Racism rears it's ugly head among "God's People" in Nashville [View All]

[Flammable Materials]

My father-in-law is a minister at a church in the Nashville area. Recently, he was approached by a minister of a fledgling African-American congregation who was looking to rent space at the church for their services until they could locate a building of their own. My father-in-law held a member's meeting, the vote was cast, and it was approved.

Since then, a shitstorm has ensued. Half the church is protesting the decision, the thing has been forced up for yet ANOTHER vote, and it looks like the racist half of the church is calling in reinforcements among the "Easter-And-Christmas" members. The racist faction now sits in the back of the church, talking amongst themselves noisily during the sermon. They ignore my father-in-law and give my mother-in-law contemptuous looks and won't even speak to her. Some of them have yelled at him after worship, shouted him down, and called his authority into question.

He entered the ministry in his 60's because he felt that was what he was being led to do. Unfortunately, he's learning as an old man what I learned as a young man. He gave up lucrative self-employment to serve his God, and this is the thanks he gets for it. Luckily, I had time to give up my aspirations for the ministry before entering formal training.

If the racists win, and the denomination is unwilling to relocate him in another congregation, he's throwing in the towel. And I don't blame him. I know for a fact that my daughter is going to ask to be removed from membership, and neither I nor my father-in-law will blame her.

And of course, they're the staunch Bush supporters. Go fucking figure. Sick bastards, they're destroying this nation from the inside out.