conuly | Citing 'Christian Belief,' Mississippi Event Hall Refuses Service To Interracial Couple

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The owner of the venue then posted an apology on Facebook, explaining they had met with their pastor and discovered no Bible passage forbidding interracial marriage.

“The revelation was apparently quite surprising for the author, who referenced being taught that races should remain separate while growing up,” Newsweek wrote, paraphrasing the Facebook apology.

Well, all's well that end's well I guess...?

But I'm damn certain that the author was 100% taught that growing up. There are fundiegelical types that still teach that, or at least strongly imply it. The rise of modern Evangelicism and Fundamentalism in America is very, very strongly linked to the Civil Rights Movement - and not in a good way.

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oursin

Do I not recall that somewhere in ?Exodus, Moses marries an Ethopian woman and his sister Miriam rebukes him and he withers her hand as a punishment? The message is fairly clearly against policing inter-racial marriage.

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conuly

Yeah, and in some parts of the Bible it's "don't provoke your kid to anger" and in others it's "beat your child, he won't die".

I don't really want to amplify their stupid-ass arguments by googling them and reposting them here. They've gone ahead and cherrypicked, and now most of the ones who did that pretend they never ever did.

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author_by_night

I think they're just pointing out that the Bible had that specific passage, although it's possible the Bible had other noes. They're not trying to amplify bigotry, just adding to the conversation by pointing out a specific contradiction.

Also, I don't think "don't provoke your child" is necessarily contradictory if you believe by not sparing the rod, you'll make them more obedient. Not that that isn't a sick sentiment, I'm just saying, that's the idea.