Louisiana Judge Refuses To Marry Interracial Couple! "It's Just Wrong!"

[TheSanguineOne]

Interracial marriage makes me cringe, but they have the right and should be legally allowed to elope.

[iwouldbonekerihilson]

Only blacks I'm disgusted with are the gang banger ones who makes the rest of the black group look bad.

[anuangelseyes]

Damn...WHY arent all these big media people like David Blitzer doing any stories on the RACIST aparthied state of ISREAL...huh..we NEVER will see any shit on that issue-but whites wanting to preserve thier race gets coverage COAST TO COAST.-this is BLATENT miscegination PROPAGANDA-if you cover white racism cover jewish as well-ANTI-RACIST=ANTI-WHITE.

[sajm4315]

WTH!!!

[38funkster]

fuck niggers leave are women alone!!!!!

[MinmatarThrasher]

Good on that judge.

[Phenomental1ty]

Fucking American yanks. rofl.

[RidirichdFlann]

I agree with him, not a fan of it either

[ModestDanny]

Every One should stick to their own.. EVERYONE

[growingpainsfanatic]

The judge stepped down, but he shouldn't have, that judge is my hero. He should have kept on refusing to marry blacks and whites. I love that judge, I wish more people felt the way he did.

[growingpainsfanatic]

The judge is not racist, you immature people need to stop labeling the judge as racist.He has black friends, if he were racist, he would hate all black people.The couple probably went to the justice of the peace because probably the guys parents wouldn't approve of him marrying a white woman and the brides parents probably didn't approve of their daughter marrying a black man.Blacks should marry blacks and whites should marry whites.I have no hatred for black people and neither does the judge.

[Shellytpto11]

WHO CARES WHO YOU MARRY!!! SHIT....CUT YOUR EYEBALLS OFF!!!

[zammmerjammer]

He thinks he has a "right" to discriminate against people? That's interesting... Oh, sorry, did I say "interesting"? I meant "stupid".

[loytube1]

FAIL SOLEDAD! bardwell in the story is not a judge or a supreme court justice! he's a justice of the peace. you're more concerned about sensationalism than reporting the facts. piss poor journalism. too bad you're so gorgeous or you wouldn't get away with doing such a bad job.

[PurpleNightButterfly]

i whould say to drop this judge in Harlem or the Bronx and let the black brothers and sisters beat his ass up since they whould say "its OUR right"

what a piece of crap this judge is...a vile, ugly, pure racist piece of shit

[makecg]

this pisses me off

[yooottooob]

Congratulations to CNN for such responsible reporting.

[UberGodless]

You want to hear my freedom? HEIL HITLER!

[dpeoplesable]

@UberGodless Will you use your freedom to say, "HEIL HITLER" when you face God? REPENT OR YOU WILL FEEL THE FIRE!

[UberGodless]

@dpeoplesable ill use my freedoms to shit on the bible and feed em to religious peons like your family im sure. go fuck yourself nigger loving american fail. Heil Hitler and Death to American swine.

[immarocker247]

No one has a right to tell someone they're wrong for who they love. If they want to get married why not? It is no one's business who he sleeps in his bed in his bed at night.

[UberGodless]

Heil Hitler. To all you fucking nigger bangers and vice versa, all i have to say is the white race will not tolerate this attitude forever. the white race will be a minority in america within 40 years, you will see a civil war before that happens. Whites have been fucking up this world with a passion for too long a time to just start receding into fuck fetishes and fantasies for minorities. You are all going to wake up or die. I prefer the later but the choices will be left up to you.

[UberGodless]

This is a win for whites, thank the union we preserved Lousisiana in its.

[Torqem]

@UberGodless Uber assclown what "win" ? Another Justice and a white one at that married that nice couple you stupid racist! Death to racism and NeoNazis, Klansmen, and Minutemen! DEATH TO YOU ALL!

[cielospree313]

wow. race. i hope you all know race is not biological. there is no biological difference between a "black" and a "white". yet people still allow race to be used as a form of social stratification. Bardwell is wrong because he stood in the way of two people in love getting married simply because of race. as a judge, with that responsibility that is not his call.

[sandinyourshoes]

May I ask for clarification of the term "us?"

I certainly was not trying to make this judge a villain. He does not have to be in favor of inter-racial marriage if he does not want to. However, whether he can just refuse to perform the ceremony is a question of what the law will allow. Yes, we have freedom of choice. However, that does not mean such freedom is not subject to certain conditions. There is no complete freedom anywhere.

[mikebyrd42069]

interracial marriage should be banned

[NatKingCole46]

YES, INTERRACIAL MARRIAGE SHOULD BE BANNED! I am an example product of an interracial couple. And my life was utter misery only because my parents were interracial. You people have no idea what we mixed people have to go through..

[sandinyourshoes]

Society is NOT color-blind. Some folks will accept inter-racial dating and marrying and some won't. Let people make up their own minds. However, that judge was in no position to object. How can he forget that he must uphold the law first? When Soledad appeared on this video as the reporter on the story, I just knew Blitzer would bring up HER ethnic background! That always happens in these situations when I watch them. That proves again that people see differences no matter what they said.

[JediAce12]

This is great! Soon all this mixing will come to an end and all blacks and whites will hate each other once again. Soon everyone will stick to their own kind. I think the judge is right for not having this mix marriage. Because it is just wrong!

[Torqem]

@JediAce12 YOU THINK ITS BETTER FOR BLACKS AND WHITES TO HATE EACH OTHER? FUCK YOU YOU IGNORANT RACIST FOOL! I LIKE ALL THE COLORS IN OUR HUMAN RAINBOW. THE HUMAN RACE IS OUR FAMILY AND YOUR STUPIDITY IS SAD AND YOU ARE IN THE MINORITY! MULTIRACIAL UNITY!!!!

[badtown88]

I mean he has a point. What do mixed race kids ever become? You know besides President...

[EndlessDark16]

They can become whatever they choose to become. There is no law saying they can't become a doctor, police officer, electrician, nurse, dental hygienist, computer programmer, etc. They can be whatever they choose to be once they get to college just like everyone else in this country.

[badtown88]

It was sarcasm, helllllo!!!!!

[EndlessDark16]

It's difficult to see sarcasm through text. Now if it were said in person, I'd have realized it was sarcasm. But over the internet, nope.

[badtown88]

I would have thought even through text saying "All someone could become is president" would be fairly obvious.

[EndlessDark16]

You said "besides president," which I figured was something someone said against you in a previous argument. I figured maybe they said "Well look at Obama, he became something" and so therefore you said "besides him."

[badtown88]

Doesn't anyone in this fading Republican understand sarcasm anymore?

[Foolishk1ng]

lol

[MrTTaylor25]

@badtown88 You mean besides becoming National Security Advisors, Supreme Court Justices, Generals etc...

LOL!

[xshortcake079x]

I hope they sue for every penny that judge has. It's unconstitutional.

[whitelatinno01]

USA is the only country on the american continent that had Segregation.......

How would Old Lonely Hearted Whitey Americans looking for love internationally like it if they get a taste of their own medicine and we don't allow Whitey Old American date our women??

MAYBE REDNECKS SHOULD NOT BE ALLOWED TO DATE ASIAN GIRLS........

[whitelatinno01]

THE SCARS AND PAINS OF SEGREGATION AND JIM CROW LAWS:

50 years ago, we were not allowed to interact with white americans........so if you had a crush on a white american girl....it was taboo!! not allowed!!!

Then 50 years later...whitey americans say.....OH SEGREGRATION IS A THING OF THE PAST.....INTERACT NOW.....

But the problem is WHITEY AMERICAN GIRL TURNED INTO A 50 YEAR OLD WORN OUT HAG AND SHE DOES NOT LOOK THE SAME!!!!

American white people are such IDIOTS

[Caribman75]

Did any one notice that this guy has a genetic disability. Would he deny marriage to someone that has a genetic disability fearing for the health of the children that would be born?

[kingtafari9]

someone help me here is it 1950 or 2009?

[makecg]

@kingtafari9 2010

[sakurabender]

@kingtafari9 Its 2010, and people need to grow up

[MinmatarThrasher]

@sakurabender So? Racism today hasn't changed at all over the years. It's for the most part the same. Thankfully.

[sakurabender]

@MinmatarThrasher Oh yes it has, people are a lot more tolerate than they were way back in the 20's and 30's. Heck, they're more tolerate than they were in the 50's. But then they are some people who refuse to get their heads out of their asses and realize that PEOPLE (no matter the skin color) are people.

[MinmatarThrasher]

@sakurabender Not really. The only difference between now and then is that we don't act out on it today for fear of losing jobs/getting kicked from school etc.

Make no mistake though, Racism is alive and well. Especially here in the south.

[sakurabender]

Racism has changed a lot. For the most part there is no segregation. ( although their are subtle hints of racism here and there)

Of course racism is still alive, and thats because people (especially people in the south) refuse to get their heads out of their asses and see that everyone is human. it's 2011 people, wake up and smell the roses. And if you can't do that, stay inside and save the rest of us the trouble having to deal with your ignorant asses.

[MinmatarThrasher]

@sakurabender If you think Racism is exclusive to southerners then you're in for a very rude awakening.

[sakurabender]

@MinmatarThrasher I know its not exclusive for southerns (racism is EVERYWHERE if you take the time to look for it), but it shows up more in the south than in any other part of the US.

[MinmatarThrasher]

@sakurabender Pretty much yeap.

I'm very racist towards blacks myself. Disgusted by'em.

[sakurabender]

@MinmatarThrasher That's nice to know. -_-

For your information, I am black.

[MinmatarThrasher]

@sakurabender Your point?

[sakurabender]

@MinmatarThrasher You've been hoodwinked. :)

I'm guessing you thought I was white. :/

[MinmatarThrasher]

@sakurabender No. I don't care if youre white black brown yellow whatever.

I'm racist towards blacks and will never treat them as an equal.

I know many people who have been severely damaged by mistreatment from blacks. I will hate them from now until I die and my children will know why I hate them because they have a right to know.

Sure you can say that I can't pin the actions of a few on a whole group of people. But I honestly don't care. First Impressions matter. And I've formed an opinion.

[sakurabender]

Wow, so you are very stereotypical. White people (the KKK to be exact) tied my great uncle to a railroad track and watched him get ran over, yet I don't hate the entire race. And I won't teach my children to hate others either.

But by forming an opinion that ALL people of a particular race are bad, then your just setting yourself up for disappointment because your bound to be proven wrong.

[MinmatarThrasher]

@sakurabender You see. I've met decent black people before. I wasn't rude to them. But I still hate them. I'm not so racist that I would act out on it in violence. In fact, I'm only racist towards blacks. So no. I'm not setting myself up for disappointment. I know the reality. But I have my opinion and that will *never* change. That burning fire of hatred in my stomach will *never ever* go away. I will always hate blacks. Because I will always view them as primitive, destructive, savages.

[sakurabender]

I'm not going to try to convince you that your own opinion is an ignorant blanket statement (which to me it is.) but whatever. By the way, what's the point of the asterisk mark. -_-

Personally, I hate all white people from the south. They're a bunch of ignorant, neo-nazi (or KKK) people who are still obsessed with being apart of the confederate army. (I know I'm generalizing, but I can't stand them. And I never will. I've never met a nice person from the south that was born and raised there.)

[Sallyallie89]

@MinmatarThrasher So you generalize an ENTIRE race based on a select few people? That sounds just as stupid as hating everyone with blue eyes because all blue eyed people were mean to you at one point. Or it's as silly as hating all blond haired men because a few blond haired men bullied you when you were a child. When will you learn that physical appearance has nothing to do with one's actions? Never it seems. I feel sorry for your children who will be raised to be racists.

[WarRogers]

Reporters should just report the news and not give their personal opinions

[eddiesocket]

They should have Louisiana vote on whether to allow interracial marriage. Works with the gays.

[EndlessDark16]

Why should Louisiana have to vote? It was ruled in 1967 that the government can't tell you who you can and can't marry. That goes for ALL states.

I have a much better idea. Keith Bardwell should do his job correctly. He's been doing his job wrong for too long. He needs to step down or do his job right.

[eddiesocket]

I know. I agree, I was just making the point that it's just as wrong to vote on whether or not gay people should be allowed to marry. In 2008, it was ruled in California that gay people could get married, then Prop 8 came along.  I was trying to point out the similarities, because the government STILL tells some people "who you can and can't marry".

[felixduhcat89]

Soledad is hot :)

[Torqem]

@felixduhcat89 I'll second that Soledad is a great looking woman!

[EndlessDark16]

I wonder what he would have done if an interracial couple came up to him and said they can't have kids due to medical problems. Like they physically can't have children. Then I wonder what his lame excuse would be.

[datruth1282]

If it was a black woman marrying a white man he wouldnt have had a probelem marrying them. White men only have a problem with interracial if it is white women doing it, it's only okay if they are doing it.

[LJARSONBECK]

Well with an illegitamate birth rate of 78% among the black populace you should be able to see where white people would want that immature behavior spilling over into their families- god knows we have enough problems with dumb ass white kids trying to be black after watching MTV for an hour...it's fucking sad. Besides the girl has a trashy tattoo across her wrist- she's a skank- I'd have let her get married- but I think I may have refused her the right to reproduce until she cleans up.

[datruth1282]

You are just putting together an excuse in an attempt to try and justify white men having double standards. Who do you think you are fooling? You are fine with white men going to the other side you just dont want your white women doing it.

[cne08]

Disbar the judge.

[eddiesocket]

Absolutely.

[Dragonwolverine]

Another Book :) lol.

Black women i am not a racist to proof myself to you i am willing to have sex with you :) lol.

And to all of the black man out there SIZE doesn't matter :) lol.

To all the white girls out there saying if you go black you never turn back.

Thats false; If you turn black most white guys dont whant you back :) lol.

OMG..Is this crap still going on fired the judge he is probably a very old one that is getting senile and think that he is back living in the 1930.

[KWayneNL1]

For all of you with the negatives comments, you all must not like your current situation or have had bad experiences in the relationship department or...your parents were too ignorant to explain to you to except all races. My girlfriend (who is white) and I have been together for two years now and our relationship is GREAT!. We are currently engaged and looking to get married after we both finish law school this summer. For the ignorant comments, get your racists head out your ass and wake up

[htmldesigner]

I say two thumbs up for the Justice of the Peace for doing what he felt was morally right if more people did what was morally right we wouldn't have shit like that going on.

[TheeAssyrian2000AD]

If this was a black woman trying to marry a white man, he would have married them on the spot. If this was a black women with a white man, this video would have 100,000 hits per second. It's funny that it's a double standard from black women with this type of shit.

[Pvtjamesryan2]

This is just disgusting.

Blacks need to find their own women!!

[TheeAssyrian2000AD]

They are all with you white men. I guess most black men aint got a choice but to settle for white women.

[mizouyuu]

Is African penis a serious threat?

[rayj778]

stupid ass nigger lovers. white women are retarded

[twilightawakening]

This is why governments shouldn't have the power to allow people to marry.

[jag10]

Her parents are probably happy that she didn't marry a doo-rag wearing, fat, unemployed, unshaven, young Southern...um... gentleman.

Wolf, is Latino the new Black?

[jusitke07]

Bigotry to anybody merely because they are not white.....I'd say yes, Latino is the new Black. Neo-nazi, and KKK look at any Latino & Latina, regardless if they're even American citizens, and label them as "ILLEGAL ALIENS"

[glenisah]

WHOOP!WHOOP! We have a news flash for you Mr Judge. When you are NOT in your authoritative position you have as many rights as the next person heck probably more, But when you are practicing the duties of your position your only RIGHT is to perform the duties prescribed to you.

Nothing More Nothing Less

Roll your prejudices out of town

[deveousdevil]

ugghh, sigh*. white racists. they can't handle a black president, so they'll mess with civilian lives just to spew some sort of hate.

[Tunedup81]

I'm embarrassed to be an American....

[exacerbatedtaboo]

You didn't do anything wrong. It was this bigot racist asshole that did the wrong. Don't take on the petty bastards guilt. Fuck him and I hope one of his kids marries a black person.

[BeantownJim]

This is not in the Constitution That is a lie!

[BeantownJim]

I'm in favor of this!

[rayj778]

me too

[thorkyll]

Wolf Blitzer said Obama "turned out to be just fine" ....yeh, a fine example of a douche bag.

[Garlannd]

I'd be curious what this guy's take on same sex marriages are. Is he okay with same sex marriages as long as they're the same color?

[diamondlady1126]

Would he marry Mexican/White, or Chinese/white? Did anyone ask him that question?

[OnlyIfYouSayPlease]

Oh Nooooo!!!

Black people are being treated like Gay people!!! Except not really...

[Biffmiester]

True... homophobia is rampant nationwide. This just perpetuates the stereotype of Southern people being racists.

[mynameisbobtoo]

the more church people have (like in the Bible belt) the more bigotry they tend to exhibit....Just my observation from living all over this country.

[Garlannd]

Yeah except for the fact the president will actually do something to help this couple out. Instead of making false promises he intends to do nothing about to the gay community about them being treated like the human beings they are!

[harderizbetter]

And we waste so much F**king money on War in Iraq and Afghanistan but yet in a small Hick town there is still Racist MF's here in this country. We should focus on this and solve our problem here before we go off fight another war in a foreign country. In short America... solve your Racist problems first before you go tell some one in another country how to treat their own people.

[railroadtrash09]

He was authorized but not required to marry them, so I doubt that he will get disbared. He is probably right by saying they will some day get divorced, but a judge should never allow personal feelings to guide his professional decisions.

[Biffmiester]

Disbar, disbar, disbar... and then prosecute.

[harderizbetter]

true, i would first file a complaint then I would sue.

[RoyalDemonforChrist]

that's Louisiana for you.

[MaryJesusJoseph]

I guess I shouldn't be surprised but I always am when this kind of thing comes up 50 years after the civil rights movement.

[greyflcn]

Well, I'm not terribly surprised.

But what would surprise me is if this guy gets off with nothing more than a mere slap on the wrist.

This guy should be out of a job.

[harderizbetter]

True, if this Racist Person doesn't want o marry a mixed couple then go to another town or another state, gays are doing it.

[mrbhave]

Disbar this racist MF.

[harderizbetter]

Racist people and their beliefs will never die it will only go underground the come back like a flu. The only way to eliminate it is make it law that if anyone is a racist against gender and color should go to jail simple as that.

[mrbhave]

Although I like your idea, remember that we're talking about a racist judge. It's kind of tough to get judges to uphold that law if they're the ones breaking it (aside from blood in the streets).

[mynameisbobtoo]

I think the judges saw the former president and his ilk didn't have to uphold the law, nor do coorporations or big banks, and the health insurance companies so he figured I'll join in on the idea that law is for the middle class only.

[mrbhave]

It certainly feels that way, doesn't it. But the time when the wildebeests turn on the lions is quickly approaching us.

[Duobitdezo]

That's what happens in the south, so many backwards people down here.

[whoo689]

I sure hope this asshole judge lost his job after that, but did the couple ever get married? Did they go to ANOTHER judge that would get them married?