Thank you for reading the article! I appreciate your comments and would like to respond to your concerns.

Please note that this article was originally posted on http://www.boneheadblog.com which is positioned first as a personal/humor site, but is also ripe with the occassional opinionated / sarcastic slant of it’s author (me).

That being said – it was, and remains my opinion that the Justice in this case shirked his duties in denying this marriage due to his own personal view – which is not only illegal in Louisiana and the United States, but, in my opinion, highly unethical. Beyond that (again – “in my opinion”) based on the fact that he chooses to deny blacks and whites the opportunity to marry, racist in the fact he is acting as sole judge and jury in refusing this couple their legal rights as determined by the people of the state and this country.

His denial to perform the marriage of this couple is his opinion and one I strongly disagree with -his actions allowed him the opportunity to stand upon his “soap box” and voice his in a manner I personally find offensive. My website is a personal soap box for me to respond with mine.

J

The word racist keeps getting used, along with other vile comments against this JOP, but no one seems interested in providing a balanced view on why he acted as he did, and whether he is simply right or wrong.

For instance, he suggests that bi-racial children are disadvantaged in the US, and for this reason he declined to perform the ceremony.

If he is correct, then this is a fair comment, right?

Well, I don’t know for sure what its like in the US, but in Australia bi-racial children are NOT disadvanted. In fact, maybe the opposite could be said.

With my son, I am proud of his bi-racial heritage, and it seems this is a broadly held view in Australia.

Now I disagree with this JOP, but I don’t feel a need to call him ignorant, just because I disagree with him.

I find these kind of arguments to be just as damaging as what others may be accusing this gentleman off.

So please, get off your soap box and treat everyones opinions with some respect. If you cannot bring some reasoning to your argument, then it be best that you say nothing at all.