Mixed Races

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On Mon, 19 May 1997, Rich Lyons wrote:

> I know a man and woman, both my senior in the Lord, both on fire for God,
> who have adopted three mixed race children. I pastor a church that is
> mostly white, and about 1/3 hispanic. The three mixed race children (one
> black/white, two unknown) are being raised by white parents. They are just
> young children now, but How do I handle the situation of them dating in the
> event that the Lord tarries? I have some views of my own, but I really want
> your input on this. It is not something I have to "handle" now, but I want
> to be certain I deal with situations in a biblical way.

The is only one race, the human race.  What I get from this is that this
pastor thinks that there would be conflict in his church if these kids
started to date "outside their race."  I think there is nothing wrong with
African-Americans dating Whites, Asians, Hispanics, or any other race or
vice versa.  If I were to date a White man (I'm African-American), no one
has to approve of my choice, but me because I'm the one who has to like
him.  I hope that the people in this group don't take this message as me
being upset, but it disturbs me that Christians even have to talk about
this subject.  I don't think there's any counseling to be done in the
situation.  Yes, there are still a social problems, but I'm sure the
*parents* have explained or will explain that to their children.  As a
pastor I think you should excuse yourself from this situation because it
is a family thing.  The parents knew what they were doing in adopting this
"mixed raced" children and I'm sure they'll know what to do when their
children start dating.

Corey