Danielle Belton's The Black Snob - The Snob Blog - Louisiana Judge Says No to Marriage License for Interracial Couple

It is amazing that in 2009 such as a thing as this can still happen. It is even more amazing that there is finally something that I can agree on with the ACLU.

Keith Bardwell, justice of the peace in Tangipahoa Parish, said he believed that interracial marriages didn't last that long and that was among his grounds for denying couple Beth Humphrey, 30, and Terence McKay, 32, a marriage license. The couple is said to be considering legal action.

From MSNBC:

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.

"I don't do interracial marriages because I don't want to put children in a situation they didn't bring on themselves," Bardwell said. "In my heart, I feel the children will later suffer."

If he does an interracial marriage for one couple, he must do the same for all, he said.

"I try to treat everyone equa
lly," he said.

I can't believe that we are even talking about "bi-racial" anything these days. The truth is that all African-Americans are not purely African. I bet everyone of us are mixed up with African, Native American, and European descent. I'm certain of that. You can't go by skin color. My father is darker than I am but one of his granfathers was a mulatto.

Danielle Belton's The Black Snob - The Snob Blog - Louisiana Judge Says No to Marriage License for Interracial Couple

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