Official Refuses License for Interracial Marriage

The Commercial Appeal (2007-Current) › October 16, 2009

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NEW ORLEANS - A Louisiana justice of the peace said he refused to issue a marriage license to an interracial couple out of concern for children the couple might have.

Keith Bardwell, justice of the peace in Tangipahoa Parish, says it is his experience that most interracial marriages do not last long.

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Official Refuses License for Interracial Marriage

"I'm not a racist. I just don't believe in mixing the races that way," Bardwell said Thursday. "I have...

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