Tying the knot should be a festive, happy time for all involved, but this certainly wasn’t the case for Charles and Te’Andrea Wilson (pictured). The Jackson, Miss., Baptist church, First Baptist Church of Crystal Springs, that the couple selected to hold their wedding banned them from doing so because the White congregation members allegedly refused, according to WAFB.
The predominantly White First Baptist Church of Crystal Springs is a church the Wilsons reportedly attend regularly, even though they are not members.
After selecting the church for their nuptials — and sending out their wedding invitations — the Wilsons were informed just 24 hours before they were scheduled to say, “I do,” that they could not get married at the sanctuary.
The pastor of First Baptist Church, Dr. Stan Weatherford, reportedly delivered the blow to the couple. “The church congregation had decided no Blacks could be married at that church,” the disappointed groom, Charles, told WAFB. In fact, Weatherford was allegedly threatened that if he married them, he would be voted out of the church.
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