All Christians Believe in Interracial Marriage

They would be treated exactly the same as you have been. In fact, I didn't realize that your race had come into play on this. I guess you are just so stuck on race that it always in your first thoughts.

 

Chapter and verse, please.

 

Lame.
The Bible does not "openly condone" something just because it makes a reference to it. Bills of divorcement were recorded as taking place in the Bible, does that mean God openly condoned them? No, Moses allowed it because of the hardness of their hearts.

 

By some people. The difference is I'm standing on a scriptural basis for opposing marriage of same sex couples, not to mention the essentially universal view of the Church throughout the ages.

 

You just don't get along with anyone, do you? :tongue3:

 

The way Cutter is talking now and the way he responded to Trotter in another thread reveals a lot. The response to Trotter was nothing short of ugly and I can see very well why it was construed as racist. I came to the same conclusion myself. How else was one to interpret it?

Certainly I have refused to marry a couple many times. I refuse to marry non-repentant co-habitating couples. I refuse to marry a Christian to a non-Christian. I refused to marry a twenty two year old to a fifteen year old even though her dumb parents signed a release form. I refused to marry a sixty year old sugar daddy to his twenty two year old girl friend. And, I reserve the right to refuse to marry any couple that I deem to be incompatible with each other but that would be after a several discussions. I would not make an immediate judgment based on the ethnicity differences of the two.

 

Merriam-Webster:

Main Entry: rac·ism
Pronunciation: \ˈrā-ˌsi-zəm also -ˌshi-\
Function: noun
Date: 1933
1 : a belief that race is the primary determinant of human traits and capacities and that racial differences produce an inherent superiority of a particular race
2 : racial prejudice or discrimination

— rac·ist \-sist also -shist\ noun or adjective

 

Sorry, but your rationalization of this issue leaves me speechless.

 

I will praise the Lord for anything that leaves you speechless, and for that matter, postless.

 

Are you related to Matt Wade?

 

No, brother, but we did go to different schools together.

 

FTR, this couple is very much in love with one another, and not just infatuation. They have been together for over five years and have a three year old child together. Yes, they are repentant as I counseled them as required by state law. They are very devoted to one another as he has gone through brain surgery since they have been together and suffers from chronic pancreatitis... and and they remain bonded. They are in church as often as their jobs allow and have their children in church regardless of whether they are off to go or not. In other words, they are thriving more so than 90% of the white couples I know.

They do not have a conflict of cultures because of their families. Both are from here and our city is not some huge metropolis with an inner-city culture. People are people here. Some act the stereotypes, but most act like they have the good sense God gave them. Both families are well pleased with this marriage, including extended families. He is also a veteran and is accustomed to the color-blindness of the military.

I realize that, in some places, the differences in cultures between different ethnic groups can cause huge problems. Were I to wed a woman of a different ethnic background from the inner-city of, say, Chicago or Detroit, we would have severe cultural challenges... unless we were both Christians. Having Christ as the center of a marriage changes everything. I have done my best to verify that this is the case; both are Christians but both still have some spiritual growth to go.

 

Sorry to disappoint you but I think I enjoy rattling your cage too much. :laugh: