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Here's a video of the couple

Interracial couple 'dumbfounded' by marriage denial

Oct. 16: An interracial couple seeking to marry in Louisiana talk about having been refused a marriage license by a white Justice of the Peace who only marries couples of the same race.

www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21134540/vp/33350883#33350883

just saw the video, what a nice down to earth couple and the story of how they met was so cute
this judge is just an A HOLE

I don't want to belittle this issue but this thread and some of the posts makes me think of the beautifully scripted commercial that shows children playing in the park. The mom tells her white kids NOT to play with the black children in the same park. At this point the little white girl says to her mom "but why?"

I paused when I first saw this commercial. It was so enlightening! This behavior is taught and enforced throughout many lives and may never end. Sad but true!

It's sad to think that many still embrace the "Separate but Equal" mentally in the year 2009. No matter how many say they are not practicing racist behavior their commments and actions display otherwise. Comments and actions speak volumes! Many of us would pause if our children brought home a person of a different race, faith and/or gender for that matter. It's how we adapt to it that tells the story.

When your job/career requires you to help/serve everyone you must be prepared to do so or suffer the consequences. I can't believe a judge voiced his biasness so openly. How can a active judge think that such comments are OK? He truly is ready for retirement.

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Okay,I believe he is a Justice of the Peace - - not the same as a judge on the bench - - THANK GOD!

Also, just saw on CNN that the governor of Louisiana wants him fired - - -

www.associatedcontent.com/article/2296409/louisiana_governor_wants_justice_fired... />
I hope if he has children that one of them will decide to marry someone of color!!!!

GUESS WHO JUST RESIGNED?

A Louisiana justice of the peace who refused to marry a couple because the bride was white and groom was black resigned Tuesday.

Keith Bardwell, who is white, quit the post with a one-sentence statement to Louisiana Secretary of State Jay Dardenne and no explanation of his decision: "I do hereby resign the office of Justice of the Peace for the Eighth Ward of Tangipahoa Parish, Louisiana, effective November 3, 2009."


news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091103/ap_on_re_us/us_interracial_rebuff


You know--I'm a bit surprised--a man with a lot to say about why he wouldn't grant a marriage license to an interracial couple INSTEAD had very little to say in his resignation.

i am glad he did it