# America 2009: No Interracial Marriage

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/america-2009-no-interracial-marriage/513966>\
**Category:** The BBQ Pit\
**Created:** [October 15, 2009, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/america-2009-no-interracial-marriage/513966 "2009-10-15T23:36:54Z")\
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**Author:** ![DanBlather](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f4b2a3/32.png) [@DanBlather](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DanBlather)\
**Post date:** [October 15, 2009, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/america-2009-no-interracial-marriage/513966/1 "2009-10-15T23:36:54Z")

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[Wow](http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091015/ap_on_re_us/us_interracial_rebuff;_ylt=AqqGx62b.VPmYyOMamnLftNH2ocA;_ylu=X3oDMTJvYjZhc2JlBGFzc2V0A2FwLzIwMDkxMDE1L3VzX2ludGVycmFjaWFsX3JlYnVmZgRjcG9zAzUEcG9zAzUEc2VjA3luX3RvcF9zdG9yaWVzBHNsawNpbnRlcnJhY2lhbGM-), just wow.

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> NEW ORLEANS – A Louisiana justice of the peace said he refused to issue a marriage license to an interracial couple out of concern for any children the couple might have. Keith Bardwell, justice of the peace in Tangipahoa Parish, says it is his experience that most interracial marriages do not last long.  
> “I’m not a racist. I just don’t believe in mixing the races that way,” Bardwell told the Associated Press on Thursday. “I have piles and piles of black friends. They come to my home, I marry them, they use my bathroom. I treat them just like everyone else.”

But at least he lets black people use his bathroom.

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**Author:** ![descamisado](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e480ec/32.png) [@descamisado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/descamisado)\
**Post date:** [October 16, 2009, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/america-2009-no-interracial-marriage/513966/2 "2009-10-16T00:01:40Z")

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He’d also probably let them post in his [thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=536107).

Maybe.

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**Author:** ![Gfactor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/9de053/32.png) [@Gfactor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gfactor)\
**Post date:** [October 16, 2009, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/america-2009-no-interracial-marriage/513966/3 "2009-10-16T00:08:58Z")

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Closed as a duplicate at the OP’s request.