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Posted: Updated:  A few have shamed the many.  I'm talking about
the few influential members of the predominantly white First
Baptist Church of Crystal Springs who pressured the pastor into
moving a wedding for a Black couple who had been attending there
to a church down the street.  As I understand it, most of the
members were all for it.  But a few members with clout decided a
wedding for Blacks would defile their sanctuary.  They went to
the pastor and told him if he held the wedding there his job
would be on the line.  Now the nation gets the idea that nothing
has changed in Mississippi since the 60's.  Not only were they
bigots they are obviously cowards because they won't even come
forward and take accountability for their warped beliefs and
despicable actions.  To the town's credit, the mayor called for
a day of healing and reconciliation and a large number of Whites
and Blacks turne