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LynneSin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-19-09 01:44 PM
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Justice who blocked interracial marriage: ‘Everybody hates me’
File this one under "No shit, sherlock!"


http://rawstory.com/2009/10/judge-wont-resign/

Justice who blocked interracial marriage: ‘Everybody hates me’


By David Edwards and Daniel Tencer
Monday, October 19th, 2009 -- 10:01 am

Beth and Terence McKay wouldn't be married today if Keith Bardwell, a justice of the peace in Hammond, Louisiana, had his way. Bardwell became the subject of intense controversy last week when he refused to grant a marriage license to the interracial couple, saying he fears for the offspring of mixed-race marriages.

Since then, the Louisiana chapter of the ACLU has called Bardwell's decision "tragic and illegal," and Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal has called for the justice's license to be revoked. But Bardwell is refusing to resign.

"Despite calls for his resignation, the justice himself says he's not going anywhere, that he's not sorry, and that in fact he's done nothing wrong," CNN's Kieran Chetry reported Monday morning.

Asked by a WFAB-TV interviewer if he was a racist, Bardwell responded: "Absolutely not. My definition of a racist is to hate black people, or treat black people differently than anybody else."



So I guess as long as you 'stick to your own kind' the Judge won't deny you a chance to marry

:grr:
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dionysus Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-19-09 01:45 PM
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1. well, he earned it...
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LynneSin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-19-09 01:48 PM
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3. Well he was just toppled for the title of "Most stupid, ignorant judge'
thanks to the judge that would allow a woman to die alone rather than allow her parnter to visit her in the hospital - only because they were a same sex couple.
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KamaAina Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-19-09 01:47 PM
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2. Well, no, not everybody.
I'm sure David Dukkke, just a couple of parishes down the road, is fine with him. :eyes:
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deutsey Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-19-09 01:49 PM
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4. Guess he should go eat worms.
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tularetom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-19-09 01:57 PM
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5. Well, maybe not EVERYBODY - betcha rush doesn't hate him
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jaxx Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-19-09 02:05 PM
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6. Gee maybe he knows how that couple felt when he gave them the big NO.
Sounds like just another whiney assed winger to me.
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Vickers Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-19-09 02:11 PM
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7. Other racists don't hate him.

:eyes:
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burning rain Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-19-09 02:16 PM
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8. Bardwell wouldn't have taken the decision he did...
and explained it the way he has, had he not reckoned that it would be accepted socially and politically in his neck of the woods. That's chilling--and I'm sure he based his judgment on observation of majority opinion in his little world. I'm sure he wasn't expecting wider scrutiny--good thing he's getting it.
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thereismore Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-19-09 02:20 PM
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9. This guy thinks that by denying mixed marriage licences he's equally fair to blacks AND whites!
He really isn't racist at all!
:sarcasm:
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Brewman_Jax Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-19-09 02:22 PM
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10. Everybody hates him? Really?
Like the sign on my past college professor's door said:



:nopity: :nopity: :nopity:

Please, tell me all about it.
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SidneyCarton Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-19-09 02:23 PM
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11. One wonders why.
Edited on Mon Oct-19-09 02:24 PM by SidneyCarton
Oh, wait. No, it's pretty clear, no one likes a bigot.
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mtnester Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-19-09 02:27 PM
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12. The guy needs this desperately
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LeftishBrit Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-19-09 02:29 PM
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13. How strange that everyone hates him! I just can't think why!
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Swamp Rat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-19-09 02:36 PM
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14. Refusing to resign?
:wtf:

That fucking racist piece of shit should not only resign, but he should hold his breath for at least 30 minutes.

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malaise Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-19-09 02:39 PM
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15. He should be fired
for breaking the law
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smoogatz Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-19-09 02:41 PM
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16. Because in wingnut-land, racists are victims
of people who point out that they're racists. It's a hate crime!



:crazy: :crazy:
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malaise Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-19-09 02:43 PM
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17. Apparently Vitter supports him
his silence is deafening.
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LynneSin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-19-09 02:48 PM
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19. Vitter hasn't come out against him - interesting
not suprising though.
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Triana Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-19-09 02:45 PM
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18. and rightfully so. n/t
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spanone Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-19-09 03:06 PM
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20. i'm sure the kkk will honor him at some ceremony
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lpbk2713 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-19-09 03:11 PM
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21. Unfuggenbelievable.



Does he wear a hood and a robe while on the job?

Or just in his spare time?
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lunatica Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-19-09 03:15 PM
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22. Not everyone hates you. David Dukes loves you...
Edited on Mon Oct-19-09 03:55 PM by lunatica
I'm sure a few other and and I'm sure everyone who's a loves you too.
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intheflow Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-19-09 03:17 PM
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23. "My definition of a racist is... to treat black people differently..."
Edited on Mon Oct-19-09 03:18 PM by intheflow
Like not letting them marry who they want? :eyes: By his own definition he's racist.
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jmm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-19-09 03:22 PM
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24. If you wouldn't want a black man to marry your daughter then you are treating people differently n/t
Edited on Mon Oct-19-09 03:24 PM by jmm
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damntexdem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-19-09 03:50 PM
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25. Hey, the hate is earned -- as is its unanimity.
But he could likely diminish his unpopularity just a smidgen by immediately resigning. If he did, I'd agree to hate him a little less, anyway. ;-)
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busybl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-19-09 04:07 PM
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26. so how does it feel?
You earned it.
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Manifestor_of_Light Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-19-09 11:50 PM
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27. Let's tell him about hybrid vigor, since he's "worried about the kids".
:banghead:

Absolutely the opposite of what he thinks.
:grr:
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rebel with a cause Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-20-09 01:13 AM
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28. What my Baptist preacher father would have asked him.
"Who died and made you God?" He was Free Will Baptist and that is about how he felt. He believed you should not make someone else live what you believed. Not that he believed the way this man did, but he was fanatically strict in his beliefs. He accepted my mixed marriage just fine but he did not like my kids having been christened in the Catholic church. lol Did that not set well with him. But then I always did what I thought was best. My kids were exposed to several religions and raised in none. Oh, did I mention my children probably have every 'race' there is represented in them and they are beautiful people.
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ThoughtCriminal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-20-09 09:21 AM
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29. Learn from it. nt
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SIMPLYB1980 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-20-09 09:22 AM
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30. What the hell did he think was going to happen?
:shrug:
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ecstatic Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-20-09 09:25 AM
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31. Tweety nailed it: That judge wants to prevent another Barack Obama
from being born. So much so that he is willing to lose EVERYTHING to keep it from happening.
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peekaloo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Oct-20-09 09:26 AM
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32. What's his definition for "asshole"?
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