Just over 50 years ago, any state in the US could have (and many did) pass laws that would have deemed our marriage illegal.
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I know of Christians who only a few decades ago could not find a church/pastor to officiate their wedding because they were of
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I know of Christians who only a few decades ago could not find a church/pastor to officiate their wedding because they were of
different ethnicities (they were in California).
There are still Christians today in the US who hold either horrendously racist views regarding multiethnic marriages or exoticize/fetishize them and their children. I've heard these comments.
The sad tragedy though is the
There are still Christians today in the US who hold either horrendously racist views regarding multiethnic marriages or exoticize/fetishize them and their children. I've heard these comments.
The sad tragedy though is the
multitude of White Christians who claimed to believe in the Bible who did absolutely nothing politically, socially, ecclesiastically, or personally to challenge these views and laws in their families, churches, and in society at large. In other words, I would be able to bet money
on the fact that if we turned the time back 50 years, it is likely no one in the pews would have stood up for us and would have deemed it outside of the church's responsibility.
It's important to realize how recent this history is and how personal it is as well.
It's important to realize how recent this history is and how personal it is as well.
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