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...Negro Central Jurisdiction was voted out of existence-on a gradual, voluntary basis. The delegates went on to pass a resolution that said: "All persons, without regard to race, color, national origin or economic condition, shall be eligible to attend worship services, and be admitted into membership anywhere in this connection." But some Southern clergy argued that the resolution did not really bind white churches to accept Negroes, and the delegates shelved a proposal to make refusing anyone admission to worship an ecclesiastical crime...
...between whites and Negroes is actually rare in the U.S.-at least officially-miscegenation by cohabitation is another matter, rooted largely in the South's unspoken mores. According to one study by University of Wisconsin Sociologist Robert Stuckert, 21% of white Americans are "descendants of persons of African origin." By the calculation of Anthropologist Melville Herskovitz, 72% of U.S. Negroes have white ancestors...
Connie Hoffman, a white woman, and Dewey McLaughlin, a Spanish-speaking merchant seaman of Honduran origin, were convicted under this law in Miami Beach in 1962. Each was sentenced to 30 days in jail and a $150 fine. The defendants appealed to the Florida Supreme Court and were turned down in light of what Justice Millard Caldwell called "the sound rule of stare decisis" (following precedents) and "the well-written decision" of Pace. Let the U.S. Supreme Court decide, added Caldwell caustically, "if the newfound concept of 'social justice' has outdated 'the law of the land...
...ECUMENISM. Although it is traditionally wary of church-union proposals, the Methodist Church is almost ready to approve a formal merger with the 756,600-member Evangelical United Brethren, who are German in origin but close to the Methodists in doctrine and discipline. The conference will consider a proposal that the merger should be carried out in stages during the next twelve years, but it faces a sharp conference-floor fight. Some younger ministers believe that the timetable for union is too slow, while Southern Methodists are wary of the Midwest-centered Brethren's adding numerical strength...
Shrewish Daughters. The church was officially skeptical. Not until 1933 was the Vatican satisfied that the wounds were not self-inflicted and were truly of mysterious origin...