He Might Come With His People

P6 says he expects this since it is in Mississippi. I suppose I'll have to agree but, gees, it's 2006.

The church was "afraid Joe might come with his people and have blacks in the church," Stevens said. "I could not go along with that. There would always be a wall between us, so I resigned that night."...

Since Stevens' resignation, one church member who was not at the Aug. 6 meeting has called the former pastor and told him he was in favor of what he did. Stevens estimates 80 percent of the church is against having blacks as members of the congregation.

I have to admit this story made me laugh. Are people really still this silly?