# Kentucky church bans interracial couple **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [December 1, 2011, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kentucky-church-bans-interracial-couple/604671 "2011-12-01T04:39:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 7
**Author:** ![Euphonious\_Polemic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/euphonious_polemic/32/3002_2.png) [@Euphonious\_Polemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphonious_Polemic)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2011, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kentucky-church-bans-interracial-couple/604671/121 "2011-12-06T03:52:22Z")
> [@Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](#): > > So nobody complains here that what the OP is pitting is obvious while if I do it it gets attacked for picking “easy targets” or whatnot. :rolleyes: I’m sorry the thread that is all about you is three doors down, on the left. Only one per customer please. ---
**Author:** ![Great\_Antibob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e47c2d/32.png) [@Great\_Antibob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Great_Antibob)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2011, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kentucky-church-bans-interracial-couple/604671/122 "2011-12-06T15:16:54Z")
> [@Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](#): > > So nobody complains here that what the OP is pitting is obvious while if I do it it gets attacked for picking “easy targets” or whatnot. :rolleyes: Apparently not such an “easy target” as there are jokers in this very thread who are defending the actions of the church. Are you actually surprised it’s easier to find somebody to defend racism than defending a child being beaten to death? I always thought you were naive, but I didn’t think you were stupid. ---
**Author:** ![CandidGamera](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/candidgamera/32/2878_2.png) [@CandidGamera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CandidGamera)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2011, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kentucky-church-bans-interracial-couple/604671/123 "2011-12-06T19:27:21Z")
> [@DoctorJ](#): > > My county is 80% registered Democrats but McCain beat Obama here 65%-33%. It’s usually not quite that lopsided, but it’s not far off. (And yes, a lot of that was just straight-up racism. I’m surprised at how many people just come out and admit it.) > > I don’t know how it is elsewhere, but here it’s more like everybody’s daddy and uncle used to be a union coal miner. The coal unions are all but gone from here. There is still plenty of pro-union sentiment; our hospital is completely unionized, with one union for nurses and one for everybody else, and they’ve both had strikes in the past five years with big community support. Unfortunately a lot of the miners’ energy that used to go toward the union is now channeled into industry-backed grassroots groups like Friends of Coal. Indeed. I think, tellingly, you can look at Obama’s performance relative to Kerry’s - Kerry had a lot of blue counties in that region despite both states going Republican. ---
**Author:** ![Princhester](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3e96dc/32.png) [@Princhester](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Princhester)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2011, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kentucky-church-bans-interracial-couple/604671/124 "2011-12-07T00:38:20Z")
> [@Great\_Antibob](#): > > Apparently not such an “easy target” as there are jokers in this very thread who are defending the actions of the church. Who? ---
**Author:** ![Great\_Antibob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e47c2d/32.png) [@Great\_Antibob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Great_Antibob)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2011, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kentucky-church-bans-interracial-couple/604671/125 "2011-12-07T01:17:31Z")
> [@Princhester](#): > > Who? **LonesomePolecat** for one. Might actually be the only one. Of course, that’s no surprise, based on post history. ---
**Author:** ![Darth\_Panda](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ee7513/32.png) [@Darth\_Panda](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darth_Panda)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2011, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kentucky-church-bans-interracial-couple/604671/126 "2011-12-07T01:26:51Z")
> [@Great\_Antibob](#): > > I didn’t think you were stupid. That’s a lie and you know it. ---
**Author:** ![Princhester](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3e96dc/32.png) [@Princhester](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Princhester)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2011, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kentucky-church-bans-interracial-couple/604671/127 "2011-12-07T01:28:25Z")
OK, had forgotten about him. Who that anyone listens to? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Argent\_Towers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e8c25b/32.png) [@Argent\_Towers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Argent_Towers)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2011, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kentucky-church-bans-interracial-couple/604671/128 "2011-12-07T03:43:34Z")
> [@Yeticus\_Rex](#): > > Using interracial couples in worship services sounds kinda kinky. Are you sure this is a Baptist church and not porn site? YES! I thought exactly the same thing, when reading about how the church didn’t want to “use them in their worship services.” “Next Sunday, we’re going to _use_ an _interracial couple_ in our service…cum on down!” ---
**Author:** ![Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/f04885/32.png) [@Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qin_Shi_Huangdi)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2011, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kentucky-church-bans-interracial-couple/604671/129 "2011-12-07T04:23:03Z")
> [@Great\_Antibob](#): > > Apparently not such an “easy target” as there are jokers in this very thread who are defending the actions of the church. > > Are you actually surprised it’s easier to find somebody to defend racism than defending a child being beaten to death? I always thought you were naive, but I didn’t think you were stupid. Sorry didn’t read the thread. But there are people \*defending \* the church. :smack: ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2011, 5:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kentucky-church-bans-interracial-couple/604671/130 "2011-12-07T05:22:54Z")
Rule one of playing the victim card: _ALWAYS_ have your facts in order. I know it’s a PITA, but that does indeed mean reading the thread you’re going to play the card in. Have a nice evening. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Lust4Life](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ecc23a/32.png) [@Lust4Life](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lust4Life)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2011, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kentucky-church-bans-interracial-couple/604671/131 "2011-12-07T18:54:52Z")
Speaking as a (White) foreigner, O Bama is probably the best thing that has happened to America for a long, long time. The so called Christian Church in the O.P. are hypocrites doomed by their own theology to hell. I personally don’t believe in hell, but if you sign up to the idea then you’re going to get what you’ve asked for. I hope they get it. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kentucky-church-bans-interracial-couple/604671.md?page=6)