"Not a racist" justice of the peace denies marriage license to interracial couple
Via the Associated Press:
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."
If he did an interracial marriage for one couple, he must do the same for all, he said.
"I try to treat everyone equally," he said....
Yes it really is sad
It truly is sad to see all the racism and bigotry. I really hope this ends. I see this all too often in my line of work of executive coaching Hopefully more people can just chill out and be open and not have to think there way is the only way
I try to treat everyone equally," he said....
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i personally think color
i personally think color should never be an issue because we are all humans..but the sad truth is that society does dictate and we are victims of this mandates...so there are times when no matter how much two people of different race really love each other, the environment and the people around them ruins it for them eventually... and i see the priest's point of not encouraging interracial marriage. reality sucks big time!
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i personally think color
i personally think color should never be an issue because we are all humans..but the sad truth is that society does dictate and we are victims of this mandates...so there are times when no matter how much two people of different race really love each other, the environment and the people around them ruins it for them eventually... and i see the priest's point of not encouraging interracial marriage. reality sucks big time!
Hey, I am sorry to do that.
Hey,
I am sorry to do that.
Hey, I want know that how can
Hey, I want know that how can he claim he is not racist?
i try to traet every one
i try to traet every one equally.
I've been studying this
I've been studying this topic. You gave me food for thought...
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he is not a racist:)
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"I try to treat everyone
"I try to treat everyone equally,"
How can he claim he is not
How can he claim he is not racist?
define freedom; define racism
would you let other people take advantage of the law in meddling with touch decisions as to who to marry? C'mon people, color of the skin should NOT dictate who to marry!
definitely
definitely! i agree with you! it should not be the basis as who you should marry! freedom and treat everyone equally=))
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Thank you for this article
What a great list of quotes you guys have collected. I especially like the last one:
"I try to treat everyone equally,"
Please keep up the good work. :)
The slave owner,thought nothing of "Interracial with Black women
Rather too late, for that way of thinking, Thomas Jefferson, made children by his black women slaves, and lot's more important men of that time....