Judge who refused to marry interracial couple quits.

[theweaselking]

"I do hereby resign," began the only sentence anybody was interested in hearing out of Keith Bardwell, who until November 3 had been Justice of the Peace for the Eighth Ward of Tangipahoa Parish, Louisiana. Everybody has been calling for him to get out of the justicing business since early October, when he refused to sign a couple's marriage license because one is white and the other is black.

It's a start.

Comments

[reyl.livejournal.com]

Please exit slowly so the door may hit you hard on the way out.

PS can I run into you sometime soon? I need your John Hancock!

[itlandm.livejournal.com]

A moment of good judgment there.

[sandchigger.livejournal.com]

Maybe, but it's a poor start. Intolerant assholes like that shouldn't be allowed the dignity of resigning, they should be fired if not on the spot then as soon as legally possible.

[theweaselking.livejournal.com]

Absolutely! Yes, right, can do. How's tonight, or any time tomorrow during the day or evening?

[reyl.livejournal.com]

I should be home this evening after 6, if you can do a drive-by signing. I'll probably be around tomorrow night too. Disclaimer, my cellphone is MIA. Though you can Skype or MSN me to make sure I'm there. I can also arrange to meet you somewhere tomorrow downtown during the day, if that's more convenient. My office number is here.

[sparkindarkness.livejournal.com]

SAhould have happened years ago. He will so not be missed

[graethorne.livejournal.com]

Sadly, judges can't be fired per se. One more safety catch built into the structure thaqt's been loopholed and abused...

[sandchigger.livejournal.com]

Apparently in Louisiana, the state supreme court can take away a JoP's license thus effectively firing them.

[kadath.livejournal.com]

He was a Justice of the Peace, not a judge. About the only thing JoPs can do is marry people, unless he was also a notary. It means he was entirely incompetent at his only job function, but at least he wasn't screwing things up from the bench.

[graethorne.livejournal.com]

Huh. Cool.

[corruptedjasper.livejournal.com]

You know, I first read that as intersexual couple, and was quite cheered.

Then I read it as written and now I'm slightly depressed. I thought *that* one was won several decades ago.

[http://users.livejournal.com/_jeremiad/]

About dadgum time.

[iblis-kukl.livejournal.com]

[interactiveleaf.livejournal.com]

Intersexual souples have been allowed to marry legally for quite some time now, in every state in the Union. Also every state in the European Union. Also everywhere else.

/snark

(That was meant to be a funny, not an attack, just in case the [sarcasm] tag didn't take)