A Justice of the Peace down in Louisiana has refused, REFUSED, to issue a marriage license to an interracial couple out of concern for any children the couple might have. Out of concern for children they may have? or out of concern that you just don't like the mixing together of the races? Keith Bardwell, justice of the peace in Tangipahoa Parish, believes [no, wait, he knows] that most interracial marriages do not last long so he will not perform such ceremonies. I guess Keith doesn't read statistics on marriage at all, because, if he did, he'd learn that most marriage have a 50-50 chance of failure. So, Keith, honey, take off the white sheet and the pointy hat and put 'em back in the shed with the lawn crosses, because marriages don't last, any of them, and you should not be performing them.
Now, that was mean of me. I mean, the KKK joke. See, Keith Bardwell says he is not a racist, and he can prove it. He marries black people, all the time, right there. In.His.Own.Home.
Now, that begs the question, do they get to come in the front door? Drink from the same faucet as you?
Bardwell said he has discussed the topic with blacks and whites, along with witnessing some interracial marriages, and concluded that most of black society does not readily accept offspring of such relationships, and neither does white society.
He says he doesn't want the children to suffer in a situation they did not bring on themselves, and says if he performs one interracial ceremony he would have to perform them for all. see, Bardwell says, "I try to treat everyone equally."
Okay Keith, I've had enough.
You, my friend, are a racist, but you like to cover it up with the old, Some-of-my-weddings-are-for-black-folk argument. That doesn't work. You're a racist because you've decided what is best for people, because you've decided that interracial marriages don't work. You're a racist, Keith.
And as asshat to boot.
Story HERE
UPDATE: This just in from British Columbia ISBL Bureau Chief Joanne.
Maybe good ol' boy Keith Bardwell should take a listen to Russell Peters. The whole world's mixing, baby, and soon we'll all be beige!
Whenever I think the world is making progress, I read stupid shit like this. Unreal. He should be fired from whatever job he has.
ReplyDeleteI've been expecting this since Prop. 8 in California.
ReplyDeleteHatred and bigotry are like weeds: As soon as they are allowed to sprout, they flourish.
Bob you really need to find a copy of Russell Peters (Canadian comedian) when he describes how in the future we better get used to the fact there will be no white, black, brown or yellow. We will be beige -- he describes (very funny stuff too) how his race (brown) has the most people and they will take over - so we all better just get used to beige. Thing is there is so much truth to it.
ReplyDeleteOk searched it out
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KR3wGlRcUKo
Can this be legal??
ReplyDeleteIsn't that amazing? How can this guy possibly think he is not a racist? Jeez!
ReplyDeleteLaugh all you want but I know someone whose father was Jamaican and mother was Italian. Cute too.
ReplyDeleteAnd I also know of a Korean/Greek family.
As to the asshat clerk, he should be slapped down as soon as possible.