It’s been a couple weeks since a Louisiana Judge created a total media whirlwind. In case you haven’t heard, Justice of the Peace Keith Bardwell refused to marry a interracial couple. And as crazy as this sounds, this wasn’t the 1st time he refused. There have been several local reports that confirm that has always maintained that policy.
Judge Bardwell says he created the policy because interracial marriages cause harm to the interracial children. ”I’ve had countless numbers of people that was born in that situation, and that they claim that the blacks or the whites didn’t accept the children. And I didn’t want to put the children in that position”, Judge Bardwell said.
I know you probably think he is joking, but he’s serious.
What I find amazing is, Judge Bardwell was elected to office in 1975. It makes me wonder what other judicial rulings he’s made on racial bias. With 30 years in office, I wonder if the State of Louisiana will investigate his court files. To add insult to injury, during a CBS interview the Judge says the law wasn’t broken.
P.S. Thanks to all the reader emails regarding this news story.
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