It’s a story you could have seen fifty years ago, but WYMT reports -- these feelings still exist.

REPORTER: “Stella Harville met Ticha Chikuni at Georgetown College.”
HARVILLE: “He had such a huge faith.”
REPORTER: “They fell in love and are recently engaged. However, the news was not well received when she came home and attended the church she grew up in -- Gulnare Free Will Baptist Church. Church members voted to not allow interracial marriage.”

A former pastor started the resolution, which states -- the ban will “promote greater unity” -- a phrase that a reporter for WSAZ couldn’t believe. CNN aired the video.

“It is intended to promote greater unity? How are you promoting unity by excluding a group of people?”
“You’re not.”

While that reporter was shocked, a guest on HLN says -- we shouldn’t be too surprised.

“But it wasn’t that long ago, so these attitudes are still very prevalent - happily in very small numbers - but they do exist.”

A writer for Louisville.com writes -- it’s important to remember the resolution was passed with a 9-6 vote, in a church with 40 members.

“I’m here to say that they DO NOT speak for the greater population of Kentucky nor the beliefs of many Christians. Yes, we wear shoes and no, we're not all Bible-thumpers or a bunch of hillbillies who are missing half our teeth.”

And a writer for the Lexington Herald-Leader thinks the outrage surrounding the story is a sign of progress.

“Now a young woman can leave the hills of Eastern Kentucky and meet a young man from Africa. They can fall in love. And no one but a handful of backward busybodies cares that their skins do not match. The rest of us just wish them a happy ending.”

The church’s current pastor says the ban is unlikely to stand and they could re-vote as early as this weekend.

Transcript by Newsy.