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Interracial Marriage Denied…in 2009? | October 17, 2009

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Yes, you read the tittle correctly…an interracial couple was denied a marriage license in the state of Louisiana. Yes, it is 2009. Yes, it has been close to 60 years since the Civil Rights Movement. But apparently…does that mean anything? Do laws concerning tolerance and segregation effect the way one acts in their daily life or better yet judge?
This judge comments on how his decision to not grant the marriage license was for the simple fact that he doesn’t want the prospective child that the couple would have together to “struggle.” He claims not to be a racist, but simply just doesn’t believe in “mixing the races that way.” Sir, how do you expect any child, who is mixed, to have an easier time if you keep on feeding the problem? Are your actions exempt from effecting the children, whom you seem to be so concerned about?
When I see stories like this, I often wonder how far we have really come.