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Date Posted: Wednesday, November 04, 11:10:30am
Author: DE
Subject: Judge quits...end of problem?

That judge who refused to marry a couple because if interracial reasons has quit. Well At Least he did the honorable thing even if he did need a little shove in the proper direction.

La. judge done after flap over interracial wedding
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AP – Beth Humphrey McKay poses for a photograph in her apartment in Hammond, La., Tuesday, Oct. 20, 2009. … By MELINDA DESLATTE, Associated Press Writer Melinda Deslatte, Associated Press Writer – Wed Nov 4, 7:44 am ET
BATON ROUGE, La. – At least four times in the last 2 1/2 years, Keith Bardwell says he refused to marry interracial couples while serving as a Louisiana justice of the peace.

He said from his experience and discussions, he had concluded that blacks and whites do not readily accept offspring of such relationships, so the children end up suffering.

His latest rebuff to a bride and groom of different races turned out to be his last. After weeks of calls for his ouster, Bardwell resigned after 34 years in office Tuesday, leaving his reasons a secret.

His one-sentence statement to Louisiana Secretary of State Jay Dardenne said: "I do hereby resign the office of Justice of the Peace for the Eighth Ward of Tangipahoa Parish, Louisiana, effective November 3, 2009."

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