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Seriously guys?
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/8310509.stm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/8310509.stm
Anger at US mixed marriage 'ban'
A white US justice of the peace has been criticised for refusing to issue marriage licences to mixed-race couples.
Keith Bardwell, of Tangipahoa Parish in Louisiana, denied racism but said mixed-race children were not readily accepted by their parents' communities.
A couple he refused to marry are considering filing a complaint about him to the US Justice Department.
Mr Bardwell said he had often conducted the weddings of his black friends.
'No integration'
Mr Bardwell, who has worked in the role for 34 years, said that in his experience most interracial marriages did not last very long and estimated that he had refused applications to four couples in the past two-and-a-half years.
He said he had "piles and piles of black friends" but just did not believe in "mixing the races".
"They come to my home, I marry them, they use my bathroom. I treat them just like everyone else," he said.
He said he had discussed the issue with both black and white people before making his decision.
"There is a problem with both groups accepting a child from such a marriage," he said "I think those children suffer and I won't help put them through it."“ I try to treat everyone equally ”
Keith Bardwell
Mr Bardwell added that he checked the race of the couple in question, 30-year-old Beth Humphrey and 32-year-old Terence McKay, when they first phoned him requesting a marriage licence.
Ms Humphrey, who is white, said that when she phoned Mr Bardwell on 6 October to discuss getting a marriage licence signed his wife told her about his stance.
Mrs Bardwell recommended that the couple see another justice of the peace, who did agree to marry them.
Ms Humphrey said she had not expected such comments "in this day and age" and that she was looking forward to having children with her husband.
American Civil Liberties Union of Louisiana attorney Katie Schwartzmann said that her organisation had requested an investigation into Mr Bardwell, describing the case as one of "bigotry".
She said the Supreme Court ruled in 1967 "that the government cannot tell people who they can and cannot marry" and that Mr Bardwell had knowingly broken the law.
However, Mr Bardwell denied mistreating anyone and said if he oversaw one mixed-race marriage, then he would have to continue to do it for everyone.
He said: "I try to treat everyone equally."
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because they're doing so great up there, and all
how do you figure
I dunno we kinda are
man, it's not like that hasn't happened before
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Also im' glad i am alive so...
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they walk into the courthouse and
Seriously though, if they want to get married, let em. They get to have their chance at bieng unhappy just like everyone else.
dogg you can't deny that Canada for the most part avoided the brunt of the recession and is emerging from it better than the US
have you taken a look at the american dollar vs the canadian dollar lately
Why yes I d-
Oh god my life is so empty.
yes, but you're also being ran by a madman
also you guys seem to really want to be better than america
some kind of inferiority complex, I guess
I mean I don't even like america, but jeez
jesus fucking christ
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it is by a canadian so yes
Ohh they're all happy....
That's some statement you put out there, Mr. Judge
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the quagmire of shit that the US currently has both it's feet firmly into is more more serious than some of the questionable practices of Stephen Harper
now, don't get me wrong, the fact that he's and the conservative party are using public money from the stimulus fund and pretty much attributing it to the party does rankle me
So yeah what the hell on this? Isn't this illegal for him to do?
I can say with authority as a Canadian that our national culture is basically little man syndrome.
I don't think I ever said the US was doing great
I'm just saying
you guys got problems of your own
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I thought it was. Even if it isn't, there's no way this judge's job will survive the forces of the ACLU or whatever.
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we're sitting around waiting for an other trudeau or pearson.
then take two steps back
That judge won't join us
Cause I'm white and, you're black!
it is merely an observation
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Oh... you probably mean your wife.
yeah sorry about that
But this translated into having no real work ethic so everything closed at six in the evening, and it also translated into a severe case of passive aggression for pretty much everyone in the country
So it's got it's drawbacks, I guess
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that's a bit of a sweeping generalization wouldn't you say