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What Decade is it Anyway? Louisana Judge Refuses to Marry Interracial Couples

posted October 16, 2009 - 7:56am
What Decade is it Anyway? Louisana Judge Refuses to Marry Interracial Couples

Ever read the news and feel like you've been transported back in time? Did I wake up in the 1950's? Keith Bardwell, a Louisiana Justice of the Peace has been denying marraige licences to interracial couples for the past 2 1/2 years. He's taken this stance because he thinks children of interracial marraiges suffer since society frowns upon them, not because he is a racist, so he says. Read the entire article here


Article: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091016/ap_on_re_us/us...

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