Mixed Races

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In a message dated 97-05-22 10:23:43 EDT, you write:

<< > I'll probably get some heat for this, but "an ounce of prevention
  is worth a pound of cure">
 
 So, we're preventing bi-racial marriages now???>>

Absolutely not. Please re-read my post and you will see that the "ounce of
prevention" is in counselling with the parents, who seem to have already
expressed some concerns about the future. The object is to anticipate and
prevent problems, not the marriage. Please don't misunderstand my point, or
read into my post something that is not there.
 
  <<This is America,
 and we have these freedoms to marry whomever we want!>>

Maybe so, but if you want me to perform the ceremony in God's house, you'll
have to take part in pre-marital counselling, or go get married at the
courthouse. Many people spend more time preparing for the wedding ceremony
than they do for a lifetime of marriage.

As an ordained minister of the PAW, I am forbidden to marry a couple where
one person has been baptized in Jesus' name, and filled with the Holy Ghost,
and the other is not. If I choose to do so, I am supposed to surrender my
credentials.
I cannot perform marriages for whomever I want. Remember, marriage was
instituted by God,...HOLY matrimony.


 
 <<And if you're a pastor that feels that these couples need counseling, then
 shame on you for being so shallow.
  >>

As a Pastor, I would never marry any couple, of any race, creed, or color, or
any mixture thereof, without first counselling them. To marry any couple,
prepared or not, just because that is what they want, would be the shallow
thing to do, and for that I would most certainly be ashamed. I think you will
find that a majority of pastors agree with this. (The Suffragan Bishop in
Peoria also refuses to marry couples who will not attend pre-marital
counselling). I feel honored to be in such great company on this issue.

Pastor Joe