m.nydailynews.com/news/national/love-thy-neighbor-mississippi-church-blocks-black-couple-wedding-article-1.1124437?localLinksEnabled=false 7.29.2012, 15:46 PM Love thy neighbor? Mississippi church blocks black couple's wedding Charles and Te'Andrea Wilson were set to marry at a Mississippi church when they got shocking news from the pastor just a day before the ceremony. The predominantly white congregation at the First Baptist Church of Crystal Springs “had decided no black could be married at that church,” Charles told WLBT-TV. Dr. Stan Weatherford, the pastor, told him that his parishioners had vowed to vote him out if he went ahead with the wedding. "He had people in the sanctuary that were pitching a fit about us being a black couple," Te'Andrea said. It was a small but vocal minority that objected to the wedding, according to Weatherford. He performed the Wilsons’ wedding at another church in the area, forcing them to abandon months of planning. "I didn't want to have a controversy within the church, and I didn't want a controversy to affect the wedding of Charles and Te' Andrea,” he explained. “I wanted to make sure their wedding day was a special day." Charles said he places the blame on non-racist church members “who knew and call themselves Christians and didn't stand up” to the ones who opposed his wedding. abartkewicz@nydailynews.com Author: ANTHONY BARTKEWIC Horrible. The one day that we could all universally love. I guess they read different Bibles. Shameful.
