatives agree that I am a naziwhowantstokillsixmillionjews.
They say they are anti-racist. What they are is anti-white.
Anti-racist is a code word for anti-white.
No, not very well said. Moses
No, not very well said. Moses was in an interacial marriage.... church is not the place to make a decision of what "color" someone needs to be to attend.
So self-righteous...
According to YOUR theology. Guess what - not everyone agrees with you!
SURPRISE!
I agreee
Very well said.
gulnare racism
Thompson is a sick, pathetic racist and doesn't even know enough to recognize it. If he wanted to institute a policy consistent with his "community", then his "community" is full of sick and pathetic racists, with whom he evidently agrees. Thompson is the reason most of us avoid "church". It's not inclusive. It's exclusive. To put it in their language - What would Jesus do? He sure the hell wouldn't exclude someone he created because Thompson and his ilk weren't broad or wordly enough to accept or understand them.
WHAT?!
WHO IN THE HELL DO THEY THINK THEY ARE TO TELL SOMEONE THAT THEY CANT BE AT A FRIGGIN CHURCH?!
There is nothing in the Bible
There is nothing in the Bible that says it is wrong to date or marry a person of a different race.
There are a few incidental mentions of race in the Bible but there is nothing saying one race is superior to another. Moses was married to a Cushite (Ethiopian) woman (Numbers 12:1-16), and God was angry with Aaron and Miriam for criticizing that marriage.
The Hebrews were forbidden to marry Canaanites (Exodus 34:10-17; Deuteronomy 7:3-4). The reason was because the Canaanites worshipped idols, not because of race; the Hebrews and Canaanites were racially similar.
The apostle Paul encouraged Christians not to marry unbelievers (2 Corinthians 6:14), but here again, the reason was religious, not racial.
Jesus and His apostles taught that we must respect and show compassion for all people of God's creation without regard to artificial distinctions like race and nationality. In His Parable of the Good Samaritan (Luke 10:25-37), Jesus told of a Samaritan man who was kind to a Jewish man even thought they were enemies of different religions, nationalities and ethnic backgrounds. At the end, Jesus tells us, "Go and do likewise."
The Apostle Paul banned all discrimination based on race, social status, etc. among Christians:
You are all sons of God through faith in Christ Jesus, for all of you who were baptized into Christ have clothed yourselves with Christ. There is neither Jew nor Greek, slave nor free, male nor female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus. (NIV, Galatians 3:26-28)
A number of attempts were made to use the Bible to justify those bans on interracial marriage. Vague assertions were made that God intended for the races to remain separate. Some verses (Exodus 34:10-16, 2 Corinthians 6:14, etc.) were quoted in part or otherwise out of context in an attempt to show that God opposed interracial marriage.
Ready to be consistent, buddy?
Not every theologian agrees with you.
I would suggest you follow one of your basic dictates from Christ:
LET HE WHO IS WITHOUT SIN CAST THE FIRST STONE.