October 16, 2009

Louisiana Justice Plays God

Posted in Discrimination, Race Relations tagged , , , , , , , , , at 9:48 am by kim podvorac

Louisiana justice of the peace Keith Bardwell is doing his darndest to maintain the impression of the South as a region of backward, out-of-touch discriminators. He is in the news this morning for refusing to grant a marriage license to an interracial couple. The couple plans to file a discrimination complaint against him. Good for them. What I can’t understand is why a complaint hasn’t been filed before now. This guy’s been a justice of the peace for 34 years, but claims he’s only turned away four interracial couples and all in the past 2 1/2 years. Sorry, I’m not buying it.  Read more…

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