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Blondino
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http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/10/16/louisiana.interracial.marriage/index....
UNBELIEVABLE IN THIS DAY AND AGE. Can it be true ?
NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana (CNN) -- Civil rights advocates in eastern Louisiana are calling for a justice of the peace of Tangipahoa Parish to resign after he refused to issue a marriage license to an interracial couple.
"He's an elected public official and one of his duties is to marry people. He doesn't have the right to say he doesn't believe in it," Patricia Morris, president of the NAACP branch of Tangipahoa Parish, located near the Mississippi line, said Thursday.
"If he doesn't do what his position calls for him to do, he should resign from that position."
The demands for Keith Bardwell, justice of the peace for Tangipahoa Parish's 8th Ward, to step down came after he wouldn't issue a marriage license to Beth Humphrey, 30, and her boyfriend, Terence McKay, 32, both of Hammond.
"I was just really shocked, because he's an elected official," Humphrey said. Bardwell didn't immediately return calls from CNN on Thursday.
However, Bardwell told Hammond's Daily Star newspaper that he was concerned for the children who might be born of the relationship and that, in his experience, most interracial marriages don't last.
I'm not a racist," Bardwell told the newspaper. "I do ceremonies for black couples right here in my house. My main concern is for the children."
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091015/ap_on_re_us
/us_interracial_rebuff
[Edited on 10/17/2009 1:32 PM]
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| Oct 17 @ 2:08 PM |
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CowboyX
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I think the Judge can kiss his career in public service goodbye after this one (at least that is what should happen).
What will he do next? Refuse to issue a license to a couple with a 15+ year age difference between them?
I'm glad that the couple was still able to marry, and that the Judge is getting negative publicity for his actions. 
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| Oct 17 @ 2:19 PM |
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Blondino
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yes glad they could .... seemed incredible that he did what he did
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| Oct 17 @ 2:21 PM |
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legacy1
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The supreme court made it's decision in 1967 stating couple's could not be denied marriage due to race.
http://www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/conlaw/loving.html
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| Oct 17 @ 2:36 PM |
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Blondino
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The supreme court made it's decision in 1967 stating couple's could not be denied marriage due to race.
so is he being charged with racist behaviour ?
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| Oct 17 @ 4:26 PM |
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Nightowl001
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And this guy is a perfect, now very public example, that refutes the claims of all those "suffering" whites who say "There is no discrimination anymore. Get over it!"
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| Oct 17 @ 5:18 PM |
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eastham
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I blogged about the anniversary of the Loving v. Virginia and of course, the president is the son of an interracial couple. Barack Sr. and Anne Dunham would not have been allowed to marry in many states, although it was legal at the time in Hawaii.
But, I agree, one would think that this kind of thing didn't happen anymore.
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| Oct 17 @ 5:47 PM |
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lacyvsq
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 I think it is hilarious that marriage licenses used to only be issued for interracial marriage because they were illegal. Since interracial marriage is no longer illegal, there is no need for a license.
The couple should kiss the judge, get together in front of their friends and family and find someone to produce them a pretty marriage certificate that keeps the state out of their contract.
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| Oct 17 @ 6:38 PM |
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arieann
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This dude is an idiot. The future groom should ask him to be is best man, just to piss him off.
[Edited on 10/17/2009 6:48 PM]
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| Oct 17 @ 7:01 PM |
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Bj864
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I do not think a justice of the peace is a judge. I think they are more like a notary. I doubt any judge would do this.
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| Oct 17 @ 7:11 PM |
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redhairNfreckles
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Either way, his career is toast.
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| Oct 17 @ 7:42 PM |
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kjac
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He refused to perform his duties based on his beliefs. Sounds familiar. 
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| Oct 17 @ 9:30 PM |
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MrPaul
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He refused to perform his duties based on his beliefs. Sounds familiar  Beliefs are what make us who and what we are right or wrong  Sad part is most mixed children DO have a harder time. They are picked on by white children AND black children.  ...We have come a long way.But have a long way to go still
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| Oct 17 @ 10:20 PM |
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Loren62
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so is he being charged with racist behaviour ?
You cannot charge someone with racist behavior...the behavior of being racist...isn't illegal in this country...(at least not yet). The violation of someones civil rights under federal statutes is however illegal...I'm sure they will go after him on that part.
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| Oct 17 @ 10:21 PM |
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Always_Striving
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I wonder if someone could be denied a marriage license if their fianc'ee was a snail?
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| Oct 17 @ 10:28 PM |
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Loren62
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I blogged about the anniversary of the Loving v. Virginia and of course, the president is the son of an interracial couple. Barack Sr. and Anne Dunham would not have been allowed to marry in many states, although it was legal at the time in Hawaii.
Too damn bad they didn't reside in Mississippi instead of Hawaii...then we might not of had to deal with his worthless ass presently.
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| Oct 18 @ 12:39 AM |
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Angel54214
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The U.S. Supreme Court tossed out any racially based limitations on marriage in the landmark 1967 Loving v. Virginia case. In the unanimous decision, the court said that "Under our Constitution, the freedom to marry, or not marry, a person of another race resides with the individual and cannot be infringed by the state." 
When the couple have their first child, the ugly should be made to baptize this child.
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| Oct 18 @ 12:59 AM |
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Nightowl001
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Sad part is most mixed children DO have a harder time. They are picked on by white children AND black children. ...We have come a long way.But have a long way to go still While I don't disagree that we have yet to reach the end of a long road that culminates in true color blindness, as far as race goes, I don't think the situation is quite as dire as some people seem to think. We have, indeed, come a long way. The numbers of ignorant fools who don't teach their children not to make fun of other children, for any reason, is a much lower percentage with each succeeding generation, and I am sure in 5-10 years, when this couple's children will be of school age, the onus of social unacceptability will fall more heavily on those picking on their children, rather than the other way around.
If, as this jackass of a J.P. stated, it is about the children, that he is not really racist, and he marries black couples right in his home, just like "regular" folks, why has he not seen that blacks are still disadvantaged (by morons just like him), and thus refused to marry any couple of color? If his rationale really involved the idea that "most mixed marriages don't work," again, why does he marry anybody, since 50% of all marriages end in divorce? And did he miss the section in Biology class on human reproduction, where there was no mention made in any textbook I am aware of, that a marriage license is a requisite part of the reproductive process to begin with?
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| Oct 18 @ 1:28 PM |
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Angel54214
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I do not think a justice of the peace is a judge. I think they are more like a notary. I doubt any judge would do this.
In the U.S. of some states, a Justice of the Peace is a Judge within a jurisdiction.
According to Wiki...
In some U.S. states, the Justice of the Peace is a judge of a court of limited jurisdiction, a magistrate, or a quasi-judicial official with certain statutory or common law magisterial powers.
The Justice of the Peace, or solicitor general, typically presides over a court that hears misdemeanor cases, traffic violations, and other petty criminal infractions. The Justice of the Peace may also have authority over cases involving small debts, landlord and tenant disputes, or other small claims court proceedings. Proceedings before Justices of the Peace are often faster and less formal than the proceedings in other courts. In some jurisdictions a party convicted or found liable before a Justice of the Peace may have the right to a trial de novo before the judge of a higher court rather than an appeal strictly considered.
The Justice of the Peace is also the judge to whom parties seeking a civil marriage can repair. While states generally recognize marriages applied for under any relevant statutes and officiated under a religious leader or equivalent authority with adequate witnesses present, a Justice of the Peace can typically oversee a marriage union directly.
Some states have special qualifications or unique features for the office.
[Another Wiki Snippet]
A justice of the peace (JP) is a puisne judicial officer appointed by means of a commission to keep the peace. Depending on the jurisdiction, they might dispense summary justice and deal with local administrative applications in common law jurisdictions. Justices of the peace are appointed or elected from the citizens of the jurisdiction in which they serve, and are (or were) usually not required to have a formal legal education in order to qualify for the office.
According to the Louisiana Constitution, a justice of the peace is a court judge...
Article 5, Section 24:
“A judge of the Supreme Court, a court of appeal, district court, family court, parish court, or court having solely juvenile jurisdiction shall have been admitted to the practice of law in the state for at least five years prior to his election, and shall have been domiciled in the respective district, circuit, or parish for the two years preceding election. He shall not practice law.” http://www.louisiana.gov/Government/Judicial_Branch/
[Snippet] from above link...
District Courts: Judicial Districts
The state is currently divided into 40 judicial districts, each composed of at least one parish and served by at least one district judge. Each district elects a chief judge.
Louisiana Parish Courts
Parish Courts have limited jurisdiction over certain types of civil and criminal cases. The limits of jurisdiction may vary between Parish Courts.
Parish Courts share criminal jurisdiction with District Courts for certain types of criminal cases, including violations of state, parish, or municipal laws, if the crime is not punishable by a fine of more than $1000 dollars or by more than six months imprisonment.
Parish Courts share jurisdiction over some civil cases with District Courts, including general civil cases involving disputes over amounts of money or values of property within certain financial limits.
Parish Courts do not have jurisdiction over cases that involve disputes about title to immovable property, the right to public office or public position, civil or political constitutional rights, annulment, divorce, separation of property, alimony, habeas corpus, cases where the state or parish or other political subdivision is a defendant, and certain other types of cases.
Parish Courts may share jurisdiction with District Courts over some juvenile matters and cases. http://www.courtreference.com/Louisiana-Courts.htm
The JP refuses to Resign:
http://blogs.usatoday.com/ondeadline/2009/10/louisiana-jp-says-he-wont-resign-over-interracial-marriage-issue.html
[Edited on 10/18/2009 1:36 PM]
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| Oct 18 @ 2:56 PM |
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lacyvsq
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Not everybody hates him. I love him.  He did not deny the couple marriage. He referred them to someone who did not have qualms about issuing the license and marrying them. If one has the power to grant permission, one should also have the power to refuse to grant it.
Why are these adults asking permission anyway? They are acting like little children. They deserve to be told no.
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