Interracial Couples Banned From Church

EpyonXero · 12-02-2011, 04:08 PM

Yay South!

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/1...comm_ref=false

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In a move to "promote greater unity" among its body and the Pike County community it serves, a small Kentucky church voted to ban interracial couples from membership and from participating in certain worship activities, Kentucky.com reports.

Though reminiscent of some Jim Crow-era mandate, the Gulnare Freewill Baptist Church actually made the decision earlier this month, following a visit from 24-year-old Stella Harville, daughter of the church's secretary and clerk, and her 29-year-old fiance, Ticha Chikuni, a native of Zimbabwe.

According to Harville's father, Dean Harville, Stella brought Chikuni 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 fiance 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.

His proposal, which was accepted by a 9-6 vote last week, also suggested that married interracial couples be prohibited from becoming members and used in worship activities, except for funerals.

"It's not the spirit of the community in any way, shape or form," said Randy Johnson, president of the Pike County Ministerial Association, according to Kentucky.com.

While Pike County and the surrounding community come to grips with the church's decision, researchers at Ohio State University and Cornell University say black-white marriages in the United States are soaring, increasing threefold, from 3 percent in 1980 to 10.7 percent in 2008.

Particle Man · 12-02-2011, 04:28 PM

Oh boy....

pauldun170 · 12-02-2011, 04:41 PM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9w2Zr9clLDI

askmrjesus · 12-02-2011, 04:57 PM

To-Nite we're going to party like it's 1929.

JC

Trip · 12-02-2011, 05:19 PM

I refuse to recognize Kentucky as the South. Tennessee only half qualifies.

Particle Man · 12-02-2011, 08:51 PM

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Originally Posted by askmrjesus

To-Nite we're going to party like it's 1929.

JC

Pfft:
Torquemada, party of whothefuckknows, your table is ready...

HurricaneHeather · 12-02-2011, 10:59 PM

I like being ignorant too. Like right now, I am pretending that this is not real and also that Kentucky is a fake state.

Porkchop · 12-03-2011, 12:23 AM

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Originally Posted by Trip

I refuse to recognize Kentucky as the South. Tennessee only half qualifies.

My brother went on a college visit to a couple schools in kentucky. He came back and said it might as well be considered the south.

Adeptus_Minor · 12-03-2011, 01:24 AM

Every time I dare to think we're making some progress, something like this pops up.

Homeslice · 12-03-2011, 02:57 AM

I drove thru Pike County 10-12 yrs ago.....it was a fucking joke.

All the kids were "cruising" back and forth in front of a Kmart. That's all there was to do in Pikeville.

I walked into an Arby's nearby, and they were selling t-shirts saying "I cruise the plaza"

If you pull up Census data on average income and educational achievement, the southeastern quadrant of Kentucky is one of the bleakest places in the country. People living in corrugated tin roofed homes, and selling used hubcaps on the side of the road.

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HurricaneHeather AMA Supersport Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Sydney Moto: '98 Honda Fireblade Posts: 3,696	I like being ignorant too. Like right now, I am pretending that this is not real and also that Kentucky is a fake state.

12-03-2011, 02:57 AM	#10
Homeslice Elitist Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: SF Bay Area Moto: Gix 750 Posts: 11,351	I drove thru Pike County 10-12 yrs ago.....it was a fucking joke. All the kids were "cruising" back and forth in front of a Kmart. That's all there was to do in Pikeville. I walked into an Arby's nearby, and they were selling t-shirts saying "I cruise the plaza" If you pull up Census data on average income and educational achievement, the southeastern quadrant of Kentucky is one of the bleakest places in the country. People living in corrugated tin roofed homes, and selling used hubcaps on the side of the road.