Pike County, Kentucky Church Bans Interracial Couples From Membership

[Modern_Matthew]

The Gulnare Freewill Baptist church voted not to allow interracial couples to place membership or be used in worship services or church functions.

http://www.wkyt.com/wymtnews/headlines/Pike_County_church_bans_interracial_couples_from_membership_134713418.html

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This has been the topic of the local news here for the past two days.

[Quartermass]

1. For every step forward two steps back.

[riderinthestorm]

13. +1. Despicable. nt

[lunasun]

2. So many churches seem to have open arms for only some, not all

[Tx4obama]

3. Churches that discriminate should have their tax-exemptions yanked ....

Churches like that are not really 'churches' in my opinion.

[WildNovember]

4. So if a mick marries a wop they can't come to this church? Or is it just "interracial couples" with

blackness?

[NightWatcher]

5. Not to be blunt but screw em. If the church is full of hate, go elsewhere.

These churches keep pushing me further and further away from religion every day. Soon (last year) I'll be wearing a Proud to be Atheist tshirt.

[FrenchieCat]

6. Do they have a bible passage to back up this absurd racist bullshit?

[jberryhill]

17. Of course they do

Why wouldn't they?

There is not a position on anything that can't be backed up by a Bible verse.

[Name removed]

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[SixString]

8. Freewill Baptists?

[jberryhill]

16. i.e. not Calvinists

One of the fault lines in protestant belief is that between "free will" and "predestination".

In a nutshell, they will say that you must choose to have faith in Jesus for salvation.

The contrary position is that you actually do not have choice, because if it is up to you to choose, then salvation is entirely dependent on you, instead of Jesus, and you are fooling yourself into believing that you have saved yourself by making that choice.

It's an entirely silly debate, but "Baptists who don't like Calvinists" tend to put "freewill" in their name. The other ones will put "grace" in their name, to signify that salvation is entirely bestowed upon you.

So, your typical hick town will have "First Baptist Church" because it was the first one in town. After a while, they get into an argument and up pops "Grace Baptist Church" and "Freewill Baptist Church".

They multiply like some ghastly species that eats its young.

[Odin2005]

32. The Baptists are like the Trotskyites, they both like splitting up into tiny sects.

[ohheckyeah]

9. What decade are they living in?

Idiots.

The name of the church is Free Will. How ironic.

[csziggy]

10. Somewhere between 1880 and 1940 apparently.

It's people like this that made me turn away from Christianity and ultimately all religion.

[ohheckyeah]

24. I know what you mean.

I find myself actually repelled by most people when they say they are a Christian.

[freshwest]

26. Same here. That and their love of money and prestige. Crazy.

[bluestateguy]

11. And the media will lecture us that these are the voters that Obama needs to better "connect" with

You see, it's ALL about those precious salt of the Earth working class white folks in Appalachia.

They must be pandered to, kowtowed to and appeased for they are America.

Yes, this is :sarcasm:

[Modern_Matthew]

21. I am a working class white person in Appalachia...

And my only gripe with Obama is that I want him to move farther to the left. Like, extremely.

But you're right...

I find very few here I can relate to politically.

[w8liftinglady]

34. I feel for ya-

I see the same thing in North Texas

[AndyTiedye]

12. Oh Dear, the Pastor Seems to Have Had an Accident While Lighting the Cross

[shanti]

15. exactly n/t

[Angry Dragon]

14. Is that the church that Rand Paul belongs to??

[Bozita]

18. David Duke, for sure!

[Angry Dragon]

19. DAvid Duke got arrested and is getting kicked out of Germany

[Modern_Matthew]

20. Apparently, the member that proposed it is the biggest donor...

Go figure.

A caller on the local news said it was a church on its last leg...

And this will probably do it in as members are threatening to quit if the decision is not reversed.

[KamaAina]

22. Does it say "All Welcome" on the sign out front?

Most of them do. Some of them actually mean it.

[spanone]

23. church, my ass

[The Genealogist]

25. Wonder if they'll get Rush to come in and

talk about how "uppity" Michelle Obama is. :eyes:

[dballance]

27. So Much for the sanctity of marriage between a man and a woman

I guess not only can you not be gay and marry but you have to be the "right" kind of male and female to marry. Such asses.

[pampango]

28. "On Sunday, church members voted 9-6 to not condone interracial marriage." 9 people at one church

certainly know how to get a lot of (bad) publicity for an incredibly stupid policy.

[JoePhilly]

29. I think it is always great when racists self-identify.

[Freddie Stubbs]

30. At least now sensible people will know to avoid this church

[LeftinOH]

31. Almost any church with the word "Baptist" in it is best avoided. n/t

[Iggo]

33. We must respect their religious beliefs!

Jeez!

[ProfessorGAC]

35. Clearly, This Is What Jesus Would Do

It's got to be in the Bible somewhere.
GAC

[demmiblue]

36. Disgusting.

:puke:

[47of74]

37. Jesus Facepalm

I'd say to that church...