White church blocks marriage of black couple, and more
A Mississippi couple was stopped from marrying in a predominantly white church because they are black.
White church blocks marriage of black couple
A Mississippi couple was stopped from marrying in a predominantly white church because they are black. Charles and Te’Andrea Wilson had already mailed out invitations when the pastor told them his Baptist congregation had decided that “no black could be married at the church.” The Wilsons were married elsewhere, but expressed shock over such bigotry from people “who call themselves Christians.”
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