be thrilled at the prospect of a heterosexual marriage. Nowadays it is only homosexuals who want get married (and good for them!). The Lord gives us moments in life where we have to make a stand and fight for what we believe in. Pastor Weatherford, you should have told those parishioners to go jump. You know in your heart that Jesus would have married that couple, anywhere! You have become spiritually soft and your faith is waning - time for soul-searching and a sabbatical! I can't comment on whether what that Church did was "legal" or not but it was absolutely wrong by any other definitiion than what you MIGHT find in a Court room. It's #$%$ like this that makes me completely understand why many Black folks still harbor bad feelings about something that was supposed to have ended a LOOOOOOONG time ago. Every time I think, "Hey, we're doing pretty good in this country and they have nothing to complain about," some incredibly sick #$%$ like this occurs. Un-freaking-real... When I was a pastor in rural Mississippi I preached that racism in the Church was one of the most contemptable sins based upon the text, "My House is to be a house of prayer for all nations but you have made it a den of thieves!" -Mark 11:17 During my message one of the Elders stood up and shouted, "Do you want your daughter to marry a #$%$" I replied, "sir, that is up to her". The man