Interracial couple denied marriage license

Keith Bardwell, a white justice of the peace in Tangipahoa Parish, Louisiana, refused to marry an interracial couple earlier this month. Beth Humphrey, who is white, and Terence McKay, who is black went to Bardwell to make their union legal, but he refused on the grounds he thinks interracial unions do not last and the children of those unions may suffer. His refusal has caught the attention of civil and constitutional rights groups, the state's Legislative Black Caucus, national media, and even the White House. Incidentally, one need look no further than the White House to see the children of any union--even an interracial one--can go as far as their dreams can take them.

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