Jim Crow Style: White Mississippi Church Refuses To Marry Black Couple

The predominantly White First Baptist Church of Crystal Springs, Mississippi, stayed true to it’s Dixiecratic roots by refusing to marry a Black couple after an outcry from the congregation, reports CNN.

Charles Wilson and his now wife Te’Andrea had programs printed with their wedding date of July 21. The couple had already sent out invitations when they were told that they couldn’t be married in the church.

Wilson had been attending the church for about a month, but his wife had been a member for over a year.

“I feel like it was blatant racial discrimination,” said Wilson in a phone interview. “Prior to this, I had been telling people how nice they were here. It makes you reevaluate things.”

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The church’s pastor, Rev. Stan Weatherford, still married the couple, but not in his church.