Bully for them, whatever the reasons were why it passed initially.
That said, this bothered me: "Stacy Stepp, pastor of the Gulnare Free Will Baptist Church in Pike County, told The Associated Press that the vote by nine people last week was declared null and void after it was determined that new bylaws can't run contrary to local, state or national laws. He said the proposal was discriminatory, therefore it couldn't be adopted."
I would find it surprising (and wrong) for a church not to be able to decide who it wants as members, or that its bylaws on private membership have to toe the line with "local, state, or national laws." I think the particular reason for making the exclusion in the first place was doltish, and not Christian in the way I understand the term, but this rationale seems like it was quoted wrong by the AP, an error on Pastor Stepp's part, or a polite fiction to force the change from the bylaws. #ddtb
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Gulnare Free Will Baptist Church: Kentucky Congregation Overturns Ban On Interracial Couples
PIKEVILLE, Ky. — An eastern Kentucky church under a firestorm of criticism since members voted to bar mixed-race couples from joining the congregation overturned that decision Sunday, saying it welco…