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BATON ROUGE, La. — A Louisiana justice of the peace who refused to marry a couple because the bride was white and groom was black resigned Tuesday. Keith Bardwell, who is white, quit the post with a one-sentence statement to Louisiana Secretary of State Jay Dardenne and no explanation of his decision: "I do hereby resign the office of Justice of the Peace for the Eighth Ward of Tangipahoa Parish, Louisiana, effective November 3, 2009." Bardwell refused to perform the ceremony for Beth Humphrey and Terence McKay because they are of different races. When questioned about his refusal, Bardwell acknowledged he routinely recuses himself from marrying interracial couples because he believes such marriages cause harm to the couples' children. In interviews, he said he refers such couples to other justices of the peace, who then perform the ceremony, which happened in this case. Humphrey has said she and McKay received their marriage license from the parish clerk of court, where they also received a list of people qualified to perform the ceremony. When she called Bardwell's office to ask about the ceremony on Oct. 6, Humphrey said Bardwell's wife told her that the justice wouldn't sign their marriage license because they were a "mixed couple." Bardwell didn't immediately return a call for comment Tuesday about his resignation, which followed calls for his ouster from several public officials, including Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal and U.S. Sen. Mary Landrieu. [1] Gov. Bobby Jindal called Bardwell's resignation "long overdue." Beth Humphrey, who is white, has said she and her now-husband, Terence McKay, who is black, received their marriage license from the parish clerk of court, where they also got a list of people qualified to perform the ceremony. When she called Bardwell's office on Oct. 6 to ask, Humphrey said Bardwell's wife told her that the justice wouldn't sign their marriage license because they were a "mixed couple." When questioned, Bardwell, who is white, acknowledged he routinely avoids marrying interracial couples because he believes children born to them end up suffering. In interviews, he said he refers the couples to other justices of the peace, who then perform the ceremony, which happened in this case. "There is a problem with both groups accepting a child from such a marriage," Bardwell said in an October interview with The Associated Press. "I think those children suffer, and I won't help put them through it." Bardwell didn't return repeated calls Tuesday to comment about his resignation, which followed calls for his removal from officials including Jindal and U.S. Sen. Mary Landrieu. "We're saddened that it took national attention to this issue, which was decided back in 1967 by the Supreme Court, and also that it took public admonishment from other elected leaders in order for him to resign," said Laura Catlett, a lawyer for Humphrey and McKay.[2]
A Louisiana justice of the peace who drew criticism for refusing to issue a marriage license to an interracial couple has resigned, the secretary of state's office said Tuesday. The actions of a justice of the peace in Louisiana who refused to issue a marriage license to an interracial couple prompted some top officials, including Gov. Bobby Jindal, to call for his dismissal. Beth Humphrey and Terence McKay say they were denied a marriage license because of their race. Gov. Jindal called for an investigation into the actions of Keith Bardwell, justice of the peace for Tangipahoa Parish's 8th Ward, who refused to issue a marriage license to Beth Humphrey, 30, and her boyfriend, Terence McKay, 32, both of Hammond. "This is a clear violation of constitutional rights and federal and state law. Disciplinary action should be taken immediately -- including the revoking of his license," the Republican governor said. Bardwell told Hammond's Daily Star in an interview that he was concerned for the children who might be born of the relationship and that, in his experience, most interracial marriages don't last.[3] Bardwell declined to marry Beth Humphrey and Terence McKay out of "concern for the children." The story caused a national controversy, drawing attention to Bardwell, who claims he's always denied marriage licenses to interracial couples in Tangipahoa Parish. Gov. Bobby Jindal (R-LA), Sen. Mary Landrieu (D-LA) and Rep. Charlie Melancon (D-LA) all quickly condemned the action and called for the justice of the peace to step down, but Bardwell held his own for weeks, defending himself in TV and print interviews.[4]
Louisiana Justice of the Peace Keith Bardwell refuses to marry interracial couples. He'''s been doing so for years, but it wasn'''t until October 2009, when he refused to marry Beth Humphrey and Terence McKay, that his actions attracted attention. Appalled by Bardwell'''s practice of checking with every couple who comes before him to see if they are interracial, then insisting that interracial couples go to other justices of the peace for their wedding ceremonies, Humphrey and McKay, the ACLU, the NAACP, Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal, and Louisiana Senator Mary L. Landrieu have all called for Bardwell'''s resignation. Bardwell insists he hasn'''t done anything wrong. '''It is my right,''' he said, '''not to marry an interracial couple.''' He doesn'''t even understand why Humphrey and McKay were offended by his refusal. '''I'''m not a racist,''' he insists.[5] BATON ROUGE, La. (CN) - The justice of the peace who refused to marry an interracial couple resigned Tuesday. Keith Bardwell didn't explain why he was stepping down effective immediately, and only gave a one-sentence statement to Louisiana Secretary of State Jay Dardenne, The Associated Press reported. Bardwell refused to perform a wedding ceremony earlier this month for Beth Humphrey, who is white, and Terence McKay, who is black. Bardwell acknowledged that he recuses himself from from marrying interracial couples because he thinks such unions harm the couples' children, the AP reported.[6] Jindal called the resignation " long overdue." Bardwell had served as a justice of the peace in Ponchatoula, LA since 1975; his term was set to expire in 2014. During the time of his tenure he had consistently refused to perform interracial wedding ceremonies, claiming that such marriages were harmful to the couple's future children. The first interracial couple to complain publicly about Bardwell's bias were Beth Humphrey and Terence McKay, who found another justice to marry them.[7] Bardwell a justice of the peace for Tangipahoa Parish refused the marriage license for Beth Humphrey and Terence McKay of Hammond. Bardwell had said that he refused to marry the couple since he was concerned about the children of interracial parents because he felt that interracial marriages do not last. He also has been quoted to say that he has married black couples in his own home.[8] The state Supreme Court will appoint an interim justice of the peace to fill Bardwell's position, Berry said, and a special election will be held next year to fill the position permanently. Bardwell, a justice of the peace for Tangipahoa Parish's 8th Ward, refused to perform a marriage ceremony for Beth Humphrey, 30, and her boyfriend Terence McKay, 32, both of Hammond, Louisiana, and sign their marriage license.[9] Bardwell's refusal to issue marriage licenses to interracial couples was out of step with our Louisiana values and reflected terribly on our state. We are better off without him in public service." Initial reports were that Bardwell refused to issue a marriage license to the couple, but in the lawsuit Humphrey and McKay say they obtained the license from the parish court clerk's office and contacted Bardwell to see if he would perform the ceremony and sign the license to legally validate the marriage. Humphrey wound up speaking by telephone with Beth Bardwell, the lawsuit said, and Beth Bardwell asked Humphrey if they were a "mixed couple." When told they were an interracial couple, Beth Bardwell said, according to the lawsuit, "We don't do interracial weddings," and told her the two would have to go outside the parish to marry. Bardwell did not return repeated phone calls from CNN in October, but told CNN affiliate WAFB that he had no regrets about the decision. "It's kind of hard to apologize for something that you really and truly feel down in your heart you haven't done wrong," he said.[9]
A justice of the peace in Louisiana who denied an interracial couple a marriage license has resigned, according to published reports. Keith Bardwell, who defended his decision as being about concern for the couple's children, did not respond to requests for comment regarding his resignation. he told a CNN affiliate that he is unapologetic for the decision. "It's kind of hard to apologize for something that you really and truly feel down in your heart you haven't done wrong," he reportedly said.[10] Keith Bardwell, a justice of the peace for Tangipahoa parish in Louisiana, has drawn widespread criticism and outrage for refusing to issue a marriage license to an interracial couple. Bardwell claimed in an interview with CNN that he is not a racist and that his main concern was for the children who might be born of that relationship. He said that in his experience, most interracial marriages do not last.[11] Last month, Louisiana justice of the peace Keith Bardwell stirred controversy when he refused to issue a marriage license to an interracial couple because he believes that such marriages don'''t usually last very long. "I don'''t do interracial marriages because I don'''t want to put children in a situation they didn'''t bring on themselves,''' Bardwell said.[12]
Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal, right, called Bardwell's resignation "long overdue." In an update to an earlier story, Keith Bardwell, the Republican Louisiana justice of the peace who refused to perform an interracial marriage ceremony in mid-October, resigned his position on November 3.[7] The Louisiana justice of the peace with the racist views that prevented him from marrying an interracial couple has resigned. It took too long, but Keith Bardwell made the right decision. Bardwell embarrassed himself and his state a few weeks ago when he drew national scorn for his actions. He showed up at the Louisiana secretary of state's office and resigned his elected post.[13] Louisiana must do whatever it can to end all forms of racial discrimination whether it be by whites against blacks or blacks against whites. Even if Justice of the Peace honestly believed in his heart that he was doing the right thing in not marrying the couple, his actions clearly violated the U.S. Supreme Court decision, Loving v. Virginia which held unanimously that a state cannot infringe upon a person's right to engage in an interracial marriage. Hopefully, this will be the end of this embarrassing moment in Louisiana history which has been under intense scrutiny ever since Katrina shed light on our state's elected officials. Whatever the reason for Bardwell's decision to resign, this time, he made the right choice.[8] Laws against interracial marriage were, in fact, America'''s longest-lasting and most fundamental form of race discrimination. After the first such law was passed by the colony of Maryland in 1664, miscegenation laws thrived for the next three centuries. By the 1930s, 30 states banned interracial marriage, many of them prohibiting whites from marrying Chinese, Japanese, Filipinos, and American Indians as well as blacks. Courts justified these laws by insisting that interracial marriage was "unnatural," a claim that became so pervasive that by 1958, 94 percent of Americans told pollsters they opposed interracial marriage. Judges claimed that because the laws punished both the black and white partners to an interracial marriage, they affected blacks and whites '''equally.''' Like Keith Bardwell, they persuaded themselves that equality somehow demanded that public officials refuse to marry interracial couples. The U.S. Supreme Court exposed the absurdity of this line of thinking in the 1967 case of Loving v. Virginia, which declared Virginia'''s ban on interracial marriage unconstitutional.[5]
The marriages don't last, Bardwell claimed, and the children are worse off. Bardwell's the one who didn't last on this round; he resigned, the state announced today. In an interview reported by CNN, Bardwell said, "I needed to step down because they was going to take me to court, and I was going to lose." Actually, the reason he needed to step down isthathe's approximately half a centurybehind the rest of the nation when it comes to civil rights. The couple were married elsewhere and are now suing Bardwell and his wife, Beth -- who they claim asked them if they were a "mixed couple" and told them they'd have to go to another parish to wed. Keith Bardwell sees it all as a matter of conscience, and that might be the one point on which he and I agree. "I found out I can't be a justice of the peace and have a conscience," he complained. Conscience does play the key role in this sad, stupid affair:Ifthe man can't obey the law, he should have been honorable enough not to take the job in the first place.[14] The couple Mr Bardwell refused to issue a licence for - Beth Humphrey, 30, and Terence McKay, 32 - have filed a federal civil rights lawsuit against him, U.S. media reported. Ms Humphrey said that when she phoned Mr Bardwell on 6 October to discuss getting the licence, his wife told her about his stance on mixed-race marriage. She said she had not expected such comments "in this day and age". Mr Bardwell, who has worked as a justice of the peace for 34 years, said that in his experience most interracial marriages did not last very long. He estimated that he had refused applications to four couples in the past two-and-a-half years.[15] Update at 8:49 p.m. ET: WAFB-TV in Baton Rouge reports that Gov. Jindal has issued a statement on the resignation.'' "This was the right decision by Mr. Bardwell," Jindal said. "What he did was clearly wrong and this resignation was long overdue." Update at 9:15 p.m. ET: ''''Momlogic, the parenting website, spoke about the resignation with Beth Humphrey, who was turned down by Bardwell for a marriage license along with her now husband, Terence McKay. "I am glad he resigned because he shouldn't have that position, but I wonder if he's resigning because he didn't have any legal options or because he felt he did something wrong?" Humphrey tells Momlogic. com. She adds that she is glad he stepped down so that "no other couples have to experience what we went through."[16]
Keith Bardwell, a white justice of the peace in Tangipahoa Parish, denied a marriage license to Beth Humphrey, who is white, and Terence McKay, who is black.[17] Beth Humphrey, who is white, and Terence McKay, who is black, were eventually married by a justice of the peace in a neighboring town. Humphrey told the Star that Bardwell's wife asked her if this was an interracial marriage when she called to make arrangements and told her to contact another justice of the peace as her husband would not sign the marriage license.[10]
Beth Humphrey and her fianc' Terence McKay were denied a marriage license from Bardwell. They have received one from another justice in the same county and have turned to an attorney to determine their next course of action. "We would like him to resign," Humphrey said in an interview with CNN. "He does not believe he is being racist. It is racist."[11] Fortunately, Bardwell's racist views didn't prevent the marriage of Beth Humphrey to Terence McKay. It was performed by another justice of the peace. Some of Bardwell's recent fighting words showed how messed up his views on this issue were: "I would probably do the same thing again.[13]
Bardwell, a Tangipahoa Parish Louisiana Judge (outside New Orleans), became famous for rejecting Terence McKay and his girlfriend Beth Humphrey, who wanted to be married by Bardwell. Keith decided to show the country what real racism was when he said "I do it to protect the children, he reportedly said. The kids are innocent and I worry about their futures" when asked why he would not marry an interracial couple. What's even more frightening is Judge Bardwell did not think he was a racist.[18] My main concern is for the children." Humphrey said in October that she wanted Bardwell to resign. "He doesn't believe he's being racist, but it is racist," she said. According to the lawsuit, Bardwell estimated he refused to marry at least four other interracial couples in the past 2½ years. "Defendant Beth Bardwell. aided, abetted and conspired with defendant Keith Bardwell to deprive plaintiffs of their constitutionally protected civil rights," according to the suit.[9]
Keith Bardwell, the justice of the peace from Louisiana who refused to marry an interracial couple, has resigned, effective today.[4] After coming under fire for refusing to perform the marriage ceremony of an interracial couple, Louisiana Justice of the Peace Keith Bardwell has resigned.[19] Chances are that Tangipahoa Parish's 8th Ward in Louisiana will get along just fine without the services of Keith Bardwell, a justice of the peace who refused to perform a wedding for an interracial couple.[14]
Louisiana Secretary of State's Office spokesman Jacques Berry said Justice of the Peace Keith Bardwelll's resignation is effective Tuesday, WDSU says. Republican Gov Bobby Jindal and Democratic Sen. Mary Landrieu had both called for'' Bardwell to step down. The Associated Press reports that'' Bardwell offered only a one sentence statement to''Louisiana Secretary of State Jay Dardenne and no explanation of his decision: "I do hereby resign the office of Justice of the Peace for the Eighth Ward of Tangipahoa Parish, Louisiana, effective November 3, 2009."[16] The McKays hired an attorney and protested the justice's actions. Despite a national uproar and a call by Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal for him to lose his license, Bardwell, 56, said in October that he had no regrets. "It's kind of hard to apologize for something that you really and truly feel down in your heart you haven't done wrong," he told CNN affiliate WAFB. Civil rights organizations had called for Bardwell to resign while Sen. Mary Landrieu (D-LA) had called for him to be dismissed.[12] The lawsuit seeks unspecified damages, claiming that Humphrey and McKay suffered emotional distress as a result of the incident. Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal has said he believed Bardwell should lose his license, and the National Urban League called for an investigation into the incident by the U.S. Justice Department's Civil Rights Division, saying in a statement that Bardwell's actions were "a huge step backward in social justice."[9]
Bardwell's actions have not gone unnoticed by Louisiana State Governor Bobby Jindal, who called for the justice's dismissal. Jindal issued a formal statement concerning the incident that explained, "This is a clear violation of constitutional rights and federal and state law. disciplinary action should be taken immediately, including the revoking of his license." Bardwell defended his actions and said, "It is kind of hard to apologize for something that you really and truly feel down in your heart you have not done wrong."[11]
Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal had called for the justice's license to be revoked. Bardwell has long had a policy of not marrying interracial couples, and admitted that Louisiana's attorney general had warned him years ago that he could "get into trouble" because of it.[10] Coverage of the refusal prompted U.S. Sen. Mary Landrieu and Gov. Bobby Jindal to call for Bardwell's resignation. Bardwell has told a Hammond newspaper that he is not racist, and that the children of interracial couples are ostracized from society. Another justice of the peace eventually married the couple.[17]
The controversy in Hammond, La., erupted after Bardwell refused to issue a marriage license to'' a white woman and a black man. They were later married by another official. Bardwell denied that he was a racist and said his concern is with the impact that an interracial marriage has on children. He says he has married white couples and black couples, but refers interracial couples to another JP.[16] A white U.S. justice of the peace who refused to sign a marriage licence for a mixed-race couple has resigned, Louisiana officials have said. Keith Bardwell had faced calls to stand down after he refused to issue the licence because the bride was white and the bridegroom was black. He denied racism but said mixed-race children were not readily accepted by their parents' communities.[15]
BATON ROUGE, La. — A Louisiana justice of the peace who refuses to marry interracial couples resigned Tuesday, after weeks of calls for his ouster from civil rights groups and several public officials, including the governor.[2] Last month, an interracial couple seeking a marriage license was turned away by a Louisiana justice of the peace on the grounds that their marriage was "mixed."[20] Louisiana justice who refused marriage license to interracial couple resigns.[12]
Bardwell is the JOP who refused to issue a marriage license to an interracial couple last month.[8]
No other couples have to experience what we went through." Beth says she and her now husband, Terence McKay, obtained their marriage license from the court clerk last month, where they were also given a list of officiants who could perform the ceremony. Beth says when she contacted Bardwell's office to make arrangements, she was told that he would not sign their license because they were a " mixed couple."[19] State officials say Keith Bardwell's resignation is effective today. He refused to perform the ceremony for Beth Humphrey and Terence McKay because they are of different races.[21]
BATON ROUGE, LA (AP) - A Tangipahoa Parish justice of the peace who refused to perform the marriage ceremony for an interracial couple has resigned. [21] BATON ROUGE, La. -- A justice of the peace who refused to marry an interracial couple last month has resigned.[17]
Ever since the Loving decision, refusing to marry an interracial couple has been'''and despite Bardwell'''s protestations, still is'''a clear denial of constitutional rights. In the forty years since Loving, there has been a historic turnabout in public opinion; today most whites and blacks tell pollsters they approve of interracial marriage.[5] Bardwell said that neither black nor white society accepts the offspring of an interracial couple, and the children suffer as a result. He also stated that interracial families are unstable, and the children of these families often end up in the care of grandparents. '''In my heart, I feel the children will later suffer,''' he said, adding that "if he does an interracial marriage for one couple, he must do the same for all," The Hammond Daily Star reported. '''I try to treat everyone equally,''' he said.[10]
Visit UShow.com Keith Bardwell, the Justice-Of-The-Peace who denied an interracial couple Louisiana marriage resigns.[18] Now, perhaps we can find some sort of racial peace in Louisiana now that the Justice of the Peace Keith Bardwell has decided to resign.[8] Peggy Pascoe is Professor of History and Ethnic Studies at the University of Oregon. Her book, What Comes Naturally: Miscegenation Law and the Making of Race in America, has won two awards from the Organization of American Historians : the Lawrence Levine Prize for the best book on American cultural history and the Ellis Hawley Prize for the best book on political economy or American institutions. In the post below she looks at the actions of Justice of the Peace Keith Bardwell.'' Read her previous OUPblog post here.[5]
Finally bowing to mounting pressure, the justice in question, Keith Bardwell, resigned Tuesday, according to an Associated Press article.[20] Keith Bardwell resigned in person at the Louisiana secretary of state's office, said spokesman Jacques Berry.[9] According to various media outlets, Bardwell resigned in person at the Louisiana secretary of state's office.[8]
Louisiana Secretary of State's Office spokesman Jacques Berry said Bardwell's resignation is effective Tuesday.[17]
Landrieu said Bardwell's refusal to marry the couple reflected terribly on the state. "By resigning. and ending his embarrassing tenure in office, Justice Bardwell has finally consented to the will of the vast majority of Louisiana citizens and nearly every governmental official in Louisiana. We are better off without him in public service," she said.[2] Catlett said the resignation won't stop the lawsuit, which also names Bardwell's wife as a defendant. "This does not in any way change the fact that he, with his wife's help, discriminated against an interracial couple while he was a public official," Catlett said.[2] For most of American history, Bardwell'''s refusal to marry an interracial couple would have been standard public policy.[5]
We say good riddance. When asked about the incident, Bardwell, a white man, admitted that he has a habit of turning away interracial couples because the children of these couples will suffer in life. It's 2009.[20] According to some estimates, in 2005 as many as 7% of American married couples were interracial, though the number of marriages between whites and blacks stood at a much more modest 422,000. It would be a mistake to assume that attitudes like Bardwell'''s can be safely consigned to the past.[5]
Humphrey and McKay have filed a civil rights lawsuit against Bardwell in federal court. It will be interesting to see whether other couples who experienced discrimination at the hands of Justice Bardwell will come forward to express their support of Humphrey and McKay, or perhaps even join their lawsuit or pursue separate litigation.[7] Humphrey and McKay, who will appear on an upcoming episode of the Tyra Banks Show, have filed a federal civil rights lawsuit against Bardwell.[19]
Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal called the resignation "long overdue". "This was the right decision by Mr Bardwell. What he did was clearly wrong," he said in a statement. [15] The refusal was met with an eruption of criticism from civil rights groups and public officials, including Louisiana's governor, Bobby Jindal.[20]
Apparently Bardwell is not a relic of bad times passed. He is an example of the work America has left to do. It is without any sense of irony that the liberal-socialist-left-wing-conspirators at the Alligator Editorial Board congratulate Republican Gov. Jindal - gasp - for his outspoken criticism of this man and his ignorant bigotry. Jindal, an ethnic Indian born and raised in the southern state of Louisiana, likely faced some of the same bigotry that he publicly denounced in the weeks since this issue hit the headlines. It would have been easy to stay out of the public discourse, or at the very least, make a few passing remarks about the issue.[20] The conservative Governor Jindal had urged that Bardwell resign from office. The Louisiana Republican Party did not issue any statement although they daily comment on matters related to local and national political affairs and have in the past requested Louisiana democrats to disassociate themselves from behaviors they have considered to be distasteful or unlawful.[8]
Gov. Jindal kept the pressure on, with public statements that undoubtedly contributed to Bardwell's resignation.[20]
Keith Bardwell is entirely wrong, but he'''s not entirely alone. Perhaps this helps explain why he'''s gotten away with his outrageous behavior for so long. Though, it only makes it all the more important that he be removed from public office.[5] Keith Bardwell has said he was concerned about children of mixed-race married couples.[9]
The couple filed a federal discrimination lawsuit against Bardwell and his wife, Beth Bardwell, on October 20, claiming the two violated the Equal Protection Clause of the 14th Amendment. Bardwell, speaking to CNN affiliate WBRZ, said he was advised "that I needed to step down because they was going to take me to court, and I was going to lose." "I would probably do the same thing again," he said.[9] Now the couple is speaking out. In an exclusive statement to momlogic, Beth Humphrey says, "I wonder if he feels he did anything wrong? Being an interracial couple, you're concerned with how people really feel about you. It's a shame. I am glad he resigned because he shouldn't have that position, but I wonder if he's resigning because he didn't have any legal options or because he felt he did something wrong? He doesn't think he did anything wrong and refuses to apologize, so again, I am glad he resigned.[19]
A significant segment of several state populations still refuses to recognize that interracial marriage is a legal right. In 1999 and 2000, when South Carolina and Alabama finally got around to removing bans on interracial marriage from their state constitutions, the public vote was roughly 60 percent for removing the bans and 40 percent for leaving them in the state constitutions.[5] I found out I can't be a justice of the peace and have a conscience." His "conscience" told him it was all right to disobey the law of the land, which allows interracial marriage -- and has for 40 years. He won't be missed.[13] Inbred racism, simple as that. Essentially he is saying that he is not obligated to perform at least one of his duties as a justice of the peace. "Almighty God created the races white, black, yellow, malay and red, and he placed them on separate continents. But for the interference with his arrangement there would be no cause for such marriages. The fact that he separated the races show that he did not intend for the races to mix."[10]
CNN added that Census Bureau figures showing that Bardwell's parish in Louisiana "is about 70 percent white and 30 percent black."[10]
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7. Louisiana justice who refused to perform interracial marriage ceremony resigns
8. Louisiana Justice Bardwell Resignation Can Start New Race Chapter
9. Louisiana justice who refused interracial marriage resigns - CNN.com
10. Louisiana justice who refused interracial marriage resigns | Raw Story
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12. Think Progress » Louisiana justice who refused marriage license to interracial couple resigns.
13. Disgraced justice of peace resigns in Louisiana | Midwest Voices
14. They do, he doesn't anymore | Opinion L.A. | Los Angeles Times
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19. EXCLUSIVE: Couple 'Glad' Justice Resigned | momlogic.com
20. The Independent Florida Alligator: Opinion - Good riddance to judge who refused to marry interracial couple
21. JP who wouldn't marry interracial couple resigns - KSLA News 12 Shreveport, Louisiana |
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