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Justice Quits After Interracial Flap

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BATON ROUGE, La. (Nov. 4) - At least four times in the last 2½ years, Keith Bardwell says he refused to marry interracial couples while serving as a Louisiana justice of the peace.
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2009-11-03 18:26:06

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A Louisiana justice of the peace who refused to marry a couple because the bride was white and groom was black has resigned. Louisiana Secretary of State\'s Office spokesman Jacques Berry says Keith Bardwell\'s resignation is effective Tuesday. Bardwell refused to perform the ceremony for Beth Humphrey and Terence McKay because they are of different races.