Posted on 10/17/2009 11:54:04 AM PDT by big truck
NEW ORLEANS – Louisiana's governor and a U.S. senator joined Friday in calling for the ouster of a local official who refused to marry an interracial couple, saying his actions clearly broke the law.
Keith Bardwell, a white justice of the peace in Tangipahoa Parish in the southeastern part of the state, refused to issue a marriage license earlier this month to Beth Humphrey, who is white, and Terence McKay, who is black. His refusal has prompted calls for an investigation or resignation from civil and constitutional rights groups and the state's Legislative Black Caucus.
Republican Gov. Bobby Jindal said in a statement a nine-member commission that reviews lawyers and judges in the state should investigate. "Disciplinary action should be taken immediately — including the revoking of his license," Jindal said.
Bardwell did not return calls left on his answering machine Friday. Bardwell has said he always asks if a couple is interracial and, if they are, refers them to another justice of the peace. Bardwell said no one had complained in the past and he doesn't marry the couples because he's worried about their children's futures. "Perhaps he's worried the kids will grow up and be president," said Bill Quigley, director of the Center for Constitutional Rights and Justice, referring to President Barack Obama, the son of a black father from Kenya and a white mother from Kansas. Obama's deputy press secretary Bill Burton echoed those sentiments. "I've found that actually the children of biracial couples can do pretty good," Burton told reporters aboard Air Force One as it flew to Texas.
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Having spent some time in Hammond, this is not all that much of a surprise.
I am daily stunned at a whole host of bigoted positions that remain visible right here on FR, so much so that I am no longer amazed, just saddened at what will happen to our republic of conservatives cannot get their heads sorted out and fly straight.
I’m actually quite interested to see reactions here about this. FR is a totally wonderful place, but I’ve seen a couple weird threads (including an interesting one a year or so back about the sons of Noah - enough said). Sorry to say this, but I am certain there will be some who will be in agreement with that man.
This is a complete scam. The man just recently changed to the republican party. Nothing wrong here.
I doubt you’ll find many who will agree with him if any at all. He’s not clergy refusing to marry gays. He’s an official refusing to marry based on the race of the couple. He’s a bigot. I guess he ‘can’ choose who to marry and who not to marry, but that doesn’t make it right. Get rid of him.
And yet, not a whimper out of the lamestream media over Nikole Churchill, recently crowned Homecoming Queen at predominantly Black Hampton University in Virginia facing the scorn of many Black Students.
http://www.dailypress.com/wtkr-miss-hampton,0,6521092.story?track=rss
“Bardwell has said he always asks if a couple is interracial and, if they are, refers them to another justice of the peace.”
I think ‘something’ is wrong here.
Sorry to disappoint the trolls and bigots who look to find racial hatred in conservatives like me, but I don’t give a rat’s patootie about race.
A story yesterday said he recently changed over to the republican party. Fits the lefts MO.
ps. What does that title mean? ‘Many angry man’?
“Sorry to say this, but I am certain there will be some who will be in agreement with that man.”
Not from me— this buffoon is the definition of “knuckledragger.”
But did he say what they said he said? Has he been turning down interracial couples? How the heck do you find out with reporting today?
Not as a public official he cannot.
In the sense that even if it gets him fired, he can. I’m not saying it’s right. But if he chooses not to marry them he can. He’ll just get the boot for it. ;)
“This is a complete scam. The man just recently changed to the republican party. Nothing wrong here.”
To me, party doesn’t have much to do with it— didn’t even know what his party was until you mentioned it. As we all know bigotry comes in all shapes and sizes.
You’re right though— if this guy were a Dem, probably wouldn’t have been a story.
Absolutely. Do you think you won’t find racially-charged posts on libtard sites? Lol! Leftists are the most color-obsessed people on earth!
Biased opinions are part of human nature and they are found across the political spectrum but much, much more often on the Left.
“whole host of bigoted positions that remain visible right here on FR,”
Examples?
Actually they’d better check...he may have upheld the law. Some of those old laws are still on the books.
I think it is becoming a story because he switched parties then acted out as a republican. This is a set up from the get go.
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