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CRYSTAL SPRINGS, MS (WLBT) - It was to be their big day, but a Jackson couple says the church where they were planning to wed turned them away because of their race. They had set the date and printed and mailed out all the invitations, but the day before wedding bells were to ring for Charles and Te'Andrea Wilson, they say they got some bad news from the pastor. "The church congregation had decided no black could be married at that church, and that if he went on to marry her, then they would vote him out the church," said Charles Wilson.

Every two to three years, Eddie Sales trims and prunes the crape myrtles at his church, Albemarle Road Presbyterian Church.

But this year, the city of Charlotte cited the church for improperly pruning its trees.

"We always keep our trees trimmed back because you don't want to worry about them hanging down in the way," said Sales, a church member.

The church was fined $100 per branch cut for excessive pruning, bringing the violation to $4,000.

Thought that the Mormons were simply all about polygamy and hating on the gays? Now they are into giving you up to the government. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has agreed to share certain data with Davis County for the county's emergency response system.

Homeless man broke into church for shelter, left an apology note, and promised to pay for broken window. The church forgives the man, and would rather find the man help, but the thug cops still want him in a cage.

YUMA — A jury has acquitted a Tempe pastor charged with failing to obey officers' instructions at a U.S. Border Patrol checkpoint near Yuma.

The jury also cleared Steven Anderson of the Faithful Word Baptist Church of obstructing a highway during the April 2009 incident at the Interstate 8 checkpoint. Both charges are misdemeanors.

Church in New Hampshire disciplined a 15-year old girl in front of the church in 1997 for her "sin" of getting raped and pregnant by a 38-year old man in the church. Girl then forcibly moved out of state.

BOSTON (AP) - Boston police are looking for the vandals who knocked the head off a statue of Jesus outside a Roman Catholic church named for Mother Teresa.

The Rev. Jack Ahern of Blessed Mother Teresa of Calcutta at St. Margaret's church in the city's Dorchester section says when he arrived at the church Sunday morning the statue's head was lying on the ground in pieces and the statue had been knocked off its base.

Any comments on The Westboro Baptist Church> not your regular bunch

I was on your segment on Scientology on Saturday but we didn't get off to the best foot.

I think Jason did a very good job of handling several of your questions but I think that there are definitely some things that were brought up on the show about Scientology that I would like to clarify.

A few of the other things that were brought up but not addressed were:

Is Scientology litigious
Is the Church buying up all of Tampa
Confusion on thetans
Who is the God of Scientology
What happens when you die
Do you know about the humanitarian programs that the Church is involved in