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News Interracial couple denied marriage license in Louisiana

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    Interracial couple denied marriage license in Louisiana

    What a fucking idiot- love it when someone claims they arent racist and then says a bunch of racist shit





    NEW ORLEANS - 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. 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 on Thursday. "I have piles and piles of black friends. They come to my home, I marry them, they use my bathroom. I treat them just like everyone else."

    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."

    http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091015/ap_on_re_us/us_interracial_rebuff
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    GSE21tuner Formerly rollatuner110. Representing AZLexus.club

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    Wow. That's a racist just beating around the bush. I wonder what sorts of outrage this will ignite. From having taken classes addressing racism in detail, the very first sign of a racist in denial is the claim that they have plenty of friends of a certain race. LOL :D So when I heard that, red flag just popped up and danced in front of me.
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    cgreen38 Common sense, p

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    Heard that on the local news last night. I live about 15 minutes from the city where this happened.
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    saying nothing at all
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    Saying nothing at all is better than making hints at it......
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    We're all racist to some point. Just face it. :) Some more or less than others. Claiming not to be racist at all is just a plain lie.
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    Speak for yourself buddy.

    I think you may be thinking of prejudice, not racist. There is a difference.
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    i guess i will have no need for my hood in the future. we need to save the whites!!!

    being serious... i wonder if he approves of blacks marrying mexicans or whites marrying asians, etc. or is it just the black and white folk he doesn't want multiplying.
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    1337Rolla oh my

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    this is BS and I would punch the justice in the face.

    Race should not matter at all in our 'modern' society and I find this sickening.
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    You're right. I stand corrected.
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    What if you just plain hate everybody equally?
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    GSE21tuner Formerly rollatuner110. Representing AZLexus.club

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    LOL Then you got issues.
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    including your own race?:eek:
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    its_ikon FIRST widebody

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    it's going to take a couple more generations before race doesn't matter. the government/political positions are filled with racist people who will need to die off before more open minded people are voted or appointed in. this is my opinion and i don't have facts about positions which are being held currently. im basing it on the actions i see taken or read about.
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    Well, it is a fact that there are people in office that grew up in the 50s and 60s and had shady backgrounds during that time. Youre right....it will take a while for all of that to "die off".
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    I agree as well. New blood will replace the old blood eventually. Change is never overnight sadly. However, times are changing. Look at our current president for example.

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