# Interracial Couple Denied Marriage License in Louisiana

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interracial-couple-denied-marriage-license-in-louisiana/513961>\
**Category:** Great Debates\
**Created:** [October 15, 2009, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interracial-couple-denied-marriage-license-in-louisiana/513961 "2009-10-15T22:45:35Z")\
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**Author:** ![UltraVires](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/ecccb3/32.png) [@UltraVires](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UltraVires)\
**Post date:** [October 18, 2009, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interracial-couple-denied-marriage-license-in-louisiana/513961/61 "2009-10-18T16:22:43Z")

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> [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](#):
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> Well said.
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> I can’t understand why so many people seem to fail to grasp this point. The Justice of the Peace has a **duty** , and this one is not fulfilling his duty. In fact, he’s refusing to do his duty.
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> Therefore he should be relieved of said duty.

I agree 100%, and I’ve said that I feel that he should lose his job. What I dispute is that he should be charged criminally for a civil rights violation.

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**Author:** ![Contrapuntal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e274bd/32.png) [@Contrapuntal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Contrapuntal)\
**Post date:** [October 18, 2009, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interracial-couple-denied-marriage-license-in-louisiana/513961/62 "2009-10-18T17:46:46Z")

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I wonder if that JP realizes that every Black couple he marries has at least one “interracial” member, whatever that means, and most likely two, unless they have just flown in from Africa.

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**Author:** ![Captain\_Carrot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f0a364/32.png) [@Captain\_Carrot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Captain_Carrot)\
**Post date:** [October 18, 2009, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interracial-couple-denied-marriage-license-in-louisiana/513961/63 "2009-10-18T17:56:59Z")

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> [@orcenio](#):
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> If I refuse service to blacks, I’m discriminating them due to their race.  
> If I refuse service to whites, I’m discriminating them due to their race.  
> If I refuse service to Asians/Arabs/Indians/Chicanos/etc or any mix thereof, I’m discriminating them due to their race.

Nitpick: if you refuse service to a black guy in your restaurant because he’s not wearing shoes, that’s not racial discrimination, and it’s pretty much always legal.

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**Author:** ![orcenio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/orcenio/32/1036_2.png) [@orcenio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/orcenio)\
**Post date:** [October 18, 2009, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interracial-couple-denied-marriage-license-in-louisiana/513961/64 "2009-10-18T18:16:27Z")

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> [@Captain\_Carrot](#):
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> Nitpick: if you refuse service to a black guy in your restaurant because he’s not wearing shoes, that’s not racial discrimination, and it’s pretty much always legal.

Another nitpick: I said “blacks” (whites/Asians/etc) not “a black guy”

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**Author:** ![casdave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c6cbf5/32.png) [@casdave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/casdave)\
**Post date:** [October 18, 2009, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interracial-couple-denied-marriage-license-in-louisiana/513961/65 "2009-10-18T18:46:28Z")

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I’d be also interested to know why he feels qualified enough to decide not to let grown adults make their decisions, good or otherwise.

It is even more than racial discrimination, it is an attempt to extend the power of the state into the decisio nmaking of its citizens without any mandate.

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