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Interracial couple denied marriage license in La.

NEW ORLEANS – A Louisiana justice of the peace said he refused to issue a marriage license to an interracial couple out of concern for any children the couple might have. Keith Bardwell, justice of the peace in Tangipahoa Parish, says it is his experience that most interracial marriages do not last long.

"I'm not a racist. I just don't believe in mixing the races that way," Bardwell told the Associated Press on Thursday. "I have piles and piles of black friends. They come to my home, I marry them, they use my bathroom. I treat them just like everyone else."

Bardwell said he asks everyone who calls about marriage if they are a mixed race couple. If they are, he does not marry them, he said.

Bardwell said he has discussed the topic with blacks and whites, along with witnessing some interracial marriages. He came to the conclusion that most of black society does not readily accept offspring of such relationships, and neither does white society, he said.

"There is a problem with both groups accepting a child from such a marriage," Bardwell said. "I think those children suffer and I won't help put them through it."

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091015/ap_on_re_us/us_interracial_rebuff

lol....they use my bathroom....see....i'm not a racist....

while i don't think this is per se racism, it is stupid and against the law
 
Yurt said:
Interracial couple denied marriage license in La.

NEW ORLEANS – A Louisiana justice of the peace said he refused to issue a marriage license to an interracial couple out of concern for any children the couple might have. Keith Bardwell, justice of the peace in Tangipahoa Parish, says it is his experience that most interracial marriages do not last long.

"I'm not a racist. I just don't believe in mixing the races that way," Bardwell told the Associated Press on Thursday. "I have piles and piles of black friends. They come to my home, I marry them, they use my bathroom. I treat them just like everyone else."

Bardwell said he asks everyone who calls about marriage if they are a mixed race couple. If they are, he does not marry them, he said.

Bardwell said he has discussed the topic with blacks and whites, along with witnessing some interracial marriages. He came to the conclusion that most of black society does not readily accept offspring of such relationships, and neither does white society, he said.

"There is a problem with both groups accepting a child from such a marriage," Bardwell said. "I think those children suffer and I won't help put them through it."

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091015/ap_on_re_us/us_interracial_rebuff

lol....they use my bathroom....see....i'm not a racist....

while i don't think this is per se racism, it is stupid and against the law
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No, most of what you guys bring up here isn't racist. But THAT is racist.
 
ib1yysguy said:
But why do people call the souf racests!!
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This is just another example of why the government needs to be out of the marriage business.
 
Yurt said:
Interracial couple denied marriage license in La.

NEW ORLEANS – A Louisiana justice of the peace said he refused to issue a marriage license to an interracial couple out of concern for any children the couple might have. Keith Bardwell, justice of the peace in Tangipahoa Parish, says it is his experience that most interracial marriages do not last long.

"I'm not a racist. I just don't believe in mixing the races that way," Bardwell told the Associated Press on Thursday. "I have piles and piles of black friends. They come to my home, I marry them, they use my bathroom. I treat them just like everyone else."

Bardwell said he asks everyone who calls about marriage if they are a mixed race couple. If they are, he does not marry them, he said.

Bardwell said he has discussed the topic with blacks and whites, along with witnessing some interracial marriages. He came to the conclusion that most of black society does not readily accept offspring of such relationships, and neither does white society, he said.

"There is a problem with both groups accepting a child from such a marriage," Bardwell said. "I think those children suffer and I won't help put them through it."

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091015/ap_on_re_us/us_interracial_rebuff

lol....they use my bathroom....see....i'm not a racist....

while i don't think this is per se racism, it is stupid and against the law
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NOT RACIST PER SE? WTF? How could you not see this as anything but grossly over the top racism?
 
WinterBorn said:
This is just another example of why the government needs to be out of the marriage business.
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You gotta be fuckin kidding me? I'm in a interacial marriage and when my wife and I tried to get married in North Carolina we could not find a single church, minister or priest that would do it. We had to get married by a JOP! None of those racist rednecks down there would do it voluntarily but only through the force of law. Here my friend you are dead wrong.
 
Yurt said:
Interracial couple denied marriage license in La.

NEW ORLEANS – A Louisiana justice of the peace said he refused to issue a marriage license to an interracial couple out of concern for any children the couple might have. Keith Bardwell, justice of the peace in Tangipahoa Parish, says it is his experience that most interracial marriages do not last long.

"I'm not a racist. I just don't believe in mixing the races that way," Bardwell told the Associated Press on Thursday. "I have piles and piles of black friends. They come to my home, I marry them, they use my bathroom. I treat them just like everyone else."

Bardwell said he asks everyone who calls about marriage if they are a mixed race couple. If they are, he does not marry them, he said.

Bardwell said he has discussed the topic with blacks and whites, along with witnessing some interracial marriages. He came to the conclusion that most of black society does not readily accept offspring of such relationships, and neither does white society, he said.

"There is a problem with both groups accepting a child from such a marriage," Bardwell said. "I think those children suffer and I won't help put them through it."

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091015/ap_on_re_us/us_interracial_rebuff

lol....they use my bathroom....see....i'm not a racist....

while i don't think this is per se racism, it is stupid and against the law
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He seriously needs to be impeached.
 
Southern Man said:
Or the couple can go to a different JOP.
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Like hell. The JOP has an obligation to uphold the rule of law not enforce his own racist beliefs on others. Since he violated the law he should be removed from his position and should face both civil and criminal prosecution for violating these peoples civil rights.
 
Mott the Hoople said:
... when my wife and I tried to get married in North Carolina we could not find a single church, minister or priest that would do it....
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That's BS. There's lots of mixed race couples in NC and I've never heard that this is a problem. The pastor must have been concerned that you would pollute her superior DNA if you had kids. :)
 
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