11.03.2009 5:20 pm

Justice of the peace who refused to marry interracial couple quits

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

A Conversation about Race relayed news last month about a Louisiana justice of the peace who refused to marry an interracial couple. The Associated Press is reporting today that he has resigned without offering an explanation.

AP reports:

Keith Bardwell, who is white,…

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Tags: Beth Humphrey, interracial couples, interracial marriage, Keith Bardwell, Louisiana justice of the peace, marriage license, Tangipahoa Parish, Terence McKay

10.16.2009 10:29 am

Louisiana justice of the peace refuses to marry interracial couples

By Steve Parker

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

A justice of the peace in Louisiana refuses to perform marriages of interracial couples because he believes most of society wouldn’t accept their offspring, the Associated Press is reporting.

AP reporter Mary Foster quotes Keith Bardwell, justice of the peace in…

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Tags: ACLU, AP, Beth Humphrey, Hammond, interracial couples, interracial marriage, Katie Schwartzmann, Keith Bardwell, La., Louisiana justice of the peace, Mary Foster, Tangipahoa Parish, Terence McKay, The Associated Press

Justice of the peace who refused to marry interracial couple quits

Louisiana justice of the peace refuses to marry interracial couples

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