Journals


 * Journal #1**-Click on the link below, read the article, and respond. What are your thoughts and overall reaction? Write a well-developed paragraph that includes a topic sentence, support sentences, and a conclusion. Please type your first and last name at the bottom of your response. Thanks.

[|Interracial Marriage Ban in rural Alabama town]


 * Emily Schweihofer**: I think that the pastor has no right to ban their marriage. If he says he is not racist, then he has no right to say that African American man cannot come to his church and get married in it. I think that is wrong of him to tell people what his decision is, and even to make that decision in the first place. He should not ban anyone from wanting to be a part of a religion; he has no authority to do that.


 * Brianna Osborne**: I think that what the pastor did was a horrible thing. No one in the first place should be banned from going to a church. Then to ban their marriage, that is even worse. The whole thing is wrong in so many ways, ecspecially when he claims he is not a racist person.


 * Jake Geml:** Interracial marriage should not be a problem a church should have control over. A pastor or priest has the authority to deny a couple to get married. However, this is completely race related, and to say it's not is an ignorant lie. Personally, I feel as though interacial couples are more mature and would be ready for a life long relationship because of the constant hurt they endure from others' harsh opinions of them. This article was disturbing to me because i did not realize people were still so niave.