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NEW ORLEANS (AP) -- A white 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."

Bardwell said he asks everyone who calls about marriage if they are a mixed race couple. If they are, he does not marry them, he said.

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    goog91 month, 1 week ago

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    Get your facts straight. This did not take place in New Orleans. Dont label it as if it did.

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    djn3nunez31 month, 1 week ago

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    Key up the banjo music.......

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      Dionys1 month, 1 week ago

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      But the Republicans tell us we're in a post-Racial society and that racism is a thing of the past.

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        cloud151 month, 1 week ago

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        "I'm not a racist. I just don't believe in mixing the races that way,"

        Face, meet palm.

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          kellekrapache1281 month, 1 week ago

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          Who has the right to decide, Who someone loves better yet marry. And it is against the law for the Justice of the peace to make that decision for this couple. He was wrong and out of line.

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