But why isn't it illegal?
Free speech? My freedom to swing my arm stops short of the next person's nose.
A church in Kentucky has banned mixed race couples from joining the congregation or attending any religious ceremonies.
Except funerals - and I'm sure if they had their way, they'd make sure that couples like this (especially the man) had their funerals earlier rather than later.
These wackos' free speech is kicking the shit out of this couple's freedom to live as they choose.
How did these simians ever climb down from the trees?
It's definitely immoral. Most people seem to find this racist and wrong. The pastor claims they're not racists. If you are telling people that they cannot join your church because of interracial marriage, that smacks of racism to me.
ReplyDeleteBeing part of an interracial couple, I find that to be very offensive and very racist. I have found less of that in my case because I am an Asian married to a Caucasian. It usually rears it's ugly head when it involves someone who is black and someone who is white. I also had the fortune to live in Hawaii. If you don't like interracial marriages, it's not the place for you as that is the norm rather than the exception any more.
That whole thing just reinforces my negative feelings about the American south and those 'red neck' states.
Unreal. I'm with Music Wench about the American south and red neck states. Interracial couples are not an issue on the west coast and I'm so used to it now. And that goes for both gay and straight interracial couples.
ReplyDeleteI still can't wrap my head around the logic of these "people". What's really outragous is that the woman grew up in that church. Luckily she seemed to have escaped the paranoid delusions of the rest of the congregation and is able to realize the one thing the is truly color blind is love. I hope that her and her partner perservere despite the crazies. I could go on but, I'm preaching to the choir and the one in Ky.
ReplyDeleteThis is wrong on SO many levels. Immoral it definitely is. I grew up in the American South, and things like this make me embarrassed to come from there. But to be fair, there are many people in the South, unlike the people in this church, who have common sense and agree that this is terribly wrong. Unfortunately, however, there are racists everywhere. :(
ReplyDeleteWow, this is really Dark Ages thinking and thought we had moved past this by now. I've often wondered why some people are given the gift of sight and can be so irresponsible in what they see. Sometimes it just makes me ill I'm part of the human race amongst those with such black hearts.
ReplyDeleteI concur with your sentiments, Val. Cheers!!
ReplyDeleteBut you have to remember Val that Civil Rights Laws only became law about 60 years ago in America. So racism is STILL alive and kicking. Cheers!!
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