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Pastor Dumps Interracial Couple Ban

Brings issue to local church council

By Matt Cantor,  Newser Staff

Posted Dec 5, 2011 6:24 AM CST

(Newser) – A Kentucky pastor has nullified a vote by his church to ban interracial couples, he says. “As far as I'm concerned and the church is concerned, this case will be closed as of tomorrow,” said Stacy Stepp on Saturday, after raising the issue with a council of local church leaders. The group ruled that the vote had no weight because parishioners hadn’t followed proper voting rules, ABC News reports. Stepp opposed the vote in the first place, he told the Lexington Herald-Leader.

Stella Harville and her fianc?, Ticha Chikuni, pose for a picture in Richmond, Ky. The couple prompted a vote to ban interracial couples at the church.
Stella Harville and her fianc?, Ticha Chikuni, pose for a picture in Richmond, Ky. The couple prompted a vote to ban interracial couples at the church.   (AP Photo/Stella Harville, File)
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NoddaAndYou
Dec 5, 2011 11:13 AM CST
I love that so many of you find the prospect of allowing inter-racial couples depressing...so Jesus-like of you.
Just_Dave
Dec 5, 2011 10:40 AM CST
Good.  It seems even the deepest sanitariums of racism are going away. We are solving the issue of racism in America with each generation.  If the political class would get on board and quit using race to foster a voting block we might have already arrived.
Spudsy
Dec 5, 2011 10:39 AM CST
Good. I bet interracial couples will feel so ............ comfortable....attending this bastion of love and free thinking. 
 

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