MIAMI - Gov. Bobby Jindal has declared a state of emergency in Louisiana ahead of Hurricane Ida. The declaration, signed Sunday, is considered a precaution allowing for state resources to be used for emergency or disaster situations. Officials said the Louisiana National Guard and state Wildlife and Fisheries have been placed on high alert, with equipment and personnel available if necessary. State...
From CNN : A Louisiana justice of the peace who drew criticism for refusing to issue a marriage license to an interracial couple has resigned, the secretary of state's office said Tuesday. That, of course, was Keith Bardwell. According to The Advocate (no, not that one; I mean the Baton Rouge daily newspaper): Bardwell didn’t immediately return a call for comment Tuesday about his resignation,...
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Keith Bardwell is racist although he doesn't believe,
Keith Bardwell is a racist although he doesn't believe he is racist. Who says interracial marriage don't last and children suffer. We have been married...
BAY MINETTE | Alabama Gov. Bob Riley, Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour and Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal announced the launch of the Aerospace Alliance before hundreds of supporters at Faulkner State Community College in Bay Minette on Monday. The alliance is designed to create an aerospace and aviation corridor from Panama City, Fla., to...
U.S. Senator from Louisiana David Vitter's depends on the conservative, white male vote, so he's reluctant to take controversial, pro-civil rights positions that might alienate his base. That's the reason Vitter, unlike his fellow-Republican Governor Bobby Jindal, won't condemn a Louisiana justice of the peace who won't perform interracial marriages. Nice. Read it here, and watch Vitter evade an interviewer...
Last Thursday, while everyone else was watching a balloon , Keith Bardwell, a Louisiana justice of the peace, was refusing to give a marriage license to an interracial couple or to officiate their wedding ceremony because he didn't "believe in mixing the races that way." The official's decision and subsequent justification triggered a nasty response across the internet over the weekend:...
As you all know, Keith Bardwell is still smarting for being called a racist for refusing to marry an interracial couple. He strenuously denied that he was racist, saying the fact he lets negroes use the bathroom in his house is proof positive of his open heart. And so he also refuses to step down, even after being called to do so by Governor Bobby Jindal and Sen. Mary Landrieu. Notably, Republican...
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that was in refard to the ronan tynan situation
anonymous - 10/19/2009
thats not the entire converstion
words were admittedly missed....the full exchange should be told.
This story gets me kinda stabby, and not in a good way. Haven't these scumbags died off yet? A white Justice of the Peace in Louisiana who refused to issue a marriage license to an interracial couple says he has no plans to resign, the Associated Press reports. Keith Bardwell's comments to reporters follows calls for his ouster by Louisiana Republican Gov. Bobby Jindal and Democratic Sen. Mary Landrieu....
New Source: WiredPR News.com Many are outraged over a Louisiana Justice of the Peace openly admitting he refuses to marry interracial couples. Louisiana (WiredPRNews.com) After a Louisiana Justice of the Peace openly admitted to his refusal to marry interracial couples, the states governor and others are calling for him to be investigated. As reported by the Associated Press (AP), many are labeling...
New York Daily News Louisiana: Calls for Resignation New York Times By AP Gov. Bobby Jindal joined civil rights groups and others in calling for the resignation of a white justice of the peace who said he had refused to issue a marriage license to an interracial couple out of concern for any children they might have. ... Outrage grows over decision by Louisiana justice of peace WLOS Governor calls...
CNN - The actions of a justice of the peace in Louisiana who refused to issue a marriage license to an interracial couple have prompted some top officials, including Gov. Bobby Jindal, to call for his dismissal. Jindal said the state judiciary committee should review the incident in which Keith Bardwell, justice of the peace for Tangipahoa Parish's 8th Ward, refused to issue a marriage license to Beth...
The president laughs off the boos at a town hall meeting, telling the Republican, 'I get that too' sometimes. But the president faces at least one pointed question in the hurricane-ravaged region. President Obama came to the defense of Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal today, laughing off the crowd's resonant boos for the Republican official during a town hall meeting here.
NEW ORLEANS | President Obama on Thursday publicly praised Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal after a crowd here booed the Republican who is considered as a possible future competitor for the presidency. Mr. Obama received loud cheers when introduced to a crowd of a few thousand at New Orleans University during his first visit as president to this city, which was ravaged by Hurricane Katrina in August 2005....
Republican Governor Bobby Jindal got one thing right yesterday about Bob McDonnell. Jindal, who campaigned last night for Virginia gubernatorial hopeful Bob McDonnell, called the GOP nominee "principled" in a Fox News interview today with Neil Cavuto. Full release.
Last year, Bobby Jindal signed a law that allows Louisiana teachers and school boards across the state to present non-scientific alternatives to evolution. Now the rules designed to implement that law have been proposed and they’re a solid victory for the creationists: The state’s top school board Wednesday approved procedures for residents who object to materials [...]
Immediately after the 2008 presidential election, now-ex Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin attempted to distance herself from the hate, racism and malevolence her campaign rhetoric had stirred up out of the depths of the darkness of the American national psyche. Even if the Alaska mainstream media was then and still is incapable of addressing that malevolence, some in the Outside press called Palin's hate mongering...
In Louisiana, Jindal is the darling of evangelical and charismatic churches, where he often tells his conversion story. One Louisiana Republican official has commented, "People think of Bobby Jindal as one of us." Consider that a moment.
Gov. Jindal refuses stimulus money!Governor Bobby Jindal of Louisiana announced that he will refuse the Unemployment portion of the stimulus that was allocated to Louisiana, on grounds that it would be costly for businesses in the l...
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