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Interracial Couple Denied Marriage License In Louisiana: Bookerista Perspectives

La Shawn Barber: "Justice Of The Peace Refuses Marriage License For Interracial Couple" The conservative blogger in California opines: "I can’t believe what I read. Full Article at Booker Rising

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  1. 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. Full Article at Columbus Ledger-Enquirer

  2. Aw, he cares ... in the most backassward way possible. Full Article at The Black Snob

  3. 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. Full Article at Racialicious

  4. 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 today. Full Article at Everything Alabama

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