Interracial couple denied marriage license. In 2009. WTH?

[terriko]

terriko : Did you see this? It's just... wow. Link to article
miko : Shit, I guess we're miserable!
terriko: and shouldn't exist.
miko: But because we do, our lives must be awkward and terrible and not worth living.
miko: Oh well, at least they got press and will be able to get him out of office.

Seriously, WTH? As someone who is (a) biracial and (b) an actual person, I'm more than a little appalled.

Comments

Bull

[dnivie.livejournal.com]

I dunno. Am I part of "white society" ? 'cos if I am, I'd like to point out that this is the first time in my life that I've even considered your race.

Besides, the "justification" is crap -- It's a cowardly thing to push the children ahead of him, I doubt he'd see it very differently if (say) the male was infertile.

There's a hundred properties of parents for which the kids may (or may not) suffer. Do we refuse marriage-certificates to people with freckles, or red hair now ? Or how about actual medical problems, do we refuse marriage to people who've got inheritable genetic disease ? I think not.

Good on him for exposing himself though, for sure this will cause more suffering for him than for the couple in question -- as well it should.

Re: Bull

[terriko]

I don't usually think about my race either, but it makes it a lot harder to ignore nonsense like this.

You know the only thing he really needs to protect the children from is people like him. If he could just grow up, there'd be that much less suffering of children in the world. :P