U.S.: An interracial couple was denied the right to marry. In 2009.
- He’s an elected public official and one of his duties is to marry people. He doesn’t have the right to say he doesn’t believe in it.
- Tangipahoa Parish, Louisiana, NAACP branch president Patricia Morris • Regarding Justice of the Peace Keith Bardwell, who would not issue a marriage license to an interracial couple last week. He claimed he wasn’t being racist, but simply thinking of the children. Likely story. Anyway, Bardwell, an elected official, legally is to perform weddings without bias or prejudice, neither of which he did in this situation. • source