Charles Wilson said it was a huge disappointment that he and his wife couldn?t get married at the mostly white Crystal Springs church they attended because of the color of their skin.
?I feel like it was blatant racial discrimination,? Wilson said today in a phone interview.
Wilson said that he and his wife Te?Andrea had sent out invitations and the printed program with their wedding date of July 21 at First Baptist Church of Crystal Springs.
But the couple had to change their plans after some members of First Baptist Church of Crystal Springs didn?t want the black couple to be married there, the pastor told WLBT.
The church?s pastor, Rev. Stan Weatherford, married the couple, but moved the ceremony to a nearby church.
Weatherford acknowledged some members of the church were concerned about the black couple being married in the church. No black couple has been married in the church in recent memory.
Wilson said he had been attending the church for about a month and his now wife had been attending for more than a year.
?Prior to this, I had been telling people how nice they were here,? Wilson said. ?It makes you reevaluate things.?
The church pastor said he was surprised by the reaction of some church members.
"I didn't want to have a controversy within the church and I didn't want a controversy to effect the wedding of Charles and Te' Andrea. I wanted to make sure their wedding day was a special day," said Weatherford, according to WLBT.
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Source: http://www.thechurchreport.com/index.cfm?objectID=158205
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