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I don't know what the hell to make of this. I'm in New Orleans. 3 months ago I married my wife, who is Vietnamese (I'm white). If the Catholic church can handle it, I don't see why this guy has trouble.
I don't honestly think this guy is a racist. I simply think he's projecting statistics onto specific people, which I would call unfair.
Are there any examples in recent history of a judge refusing to marry a couple? Regardless of race?
Also, does anyone know what 1963 SC case the ACLU is citing when they said it ruled that the government cannot dictate who you can and cannot marry? I'd like to look at it.
HAMMOND, La. (AP) - 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.
Neither Bardwell nor the couple immediately returned phone calls from The Associated Press. But Bardwell told the Daily Star of Hammond that he was not a racist.
"I do ceremonies for black couples right here in my house," Bardwell said. "My main concern is for the children."
I don't know what the hell to make of this. I'm in New Orleans. 3 months ago I married my wife, who is Vietnamese (I'm white). If the Catholic church can handle it, I don't see why this guy has trouble.
I don't honestly think this guy is a racist. I simply think he's projecting statistics onto specific people, which I would call unfair.
Are there any examples in recent history of a judge refusing to marry a couple? Regardless of race?
Also, does anyone know what 1963 SC case the ACLU is citing when they said it ruled that the government cannot dictate who you can and cannot marry? I'd like to look at it.