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Sat Oct-17-09 02:58 PM
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"I stand by my decision, and it is my right not to marry an interracial couple." |
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Sat Oct-17-09 03:00 PM
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1. . . . stuck in the 1930's? . . .n/t |
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Sat Oct-17-09 03:42 PM
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Sat Oct-17-09 03:00 PM
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As a private citizen yes, he has the right to personally not recognize the union.
But as a civil servant I really don't think you have the right to act in anyway you please.
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Sat Oct-17-09 03:17 PM
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25. Of course it's his right. |
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It's also our right to get him off the bench.
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Sat Oct-17-09 03:46 PM
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57. It's above his pay grade. What a line. |
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Sat Oct-17-09 05:28 PM
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70. true. he has no 'right' in the definition of his job to do this, the bastard. |
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Sat Oct-17-09 03:01 PM
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Sat Oct-17-09 03:03 PM
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8. I am not sure he has a law degree and is a member of the bar... |
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...not required in some jurisdictions.
At a minimum, he needs to be removed from office ~~ he had as a private citizen be the biggest bigot he wishes. He just cannot do that on the public payroll in regard to the rights of others.
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Sat Oct-17-09 03:06 PM
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14. Tie him to the tracks? n/t |
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Sat Oct-17-09 03:07 PM
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15. Whatever it takes to remove him from office.... |
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...works for me! :evilgrin:
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Sat Oct-17-09 03:22 PM
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32. If he is, he should form a partnership with Oily Twatz |
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I have a feeling they would attract the same type of clients.
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Sat Oct-17-09 03:26 PM
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Edited on Sat Oct-17-09 03:26 PM by Hepburn
...:rofl:
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Sat Oct-17-09 03:01 PM
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4. And the rest of us reserves the right to call you a racist asshole. n/t |
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Sat Oct-17-09 03:02 PM
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If you can't do your entire job then you need a different one - like those asshole pharmacists that insist they can't fill a prescription because of some bogus moral reason
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Sat Oct-17-09 03:02 PM
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6. Wow...racist AND stupid... |
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...and completely oblivious to the shit storm that's coming his way.
Wow, I can't wait to see him defend his ignorance in front of the cameras...cuz they're coming for him!
What an IDiot!
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Sat Oct-17-09 03:04 PM
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9. The bald faced allegation that he has ... |
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...A RIGHT as a public official to discriminate? Jaw dropping stupid...:wow:
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Sat Oct-17-09 03:02 PM
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7. Okay. Then it's your government's right to fire your ass |
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for failing to perform your job competently.
So long!
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Sat Oct-17-09 03:05 PM
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10. No, buster, you're a public servant and it's NOT your right |
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If he wanted the right to refuse to marry people he didn't approve of, he should have become a preacher, not a justice of the peace.
The law is not on his side.
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Sat Oct-17-09 04:28 PM
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66. DId Massachusetts or Vermont allow county employees to refuse to serve gay couples? |
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Sat Oct-17-09 03:05 PM
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11. Actually, since it is legal for interracial couples to marry, it isn't your right to break the law.. |
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... and receive a paycheck.
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Sat Oct-17-09 03:05 PM
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12. Actually, since it is legal for interracial couples to marry, it isn't your right to break the law.. |
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... and receive a paycheck.
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Sat Oct-17-09 03:06 PM
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13. Wow, what a throwback! nt |
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Sat Oct-17-09 03:12 PM
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16. Another jaw dropping quote from Bardwell: |
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Edited on Sat Oct-17-09 03:12 PM by Hepburn
Bardwell, who is caucasian, insisted that he is "not a racist" and claimed to have "piles and piles" of black friends who use his bathroom. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keith_BardwellHoly Mother of Batman ~~ this twit is a pile of fries short of a Happy Meal! :wow:
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Sat Oct-17-09 03:14 PM
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19. How gracious of him to let them touch the toilet |
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Sat Oct-17-09 03:17 PM
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23. Wonder in his integrated bathroom is he supplies... |
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...separate rolls of TP?
What a complete and total asshole. He bases NOT being the bigotted pig he is on the alleged fact that he allows blacks in his bathroom?
This man is not only a racist POS, he is totally IN-FUCKING-SANE!
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Sat Oct-17-09 03:16 PM
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22. "black friends who use his bathroom" |
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What a douche nozzle. :rofl:
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Sat Oct-17-09 03:18 PM
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26. Hey, I have allowed Republicans to use my john... |
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...even during the Bush Admin ~~ does that mean I supported the invasion of Iraq?
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Sun Oct-18-09 05:58 AM
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79. I went by his house and took a pic of that bathroom |
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Sat Oct-17-09 03:13 PM
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17. He's a government employee, for Chris's sake |
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A worthless and nasty employee.
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Sat Oct-17-09 03:14 PM
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18. No, it is NOT your freaking right!!! |
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You took a oath to uphold the laws of your state regardless of how you or anybody else feel about them--and you, along with anybody else are welcome to try to change them. Meanwhile, you are derelict in your duty and BREAKING THE LAW--and you aren't going to "save" any interracial offspring because YOU DON'T NEED TO BE MARRIED TO HAVE OFFSPRING!!! Louisiana, dispose of this human anachronism AT ONCE!!!!
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Sat Oct-17-09 04:06 PM
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59. And who says this couple will choose to have children, anyway? |
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Their reproductive future is none of his damn business. Seriously....
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Sat Oct-17-09 03:15 PM
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20. and why do his supposed "rights" supercede his citizens' rights? |
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to me, its the same issue as the idiot pharmacists who won't dispense birth control.
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Sat Oct-17-09 03:16 PM
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21. This is the lovely couple |
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that is obviously a threat to their future children :sarcasm: :sarcasm:
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Sat Oct-17-09 03:19 PM
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29. Looking at the two of them.... |
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...those poor threatened children are gonna be helliciously gorgeous!
Glad to read in other articles that a JP in a neighboring district married them.
Best wishes to them...:hug: :loveya:
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Sat Oct-17-09 03:25 PM
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37. Ha! I thought the same thing! |
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They are both really good-looking! I hope they are having a lovely honeymoon and not feeling too stressed about all this nonsense.
Congrats and best wishes to Beth and Terence! :toast:
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Sat Oct-17-09 03:27 PM
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42. Wooooooooot ~~ yeppers! |
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Hope they are having a great honeymoon! :hi:
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Sat Oct-17-09 03:28 PM
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Terrence seems pretty well balanced. Yet, he is obviously a product of multi racial heritage. But, this idjit JP thinks Terrence will have imbalanced kids. :crazy:
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Sat Oct-17-09 03:17 PM
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24. Probably lost in the bayous of Louisiana. |
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Or he has his head so far up his XXX that he has not clue what decade or century he is living in.
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Sat Oct-17-09 03:19 PM
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27. We can all see this is bullshit, but is anyone in authority going to DO something about this? |
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Sat Oct-17-09 03:19 PM
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28. We lost track of reality for a moment... |
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...we thought that electing President Obama to office represented "change," and it DID, but...
...we were then "shocked" to see the racist banter being tossed around by the GOP. We were "shocked" that homophobia might actually be worse than we thought it had been all along.
There are people in the world who would deny you an equal share of what is due to you because of your skin color, religion, gender, sexual orientation...
...what did the election of Barack Obama to office accomplish in the way of CHANGING that?
"Jack Shit."
What it accomplished is that the people who are committed to change (as opposed to pissing and moaning about what they want but do not have) now have a President who is ALSO committed to change, rather than taking vacation after vacation after vacation on his Crawford Pig Farm.
Change is gradual. In the eight years of Bush-Cheney, NO ground was gained in the areas of race or sexuality. Oh, Cheney's loud-mouthed asshole daughter had the opportunity to call John Edwards a "motherfucker" for acknowledging her secual preference, but that's about it. If someone is Gay-Lesbian-Transgender-Bisexual-etc and they have Mary Cheney as a poster child, that's a problem in and of itself. She's a foul-mouthed, angry, loudmouthed asshole. Being a lesbian doesn't change that.
Change is not given.
Change is fought for.
Let's fight with our President, and fuck this "I won;t marry an interracial couple" asshole.
When Barack Obama leaves office, people in the South wil still be wearing sheets.
Not ALL of them.
SOME of them.
He does not have the ability to make that go away. It's older than the world.
Let's do the best we can, with the President WE elected.
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Sat Oct-17-09 05:00 PM
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67. We shouldn't have to wait for our elected officials to obey the law |
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Sat Oct-17-09 03:19 PM
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30. He's a public official. He has an obligation to uphold the laws of LA. |
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That includes issuing marriage certificates to anyone legally allowed to marry. I hope this ass gets fired before gay marriage becomes the law of the land.
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"Bloom also took note of President Obama being the product of an interracial marriage, wondering of Bardwell, "Has he had any kind of basic awareness of who our president is?"
Ummm, the unrec patrol is on the prowl. I guess I wouldn't want my dirty laundry aired in public either.
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Sat Oct-17-09 03:24 PM
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...his awareness of Obama probably underpins his decision to not allow for any more bi-racial children. Cuz ~~ gasp ~~ we could have more elected officials how are not pure white!
I cannot believe this asshole JP thought for 2 seconds he could get away with racist bullshit like this ~~ based on caring about the children??? What a load!
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Sat Oct-17-09 03:30 PM
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NAILED THAT FUCKING RACIST BASTARD!!!
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Sat Oct-17-09 03:22 PM
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33. so a judge can refuse to marry a couple because of their races? you gotta be shittin' me |
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Sat Oct-17-09 03:25 PM
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38. No, he broke the law. |
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I hope others who have been denied speak up too.
This racist bastard deserves what's coming to him. :grr:
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Sat Oct-17-09 06:32 PM
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75. he needs to be removed immediately |
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Sat Oct-17-09 03:23 PM
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34. What, this fucking asshole thinks he has the RIGHT to discriminate??? |
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I hope he loses his job and license to practice law FOREVER!!!
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Sat Oct-17-09 03:25 PM
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39. Privately, he has a right to be an absolute fucking racist asshole ~~ |
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~~ which I am sure he does with 100% efficiency.
As a public servant? He has less than -0- right to break the law and thereby discriminate against anyone based on race, religion, etc.
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44. Figuratively speaking, I hope he is nailed to a crucifix for this. |
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This fucking bastard should. at least, be fired immediately, and get whatever else federal and state authorities can throw at him.
Man, this shit MAKES ME FUCKING MADDER THAN HELL!!!!!!! :grr:
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Sat Oct-17-09 03:33 PM
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...I have very, very close friends who are an interracial couple ~~ he is black and she is white. They are like my children ~~ in fact they often call me "mom." Their child, of course, is bi-racial and since I have no actual grandchildren of my own, she is in my mind my grandchild. I could not love her any greater if in fact we were biologically related. She is a straight A student, a cheerleader, college bound, bright, polite, funny, caring and intelligent. Where does this POS JP get off basically saying it was bad for her to be born???
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Sat Oct-17-09 04:20 PM
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Did you see the coverage on Channel 6 last night?
They interviewed one of the townsfolk who said in his best Southern drawl,
"I'm not prejudiced. But ah shore wouldn want one of 'em marryin ma daughters."
As if anyone but his cousins would want to marry one of his daughters.
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Sat Oct-17-09 04:26 PM
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65. You see they have been allowed to violate the law in other areas |
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Dumb fucking pharmacists refusing to sell the pill to people with prescriptions, so called pro-life morons terrorizing doctors who perform abortions, etc. Time to rein in these fucking lunatics. Apparently they are all above the law.
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Sat Oct-17-09 03:24 PM
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36. They should reopen all his old cases. |
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Sat Oct-17-09 03:27 PM
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41. So how is this judge different from a pharmacist who refuses to dispense birth control? |
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Oh those slippery slopes the reichwing starts us down.
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45. I don't see one bit of difference except one is a public office and... |
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...the other serves the public health. Real similar to me and essentially the same. All of these rights are based on the Const protected right of privacy.
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52. I'm just wondering who will be the first reichwingnut to jump on the "conscience clause" bandwagon |
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56. I nominate Jeff Sessions. N/t |
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Sat Oct-17-09 04:24 PM
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64. The Justice of the Peace swore an oath to uphold the US Constitution |
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Sat Oct-17-09 03:36 PM
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49. He can refuse to do it if he wants, I just hope he's ready to lose his job over it. |
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It would serve the assh*le right.
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50. I cannot find the link to it now... |
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...but while I was reading about this on the Internet, there was one article which state that he has refused 4 time ~~ I am not sure if this current refusal is included in this number ~~ to marry interracial couples.
Why has it taken THIS MANY OFFENSES to have some outrage? Unbelievable!
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60. The others were probably so used to |
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the prevailing attitude in that area that they were not outraged.
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Sat Oct-17-09 03:40 PM
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51. Yes, it is your right not to marry an interracial couple |
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and you EXERCISE that right by resigning from your public office. It is NOT your right to deny others their rights while a public servant.
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Sat Oct-17-09 03:43 PM
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54. Wow...I can't believe these responses |
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"He's a religious man who is following what the Bible says. God says not to mix races and I sure do wish young people would listen. I have mixed grand-children,all who have times come in crying because they were tormented by the other children. People of mixed races who marry don't care about what their children will have to go through."
I think he made the last sentence up to defend his moranism.
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55. Unbelievable bullshit.... |
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...false claims of trying to protect children... to justify bigotry.
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Sat Oct-17-09 03:49 PM
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58. I was born in 1983... |
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Maybe that's why this seems so absurd to me. Even the idea of denying basic civil rights to groups I don't like too much, such as Mormons, disgusts me.
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Sat Oct-17-09 06:39 PM
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77. I was born in 1986 and this racist shit seems insane to me! |
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I have many relatives that are half Native American (Ojibwe). Nobody cares. I really don't understand this crap, I really don't.
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Sat Oct-17-09 04:15 PM
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61. Pssst. Moses married an Ethiopian. Shhhh. |
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If God said mixed marriages are wrong, then I guess Moses didn't get the memo.
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Sat Oct-17-09 07:15 PM
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78. Pssst, Moses was an African. nt |
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Sat Oct-17-09 04:22 PM
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63. Apparently his decision supersedes the law |
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These fuckers are crawling out of everywhere these days. It is not his right - he must obey the law. :puke:
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Sat Oct-17-09 05:03 PM
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68. He'll be gone soon enough. |
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I suspect they're figuring out how to remove him now, and someone will file a complaint next week to do so.
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Sat Oct-17-09 05:07 PM
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is that every interracial couple who wants to get married should beat a path to his door.
As others have pointed out, we have a wonderful President who is the child of an interracial marriage.
Maybe that's his objection? He's afraid of allowing another great Democratic President to be born?
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Sat Oct-17-09 05:43 PM
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71. I would be surprised but not amazed if he were right. |
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I would be very surprised if it weren't a crime under either Federal or State law to refuse to marry a couple of the grounds of their race, but given that there are states that only recently decriminalised homosexuality, it wouldn't utterly amaze me, and I wouldn't trust anyone but a legal specialist either way.
He certainly *oughtn't* to have that right, but that's not the same thing as saying he doesn't.
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Sun Oct-18-09 07:29 PM
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84. Loving v Virginia (1967) |
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Supercedes state laws, and has for over 40 years.
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Mon Oct-19-09 07:50 AM
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86. My expectation is that that would apply. |
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But without consulting a legal expert, I wouldn't rule out the possibility that there are loopholes, e.g. that an individual refusing to perform a wedding is not covered by a ruling about a state forbidding weddings.
Given that he's acting as an agent of the state, I would be surprised by that, though.
So yes, I think you're almost certainly right. I would just refrain from 100% confidence in matters of law without consulting a professional, face to face.
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Mon Oct-19-09 11:01 AM
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87. Do the ACLU count as "legal experts?" |
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http://www.laaclu.org/newsArchive.php?id=352#n352"ACLU Legal Director Katie Schwartzmann, in comments to the Associated Press this afternoon, said, "It is really astonishing and disappointing at any time, but especially in 2009. The Supreme Court ruled as far back as 1963 that the government cannot tell people who they can and cannot marry on the basis of race."
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88. The ACLU do, but that statement doesn't. |
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She's clearly presenting it in her capacity as a spokesman, not as a lawyer.
If the same person were to present a similar but more detailed(particularly with reference to specific laws and cases where they were tested) opinion in the context of a legal brief rather than a press statement, though, then yes, that would be exactly the kind of thing I'm talking about.
The ACLU presenting a press statement is enough to make me think it very likely that this is illegal (actually, it's not even necessary - I could guess as much myself). The ACLU or anyone else presenting a formal legal statement and other lawyers being reported as mostly agreeing rather than disagreeing would make me think it even more likely. Nothing short of Barwell being convicted and his appeals failing (which I think is likely to happen fairly soon) will make me 100% certain, though.
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before he will want to spend quality time with his family.
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73. this is what happens when you let people pull BS on grounds of "conscience". |
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First it was women-hating pharmacists refusing to full out a prescription for birth control. Now it's this. Fuck this crap.
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74. he's absolutely right, he DOES have the right to refuse to marry an interracial couple. |
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all the bigot needs to do is RESIGN and then he won't have to perform any marriages, interracial or otherwise.
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Sat Oct-17-09 06:33 PM
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76. The weird part is this.. |
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ANY justice of the peace can say here's your license (complying with the law), BUT, I am unavailable to actually perform the ceremony, due to a prior commitment ( shifty, but complying with his own twisted beliefs, while not technically breaking the law)
This idiot has an agenda..and he thinks he's above the law, and so far has gotten away with overt racism
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80. This Racist POS needs to go. Kick him off the bench. |
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his own idiot behind.
Hate!
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83. But...but...racism is dead. nt |
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85. Post-racial America, my ass! |
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