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So I take it that the church that banning the couple because they are interracial doesn't make you sick. Thanks for making us all know where you stand. You have lots of company in the Republican party.
Nope, not in the least, momma didn't raise a wuss like some other people seem to be...
I see it didn't take very long for this to turn into a political thread...
Where exactly in the bible does it say that God condemns the mixing of the races or that black people are cursed by God?
Do racists have their own bible?
Several verses indicate God separated out peoples and set boundaries to whom they could interact and marry with. They aren't particularly compelling, but they have been used by those opposed to interracial marriage as their Biblical justification.
As for blacks being cursed, see the Curse of Ham. Ham was one of Noah's sons who transgressed against his father, and according to the Babylonian Talmud and early Jewish writers, he left the ark with dark skin as his punishment for his transgression.
Cain was also believed by many in the past to be cursed for murdering Abel with dark skin (mark of Cain), and that all his descendants were black and thus still under the curse. This view was particularly popular in the 19th Century among Mormons.
So I take it that the church banning the couple because they are interracial doesn't make you sick. Thanks for making us all know where you stand. You have lots of company in the Republican party.
Are you so naive or ignorant to think that only Republicans are racists? I can guarantee you that for every Republican racist there is a Democratic one. It makes you look ignorant when you posts such nonsense.
This is how it will happen. Republicans, left to their own devices, will slowly inch away at the civil rights of minority Americans until the country is once again segregated and jim crow laws are resurrected. They will do this under the guise of "private enterprise" making their own decisions... but make no mistake, this is a deliberate attempt to roll back the hands of time to what America was like during the pre-civil rights era.
Yes I said Republicans because it doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure out that the members of this church in a deeply conservative district of Kentucky are most likely Republicans and perhaps even Tea Party supporters. I guess it adds credence to the saying: not all Republicans are racists, but all racists are Republicans.
Several verses indicate God separated out peoples and set boundaries to whom they could interact and marry with. They aren't particularly compelling, but they have been used by those opposed to interracial marriage as their Biblical justification.
As for blacks being cursed, see the Curse of Ham. Ham was one of Noah's sons who transgressed against his father, and according to the Babylonian Talmud and early Jewish writers, he left the ark with dark skin as his punishment for his transgression.
Cain was also believed by many in the past to be cursed for murdering Abel with dark skin (mark of Cain), and that all his descendants were black and thus still under the curse. This view was particularly popular in the 19th Century among Mormons.
Please, can you quote specific scriptures or passages? If it's not expressly written in the bible, it's not biblical. It's nothing but speculation by people who have racist motivations.
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Are you so naive or ignorant to think that only Republicans are racists? I can guarantee you that for every Republican racist there is a Democratic one. It makes you look ignorant when you posts such nonsense.
The overwhelming majority of racists are Republicans. Undoubtedly there were some in the Democratic Party but almost all of them switched over to the GOP after the Civil Rights Act was passed.
The overwhelming majority of racists are Republicans. Undoubtedly there were some in the Democratic Party but almost all of them switched over to the GOP after the Civil Rights Act was passed.
That certainly is not true and you know it. BTW if you don't know it I suggest you get educated on the subject.
"it is not in the spirit of the community!" What an asinine and ignorant quote. I demand the Governor take this churches tax exempt status away immediately!
Ummm,Y'all might want to READ what actually occurred....
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"It's not the spirit of the community in any way, shape or form," Randy Johnson, president of the Pike County Ministerial Association, said of the vote.
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Johnson, with the local ministerial association, 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.
The overwhelming majority of racists are Republicans. Undoubtedly there were some in the Democratic Party but almost all of them switched over to the GOP after the Civil Rights Act was passed.
That certainly is not true and you know it. BTW if you don't know it I suggest you get educated on the subject.
Are you denying that the vast majority of racists are Republicans?
This is how it will happen. Republicans, left to their own devices, will slowly inch away at the civil rights of minority Americans until the country is once again segregated and jim crow laws are resurrected. They will do this under the guise of "private enterprise" making their own decisions... but make no mistake, this is a deliberate attempt to roll back the hands of time to what America was like during the pre-civil rights era.
Yes I said Republicans because it doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure out that the members of this church in a deeply conservative district of Kentucky are most likely Republicans and perhaps even Tea Party supporters. I guess it adds credence to the saying: not all Republicans are racists, but all racists are Republicans.
I say this as a clear thinking Republican: After reading your rant, I feel just as threatened, hated, and prejudiced against as I'm sure this young couple felt.
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