Louisiana justice who refused interracial marriage resigns
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http://rawstory.com/2009/11/louisiana-justice-refused-interracial-mar...
A justice of the peace in Louisiana who denied an interracial couple a marriage license has resigned, according to published reports.Keith Bardwell, who defended his decision as being about concern for the couple's children, did not respond to requests for comment regarding his resignation. However, he told a CNN affiliate that he is unapologetic for the decision.
"It's kind of hard to apologize for something that you really and truly feel down in your heart you haven't done wrong," he reportedly said.
The Louisiana chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union called the justice's move "tragic and illegal." Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal had called for the justice's license to be revoked.
Bardwell has long had a policy of not marrying interracial couples, and admitted that Louisiana's attorney general had warned him years ago that he could "get into trouble" because of it.
http://rawstory.com/2009/11/louisiana-justice-refused-interracial-marriage-resig...
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Varex_Sythe
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Yeah, though I hope nothing violent comes from this, I also hope that this former judge gets into a lot more trouble because of this.
- 3 months ago
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Varex_Sythe
