Comments on: Louisiana: Interracial Couple Denied Marriage License By Justice of The Peace

By: The Bunny

The Bunny — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 16:06:49 +0000

@ ROCK,
Yes a preacher can refuse to perform a ceremony for various reasons. The difference is that this man refused to grant them a marriage LICENSE, a legal document reflecting the law that he took an oath to uphold. Whatever his personal views, he broke the law – that’s the issue.

By: Harriet

Harriet — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 16:02:20 +0000

Rock,

There is a difference. A clergyman deals with spiritual matters, and it’s his or her prerogative to determine whether or not a couple is spiritually prepared for the beauty and challenges that marriage provides. It’s their responsibility to marry people by the power vested in them from God, not the state.

A JOP, on the other hand, is supposed to use the law of the state he or she works for in order to marry people. His “opinion” was contrary to the laws set aside by the state of Louisiana. Whether I agree or disagree with him is not the issue. I give him props for standing on what he believes in, no matter how fallacious it may be. But when what he believes in is the direct antithesis of the laws governing the state he works for, it’s time for him to look for another place of employment.

By: Anna

Anna — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 02:37:19 +0000

Anne Marie said:
The guy is a racist, no doubt about it. But then again, it is a good lesson to all those black guys who don’t appreciate women of their own race. The minute they get an education or some money, they rush for white, Asian or hispanic girls. It is a great shame since many black men claim they don’t want their daughters to marry white guys. Why the double standards? Most African American men treat their women savagely, leaving them with so many fatherless kids. They should be ashamed of themselves. Many black women are unhappy becuase their own men have rejected them. The guys are junkies, jailbirds and save abusers. And those who are light skinned or mixed race are worse. They feel “white”. They should borrow a tip from President Obama, and marry good solid beautiful black women. This obsession with women from other races is a shameful embarrassment. It exposes the black men’s pathetic insecurities and desperation to be associated with white people, even as they pretend not to like them!
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My black husband married me with 3 kids, my children’s black father is with a black woman. Not all black men are junkies, jailbirds or abusers. I guess we really do get what we attract. I have white skin and my mom was white and my dad is black. I don’t feel anymore white than I do black, it’s others that have to lable you being you and the ppl I know call me Anna. I find more critizim with me being mixed more so from the black ppl than I do whites. There are many black ppl with light skin who have two black looking parents. Sometimes a grand parent or a great grandparents genes show their presence in a new generation. My white looking brother married a woman 15+ years ago and she does look like Michelle Obama. She is educated, smart, funny and has a great job, just as my brother does. She is not just the color of Our First Lady but looks like her. I am too old to hang around anybody, that is so racist that they show their true colors. Most racist ppl are nothing more than those who find a way to discrimminate against others for not being them. Isn’t that self hatred at it’s best? You can enlighten me. I don’t judge one by thier color but their lack of knowledge. Ignorant and racist ppl to me come in all colors themselves.

By: Dee

Dee — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 19:52:05 +0000

@ Anna Marie – Wow, what you wrote could have very well been written by William Bedford Forrest, who founded the KKK. The sentiment is almost exactly the same. Your generalizations about black men treating there women savagely is shameful. Your generalization that black men are junkies and jailbirds, could have come straight out of the KKK handbook, or a 70’s blackspoitation movie. Your assumptions of how light skinned black people feel is simply ignorant! Your views indicate a level of racial intolerance that is even greater than the Justice of the Peace in this article. You are intolerant of according to your comment:

Black men with education
Black men with money
Light skinned black people
White people of course
Oh and any Black Man who does not marry a dark skinned female!

You are certainly entitled to your view. But my view is that, your views and the obvious hate that you have is more damaging to African Americans than anything this JOP could have said or done.

By: ROCK

ROCK — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 04:05:59 +0000

it is no difference than a preacher saying that he won’t marry people for varying reasons. if someone has convictions or believes about something being wrong then they shouldn’t do it. he didn’t say they couldn’t get married, he just said that he wouldn’t marry them.

By: Harriet

Harriet — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 12:05:48 +0000

Rock,

Wrong is wrong, no matter what color you wrap it up in. I believe there still would have been a problem, only the black JOP’s reasoning probably would have been different.

Would it have been blown up in the media like this case? I doubt it…more than likely it would just be a blip on the radar screen. But that doesn’t speak to a racial bias within the black community…it speaks to one within the media.

By: ROCK

ROCK — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 03:27:50 +0000

IF A BLACK (JOP) HAD DONE THIS THERE WOULD BE NO PROBLEM, NOW TELL ME WHO IS RACIST?

By: Anne Marie

Anne Marie — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 03:11:46 +0000

The guy is a racist, no doubt about it. But then again, it is a good lesson to all those black guys who don’t appreciate women of their own race. The minute they get an education or some money, they rush for white, Asian or hispanic girls. It is a great shame since many black men claim they don’t want their daughters to marry white guys. Why the double standards? Most African American men treat their women savagely, leaving them with so many fatherless kids. They should be ashamed of themselves. Many black women are unhappy becuase their own men have rejected them. The guys are junkies, jailbirds and save abusers. And those who are light skinned or mixed race are worse. They feel “white”. They should borrow a tip from President Obama, and marry good solid beautiful black women. This obsession with women from other races is a shameful embarrassment. It exposes the black men’s pathetic insecurities and desperation to be associated with white people, even as they pretend not to like them!

By: Anna

Anna — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 00:30:59 +0000

Ok, call me naieve.(I am so naieve I don’t even think I spelled it right). LOL. Why do ppl leave a comment but it’s only a copy and paste of the post/title? Is it only to link their website? If so I find it tacky(for lack of a better word). I have always told my kids that you have to earn your keep, in other words if you eat at someones house help clear the table and help with the dishes. The more polite thing for one to do is leave a comment when browsing someones site and we might click on yours. Is it a full moon? I am not a mean person but I inherited a new pet peeve. LOL. Ppl who only click on sites to pass off their own websites. I did find BMWK from another website but it was on their “roll blog” list.

By: LaTip

LaTip — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 23:05:26 +0000

There is no justification for what this Judge (if I can call him a Judge) has done. He should be sued and removed from the bench! Furthermore, being concerned for the children? Bull crap! I work with an agency where all races have issues and it is not specific to whether an individual is multi-racial. Problems arise because we are human being not because of race! This is absolutely pathetic!