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Originally Posted by TRFrance
You can 'totally disagree' with me all day long Mr. Sackett, but feel free to add some logic to your argument, sir. I'd love to hear the logic behind your argument.
Since you keep using the phrase "personal preference", let's be clear on what that phrase normally means:
Personal preference applies when you decide what you want for yourself.
When you impose your personal preference on someone else then it's gone beyond personal preference.
Maybe you might answer this question for me... When the "man of God" tells someone it's not God's will for them to marry someone else because of their racial differences, how is that personal preference? (Please explain sir.)
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Sorry I had to cut it short. I knew that this type of reply was coming, but I had an urgent call that tied me up for a few minutes. I simply just hit reply and waited. (Then the call did not take that long.)
Personal preference would be just that: one's personal preferance. When I read that someone would rather individual's of different races not marry, yet not force it on them, then it is just that: personal preference.
I already know what you are going to say to this, but if you are not from around Louisiana and Mississippi, you really have no clue as to why a pastor would talk to someone about this. I know of no one that would NOT marry inidividuals due to race. I do know some that have already passed on that felt that way. I know of men that are trying their hardest to get black people in their church and cannot due to the history that exist in the south. There are still black churches and white churches. Whites do not feel comfortable in a black church and blacks do not feel comfortable in a white church. Yes, racism is very much a factor there. And for that reason, some men feel it better to not encourage interracial marriages.
Again, I know of no one that has not married an individual due to race alone.