Interracial couple denied marriage license
Posted: Sat Oct 17, 2009 3:37 amWhuuuut?
By MARY FOSTER, Associated Press Writer Mary Foster, Associated Press Writer – Fri Oct 16, 4:50 am ET
NEW ORLEANS – A white 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." (more...)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091016/ap_on_re_us/us_interracial_rebuff
Ok, judge Keith... you DO realize that these couples have, can and will continue to have children if they want them, whether you give them a marriage license or someone else does.
Here's the part I like...
"I'm not a racist. I just don't believe in mixing the races that way,"
By the way, what other way is there to mix races? Add one part white, one part black, stir VERY vigorously until white froth appears...
By MARY FOSTER, Associated Press Writer Mary Foster, Associated Press Writer – Fri Oct 16, 4:50 am ET
NEW ORLEANS – A white 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." (more...)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091016/ap_on_re_us/us_interracial_rebuff
Ok, judge Keith... you DO realize that these couples have, can and will continue to have children if they want them, whether you give them a marriage license or someone else does.
Here's the part I like...
"I'm not a racist. I just don't believe in mixing the races that way,"
By the way, what other way is there to mix races? Add one part white, one part black, stir VERY vigorously until white froth appears...
