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To all of those offended, hurt or felt condemn by my statement I truly apologize to you for my ignorance in not knowing the truth about this, the now-deleted apology read. My intent was never of racism, but to stand firm on what I assumed was right concerning marriage.
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In her apology, the event halls owner attempted to explain why she believed the Bible supported her views on interracial marriages, describing how she only recently discovered that wasnt the case. She began by writing that as a child growing up in Mississippi it was an unspoken understanding that people stayed with your own race. But then on Saturday, when her husband asked her to point to relevant sections of the Bible, she couldnt. After spending hours scouring the text and sitting down with her pastor, the owner wrote that she finally concluded that the reasoning behind her decision to turn away Welchs brother and his fiancee was incorrect.
As my bible reads, there are 2 requirements for marriage and race has nothing to do with either! the Facebook post read. All of my years I had assumed in my mind that I was correct, but have never taken the opportunity to research and find whether this was correct or incorrect until now.
She later added: If I have learned anything from this it would be to know what youre talking about before you open your mouth! Again
my sincerest apologies to all!"
At least one person said the womans heartfelt apology warranted forgiveness, but others, including Welch, remained unswayed.
I am 24 and have been brought up my entire life in a Christian Family; my grandad being a reverend, Welch wrote in the email to The Post. If I know that the Bible doesnt say anything about biracial marriages, she knows too.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2019/09/03/mississippi-wedding-venue-rejects-interracial-couple-christian-belief-apologized/
no_hypocrisy
(45,774 posts)ChubbyStar
(3,191 posts)Fuck her.
RKP5637
(67,032 posts)malaise
(267,823 posts)It's that simple. Boycott this racist asshole.
She is already morally bankrupt. Let's move on to financially.
lame54
(35,139 posts)Which she through under the bus
Hermit-The-Prog
(33,039 posts)"Money trumps the bible"? That's just a very confusing juxtapostioning of words! I can deal with money and trumps together, and even money and bibles together, but jamming all three together just make my brain run screaming, looking for a corner in my skull to hide in.
I remember news about the worst of the trumps scrawling heavy black marks on bibles. Maybe it got money for that?
Gotta be some distilled spirits in the house somewhere.
Aristus
(66,096 posts)Remorse rarely sounds more forced than hers...
RKP5637
(67,032 posts)exboyfil
(17,857 posts)are not in compliance to the rules set out by the Bible. So those divorced getting remarried are not in compliance more so than homosexual couples (where marriage is not prohibited).
Also I get sometimes they serve shrimp at the wedding feast (reception). I am sure most women's heads are not covered during the service.
LonePirate
(13,386 posts)ChubbyStar
(3,191 posts)That needs to STOP. Maybe she will lose her business....GOOD!
brush
(53,474 posts)rights laws.
Thomas Hurt
(13,903 posts)This Welch dude, he underestimates the ignorance of some Christians...their politics informs their faith instead of the other way around.
The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,280 posts)besides what their loony pastors have told them.
maxsolomon
(32,992 posts)So much White Racism is just received ignorance.
Miscagenation! Run!
BadGimp
(4,009 posts)The fact that she would come forward and say this and speak so clearly on the issue is imo progress on some level.
That is all...
ComtesseDeSpair
(545 posts)She lives her life by a book that she's never read?
A HERETIC I AM
(24,320 posts)Faith is not a pathway to truth. - Matt Dillahunty
Skittles
(152,964 posts)is just now asking her to prove her assertion?
the apology just does not ring true
FiveGoodMen
(20,018 posts)sarisataka
(18,220 posts)Has she offered the couple the use of the venue free of charge and pick up expenses?
Contrition should be accompanied with atonement
Dorian Gray
(13,469 posts)I think that she so publicly spoke about this is a sign that she knows she needs PR help. But also, if she's open to learning and meeting
people of different backgrounds now, there is always room for growth.
StarfishSaver
(18,486 posts)Crunchy Frog
(26,548 posts)uponit7771
(90,225 posts)Ferrets are Cool
(21,063 posts)USALiberal
(10,877 posts)bullwinkle428
(20,626 posts)no standing behind a cardboard cutout of Jesus to save your ass anymore!
struggle4progress
(118,041 posts)Crunchy Frog
(26,548 posts)Interesting that she's "sorry" for making a theological error rather than hurting people and violating their rights.
Hope that vile creature goes down in ruins.
ecstatic
(32,567 posts)Takket
(21,425 posts)somehow makes it all better. not "we're going to accept this business because it is simply the RIGHT thing to do" but "The Bible doesn't restrict me from doing the right thing, so, okay."
THAT is not an improvement if you ask me!
OAITW r.2.0
(23,834 posts)Nothing like severe and immediate blowback to "see the light".
I suspect her privately held racist beliefs had nothing to do with the Bible...but the Book of Balance Sheets is a whole different story.
bitterross
(4,066 posts)I don't believe her for a minute when she says she thought the Bible supported her position. No doubt many, many of her Southern Baptist ministers told her that. It's not 1950 anymore though. You have to be willfully ignorant not to know there is nothing in the Bible that specifically prohibits interracial marriage. It was always just the way racists interpreted the Bible.
Skittles
(152,964 posts)you cannot be racist without also being ignorant
harumph
(1,871 posts)But...even giving her the benefit of the doubt - leaves me intensely sad. She's the definition of
pathetic.
keithbvadu2
(36,369 posts)That's ok. You can ignore the parts of the Bible you do not want to follow.
The sanctity of Holy matrimony for conservative Christians - Kim Davis