“Christian Race” Venue Won’t Do Mixed Race Weddings

By Karu F. Daniels, The Root

A video allegedly showing an employee of an event venue saying they won’t host “gay weddings” or “mixed race” nuptials because of her religion has gone viral, sparking an uproar on social media….LaKambria Welch shared a video on Facebook showing a woman who allegedly worked at Boone’s Camp Event Hall saying the space would not allow certain couples to get married due to their Christian faith. 

Welch claimed the event space—located in Booneville, Miss., in the northern part of the Magnolia State near the Alabama and Tennessee borders—informed her brother, who is black, that he could not rent the event space for his wedding with his fiancée, who is a white woman, because of these “beliefs.”…

Welch said she drove to the venue to find out why her brother could not have his wedding at the venue….

“First of all, we don’t do gay weddings or mixed race, because of our Christian race—I mean our Christian belief,” the unidentified woman—bearing an unflattering “Tires for Tots” tee-shirt is heard saying in the video.

Welch then responds: “Okay we’re Christians as well, so… What in the Bible tells you that?”

The woman tells her that she’s doesn’t want to “argue” her faith. “We just don’t participate. We just choose not to,” the woman concludes in a nice-nasty tone.

Welch asks the woman to confirm that it’s her “Christian belief” in regard to not having same-sex or mixed-race weddings at the venue.The woman nods her head and says, “Yes ma’am.”

As of Monday morning, the video has more than 42,000 views and has been shared nearly 1,000 times, drawing over 1,500 comments. “…I didn’t expect it to grow as big as it did,” she told The Root.“…So far, 98 percent of people have been very uplifting and shown an insurmountable amount of love and kindness. 

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