http://myg37.com/forums Nukem, free em, elect em, ban em, honor em en Sat, 21 Nov 2009 04:49:35 GMT vBulletin 60 http://myg37.com/forums/blueevolution/misc/rss.jpg http://myg37.com/forums http://myg37.com/forums/politics/200703-interracial-marriage-is-a-no-no-new-post.html Fri, 16 Oct 2009 18:43:35 GMT Interracial couple in Louisiana denied marriage license - CNN.com (http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/10/16/louisiana.interracial.marriage/index.html) *NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana (CNN)* -- Civil rights advocates in eastern Louisiana are calling for a justice of the peace of Tangipahoa Parish to resign... Interracial couple in Louisiana denied marriage license - CNN.com

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana (CNN) -- Civil rights advocates in eastern Louisiana are calling for a justice of the peace of Tangipahoa Parish to resign after he refused to issue a marriage license to an interracial couple.

Terence McKay claims a justice of the peace refused to give him and his white girlfriend a marriage license.

"He's an elected public official and one of his duties is to marry people. He doesn't have the right to say he doesn't believe in it," Patricia Morris, president of the NAACP branch of Tangipahoa Parish, located near the Mississippi line, said Thursday.

"If he doesn't do what his position calls for him to do, he should resign from that position."

The demands for Keith Bardwell, justice of the peace for Tangipahoa Parish's 8th Ward, to step down came after he wouldn't issue a marriage license to Beth Humphrey, 30, and her boyfriend, Terence McKay, 32, both of Hammond.

"I was just really shocked, because he's an elected official," Humphrey said. Bardwell didn't immediately return calls from CNN on Thursday.

However, Bardwell told Hammond's Daily Star newspaper that he was concerned for the children who might be born of the relationship and that, in his experience, most interracial marriages don't last.

"I'm not a racist," Bardwell told the newspaper. "I do ceremonies for black couples right here in my house. My main concern is for the children." Bardwell, stressing that he couldn't personally endorse the marriage, said his wife referred the couple to another justice of the peace. The bride says the case boils down to discrimination.

Humphrey told CNN that she called Bardwell on October 6 to ask about getting a marriage license, and was asked by his wife whether it would be an interracial marriage. Humphrey said she was told that Bardwell does not sign off on interracial marriages.

She said the couple -- who received their marriage license October 9 from another justice of the peace in the same parish -- have reached out to an attorney to determine their next step.

"We would like him to resign," she said. "He doesn't believe he's being racist, but it is racist."

Morris told CNN that her NAACP chapter has forwarded the case to the state and national levels of the civil rights group.

According to the Census Bureau, Tangipahoa Parish is about 70 percent white and 30 percent black.

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Really? :icon43: ]]> Politics -that- girl http://myg37.com/forums/politics/200703-interracial-marriage-is-a-no-no.html http://myg37.com/forums/politics/200487-healthcare-who-cares-right-new-post.html Fri, 09 Oct 2009 20:37:27 GMT I work in healthcare and I am not a clinician (one who actually treats an ailment or delivers some kind of care to a patient), I work in administration. As we look forward in the US, we are in a hot and heavy debate about what we should do around nationalizing our healthcare system. Although this... I work in healthcare and I am not a clinician (one who actually treats an ailment or delivers some kind of care to a patient), I work in administration. As we look forward in the US, we are in a hot and heavy debate about what we should do around nationalizing our healthcare system. Although this may not be a car problem or an issue, it is realivant. The bailout of GM and Chryler was set-up buy the demands of the workers healthcare costs that saddled the company with much more costs than comprable companies in other areas of the world.

This is an international community and I would like some honest discussions about how things work elsewhere. I feel one our problems is our arragance (imagine the US being arragant) that we always have the best solution. That coupled with the mass misinformation out there around this subject and I feel we have a very volitile situation.

I have been in this field for my entire carreer and would be wiling to answer any questiosn anyone has on how things work (at least my perception and experiences) and how we can change things. I can also enlighten most people on the details that are in these bills present before our government. I also know we have many doctors, nurses, and other healthcare workers that can bring input. We in the US get some information on other systems but I do not trust the media information right now and would like individual experiences from other areas of the world.

I would like to discuss this without emotion and discuss the facts and not the hyperbole that has surrounded this subject. If the mods feel this is in the wrong place please move it.

This is only the begining of the discussions and I will post my opinions later. I am hopeful that we can have civil and enlightening discussions. Thanks to all who participate and I lookforward to the ideas that come from these discussions.

Mike ]]> Politics Mike P http://myg37.com/forums/politics/200487-healthcare-who-cares-right.html