Sunday, October 18, 2009

Newlywed won't tolerate La. official's 'overt racism'

(CNN) -- The woman who was denied a marriage license by a Louisiana justice of the peace because he refused to marry interracial couples said the official should lose his job.

Beth McKay says a Louisiana justice of the peace denied her a marriage license since it was an interracial union.

Beth McKay says a Louisiana justice of the peace denied her a marriage license since it was an interracial union.

Beth McKay said she never could have expected what she heard from Tangipahoa Parish's 8th Ward Justice of the Peace Keith Bardwell when she called his office a week ago to officiate her marriage to her African-American fiancé, Terence.

Picture Inset of Beth Mc Kay

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