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Here's a beautiful love story-Mixed-race couple: 'The priest refused to marry us' (Original Post) malaise Dec 2017 OP
Great uplifting story! democratisphere Dec 2017 #1
You're welcome malaise Dec 2017 #2
Awwww! That really is a delightful story - with such a happy ending, still together after 73 years! Rhiannon12866 Dec 2017 #3
The smiles on their faces malaise Dec 2017 #4
I know - everyone should be so lucky! Rhiannon12866 Dec 2017 #7
Awwwwwwwwwwwwww for that doggie malaise Dec 2017 #8
Oh! I wish you could send us a few degrees - you have plenty to spare! Rhiannon12866 Dec 2017 #9
More cuteness malaise Dec 2017 #12
Refused to marry them but the CC protected pedophile priests for many decades. keithbvadu2 Dec 2017 #5
Well your current president and several other ReTHUGs supported a racist pedophile malaise Dec 2017 #6
Thank you for sharing! NewEnglandAutumn Dec 2017 #10
Welcome to DU malaise Dec 2017 #11
Welcome to DU sarge43 Dec 2017 #13
This brought tears to my eyes. spiderpig Dec 2017 #14
My favorite song of all time - playing it right now malaise Dec 2017 #25
lovely story. Things have changed but still there are some who act like jerks. My middle daughter Demsrule86 Dec 2017 #15
Lots of mixed marriages on our families malaise Dec 2017 #26
Thank you! Pacifist Patriot Dec 2017 #16
Happy New eEar Pacifist Patriot malaise Dec 2017 #27
Beautiful story, Malaise, thank you mountain grammy Dec 2017 #17
Indeed malaise Dec 2017 #28
The movie was good, but if you ever get the chance mountain grammy Dec 2017 #32
Thanks malaise Dec 2017 #33
great story, organzed religion sucks...... getagrip_already Dec 2017 #18
Well I am an atheist malaise Dec 2017 #24
Im also a non-practicing atheist...... getagrip_already Dec 2017 #34
I hear you malaise Dec 2017 #36
And then: yallerdawg Dec 2017 #19
Thank you for being a voice of reason. There's always good along with the bad. Yes. CurtEastPoint Dec 2017 #22
So who was not being a voice of reason? malaise Dec 2017 #23
No, not you at all. Just those who engage in bashing the RCC at any given opportunity. CurtEastPoint Dec 2017 #35
K&R... spanone Dec 2017 #20
Agree malaise Dec 2017 #29
Happy New Years malaise!!! spanone Dec 2017 #31
It is a beautiful story dalton99a Dec 2017 #21
Back at you dalton99a malaise Dec 2017 #30
Whew! Tears! Aristus Dec 2017 #37
Wonderful story! Justice Dec 2017 #38
Wonderful love story! I appreciate you posting it. MLAA Dec 2017 #39
Malaise...have you ever seen Small Island? HipChick Dec 2017 #40
Hi there - no I haven't seen it - will check it out malaise Dec 2017 #42
Been cloudy..and some drizzle here and there.. HipChick Dec 2017 #46
Message auto-removed Name removed Dec 2017 #41
73 years! malaise Dec 2017 #43
Oh, what a lovely story! smirkymonkey Dec 2017 #44
Happy New Year smirkeymonkey malaise Dec 2017 #45
Happy New Year Malaise! smirkymonkey Dec 2017 #48
So sweet! treestar Dec 2017 #47

malaise

(269,103 posts)
4. The smiles on their faces
Sun Dec 31, 2017, 07:46 AM
Dec 2017

are full of love - lovely pic you posted.
Happy New Year to you and yours Rhiannon12866!

Rhiannon12866

(205,710 posts)
7. I know - everyone should be so lucky!
Sun Dec 31, 2017, 07:55 AM
Dec 2017

Thank you so much! And wishing you a Happy New Year, too! Here from the freezing North Country!

Rhiannon12866

(205,710 posts)
9. Oh! I wish you could send us a few degrees - you have plenty to spare!
Sun Dec 31, 2017, 08:06 AM
Dec 2017

At least we're not expecting more snow at the moment - and it's supposed to get up into the 20s later this week, a real heat wave!


keithbvadu2

(36,853 posts)
5. Refused to marry them but the CC protected pedophile priests for many decades.
Sun Dec 31, 2017, 07:47 AM
Dec 2017

Refused to marry them but the CC protected pedophile priests for many decades.

malaise

(269,103 posts)
6. Well your current president and several other ReTHUGs supported a racist pedophile
Sun Dec 31, 2017, 07:52 AM
Dec 2017

in Alabama over a Democratic Party man.
Most institutions were and are racist - the CC is no different.

spiderpig

(10,419 posts)
14. This brought tears to my eyes.
Sun Dec 31, 2017, 08:43 AM
Dec 2017

And the first thing I thought of was John Lennon's "Imagine", which we were just playing yesterday.

Thanks, malaise!

Demsrule86

(68,620 posts)
15. lovely story. Things have changed but still there are some who act like jerks. My middle daughter
Sun Dec 31, 2017, 09:04 AM
Dec 2017

is dating a young man of color...nice you man. They still get some nasty comments when they go out. Thanks for this.

malaise

(269,103 posts)
26. Lots of mixed marriages on our families
Sun Dec 31, 2017, 10:44 AM
Dec 2017

so I know your daughter's experience. Still we've come a long way.

Happy New Year to you and yours

mountain grammy

(26,638 posts)
32. The movie was good, but if you ever get the chance
Sun Dec 31, 2017, 10:51 AM
Dec 2017

Watch the HBO documentary about the Loving case. Real footage of Mildred and Richard.. you will fall in love with the real Mildred Loving.

getagrip_already

(14,795 posts)
18. great story, organzed religion sucks......
Sun Dec 31, 2017, 09:43 AM
Dec 2017

My wifes family Rabbi refused to marry us, even in a civil ceremony, because I wasn't jewish. He was a guest at our wedding though. Racism takes all forms.

getagrip_already

(14,795 posts)
34. Im also a non-practicing atheist......
Sun Dec 31, 2017, 11:20 AM
Dec 2017

But if someone gets benefit from individual spirituality then i am happy and supportive for them.

Its organized religion (aka cults) i have issues with. The whole concept of give us money or else is just extprtion with a halo.

yallerdawg

(16,104 posts)
19. And then:
Sun Dec 31, 2017, 10:00 AM
Dec 2017
However, they were determined to marry and settled for a brief ceremony at the Liverpool Register Office.

The local Catholic priest agreed to perform a second wedding ceremony for them in his church. Two daughters - Jean and Betty - followed, and the young family were desperate to get a home of their own.

"The priest mentioned that they were building houses in Wythenshawe," Barclay says.

We were the only mixed-race couple there but we didn't have any trouble in the community," Trudy says.
"When this place filled up everyone loved our girls."

However, their daughter Jean did encounter bullying on her first day at primary school.

"The teacher sent her home and asked me to keep her home while she had a chance to talk to the school about how God loved all his children. Jean didn't have problems after that," Trudy says.

There's always good along with the bad.

CurtEastPoint

(18,655 posts)
35. No, not you at all. Just those who engage in bashing the RCC at any given opportunity.
Sun Dec 31, 2017, 11:27 AM
Dec 2017

I appreciate your posting the story. SOme people latch on to some detail and beat it down.

MLAA

(17,310 posts)
39. Wonderful love story! I appreciate you posting it.
Sun Dec 31, 2017, 12:14 PM
Dec 2017

Nice to start my day with a love story rather than a hate story 🙂

HipChick

(25,485 posts)
40. Malaise...have you ever seen Small Island?
Sun Dec 31, 2017, 02:20 PM
Dec 2017

Excellent movie set in this era...

and Happy New Year to you too..

I'm hunkering down in St.Lucia myself...and not missing the cold and snow..

malaise

(269,103 posts)
42. Hi there - no I haven't seen it - will check it out
Sun Dec 31, 2017, 03:04 PM
Dec 2017

Is it raining yet - my friends say it's been raining non-stop in Trinidad.
Happy New Year sis!

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smirkymonkey

(63,221 posts)
44. Oh, what a lovely story!
Sun Dec 31, 2017, 04:28 PM
Dec 2017

Brought tears to my eyes. It is so inspiring and uplifting to hear about their love and their journey through life. I am so happy for them. Most of us can only dream of a love like that. Thank you for posting!

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