Interracial Couple Denied Marriage License!

Another perez Hilton find- and I'm astonished!! This makes me sick! When I was 17 I had a huge crush on a football player at my college who was black. When I told my mom (I use the word lightly) she gave me that tight lipped "mmmhmmm" and I asked why the change in attitude? She had been very excited when I told her I had a crush on some one named "Jason" and flipped he attitude when I showed her a picture of him. She said " I just worry about you having interracial children, they get treated differently". Well, the last time I checked I was just crushing on the guy and I wasn't planning on having children at the time- let alon the fact that I was a virgin still!! People make me SICK especially racist people!!! 

http://perezhilton.com/2009-10-16-interracial-couple-denied-marriage-license

This is unacceptable! It's 2009!

An interracial couple was denied a marriage license from the justice of the peace of Tangipahoa Parish Louisiana. Now there is a demand that Keith Bardwell step down from the position. Patricia Morris of the local NAACAP chapter says:

"He's an elected public official and one of his duties is to marry people. He doesn't have the right to say he doesn't believe in it. If he doesn't do what his position calls for him to do, he should resign from that position."

Apparently Bardwell's reasoning for refusing to issue the marriage license to Terrence McKay and Beth Humphrey was that in his experience interracial marriages do not last and he worries about the couple's future children. He insists that he's not racist:

"I'm not a racist. I do ceremonies for black couples right here in my house. My main concern is for the children."

We call BS and his behavior is completely racist!

Morris has said that she has forwarded the case to the statewide and nationwide levels of the NAACP. Good!

Love is love, people! Marriage should be for everyone!

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