The way these people smile for the camera, it doesn’t look like they are all broken up over this.  In fact, I’d be tempted to re-write the headline as:  Newlyweds Discover Old Worn Out Method of Appearing in New Headlines

Regardless, over the years I have heard countless ministers and preacher men say that they would not “recommend” an inter-racial marriage for exactly the same reasons as this justice of the peace, because of the negative impact it has on the offspring of these mixed unions.  Of course, they wouldn’t just come out and say that Scripture frowns on mixed marriages (like it does), but that’s understandable considering the majority of them do not typically use Scripture as their standard in the first place.

The woman who was denied a marriage license by a Louisiana justice of the peace because he refused to marry interracial couples said the official should lose his job.

Beth McKay said she never could have expected what she heard from Tangipahoa Parish’s 8th Ward Justice of the Peace Keith Bardwell when she called his office a week ago to officiate her marriage to her African-American fiance, Terence.

McKay spoke with Bardwell’s wife to make arrangements for the ceremony.

“At the end of the conversation, she said that she had to ask me a question. She asked if this was an interracial marriage.” When McKay replied yes, she was told, “Well, we don’t do interracial weddings or marriages.”

McKay said she was beyond shock. “We are used to the closet racism, but we’re not going to tolerate that overt racism from an elected official.”

Source/Full Story: CNN.com