Mississippi wedding venue refuses interracial pair over owner's Christian faith

Taking the title directly from the BBC report.

In post-racial America, one misinformed and confused business owner thinks that the Bible prohibits mixed marriages.

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A US interracial couple was turned away by a wedding venue because the owner said their union went against her Christian beliefs, video shows. The footage was filmed at Boone's Camp Event Hall in Booneville, Mississippi, by the groom's sister who met the woman about the rejection. During the exchange the owner says the decision was because we "don't do gay weddings or mixed race".

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-49571207

After a social media storm, the business owner spoke to their pastor who put her straight on the matter:

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The Facebook page for Boone's Camp Event Hall was taken offline following the video's release, but later re-opened on Sunday to post a lengthy apology before being closed again. In the post the owner said she had been taught as a child that people were meant to stay "with your own race" but that after consulting with her pastor she now realised nothing in the bible prohibited interracial marriages.

She clearly got the idea from somewhere and I'd be shocked if that idea wasn't still being promoted in some churches. Clearly both the business owner and the pastor don't want the bad publicity and so I'm sceptical whether the epiphany she has had is genuine.

Then again, Mississippi is a bulwark of intolerance religious freedom against the tide of equality godless communism.

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In 2016, Mississippi passed a first of its kind law that protects "sincerely held religious beliefs or moral convictions", meaning businesses can legally refuse service to same-sex partners and transgender people. The law, which was meant to preserve religious freedom, does not mention race.

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