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Wedding Venue Owner Apologizes After Going Viral for Rejecting Gay and Interracial Couples Over \u2018Christian Belief\u2019 \u2014 WATCH<\/b><\/p>\n

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A Mississippi wedding venue apologized over the weekend after a video<\/a> of its manager rejecting gay<\/a> and interracial couples<\/a> went viral on social media. The venue later took down its Facebook page.<\/p>\n

In the video<\/a>, viewed more than two million times in social media, the Boone\u2019s Camp Event Hall manager tells LaKambria S. Welch that her brother and his fiancee, who had reserved the venue for their wedding, were no longer welcome.<\/p>\n

Said the woman<\/a>: \u201cFirst of all, we don\u2019t do gay<\/a> weddings or mixed race \u2026 because of our Christian race, I mean, our Christian belief.\u201d<\/p>\n

When asked what in the Bible led to her decision, the woman<\/a> replied, \u201cI don\u2019t want to argue my faith.\u201d<\/p>\n

Deep South Voice reported<\/a>: \u2018Welch says she believes the venue found out her brother and his fianc\u00e9e, whose names she has not provided to DSV, through Facebook. \u201cThe owner took a look at my brother\u2019s fianc\u00e9e\u2019s page and wrote her back to say they won\u2019t be able to get married there because of her beliefs,\u201d Welch told DSV. \u201cHe told my mom and she contacted the owner through messenger to only get a \u2018seen\u2019 with no reply. That\u2019s when I took it upon myself to go get clarification on her beliefs.\u201d The Mississippi Secretary of State\u2019s website\u00a0lists Donna and David Russell as the owner of Boone\u2019s Camp Event Hall, LLC<\/a>. Filings also show they own\u00a0Boone\u2019s Camp Mini Storage, LLC<\/a>.\u2019<\/p>\n

A staff member at the venue, presumably the woman<\/a> in the video<\/a>, apologized in a now deleted post to Facebook, the Washington Post reports<\/a>: \u2018\u201cTo all of those offended, hurt or felt condemn by my statement I truly apologize to you for my ignorance in not knowing the truth about this,\u201d the now-deleted apology read. \u201cMy intent was never of racism, but to stand firm on what I \u2018assumed\u2019 was right concerning marriage.\u201d\u2019<\/p>\n

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The City of Booneville distanced itself from the wedding venue in a post on Facebook, writing: \u201cThe City of Booneville, Mayor, and Board of Aldermen are aware of the comments recently made by a privately owned business located within the city of Booneville. The City of Booneville, Mayor, and Board of Aldermen do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, gender, age, national origin, disability, marital status, sexual orientation, or military status. Furthermore, the City of Booneville, Mayor, and Board of Aldermen do not condone or approve these types of discriminatory policies.\u201d<\/p>\n

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