BU Now » Louisiana http://blogs.bu.edu/bunow News, information and research from Boston University Wed, 21 Sep 2011 18:14:24 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.4 Interracial pair denied marriage license http://blogs.bu.edu/bunow/2009/10/16/interracial-couple-denied-marriage-license/ http://blogs.bu.edu/bunow/2009/10/16/interracial-couple-denied-marriage-license/#comments Fri, 16 Oct 2009 18:40:16 +0000 Dick Taffe http://blogs.bu.edu/bunow/?p=3439 marryA Louisiana justice of the peace is raising legal eyebrows for denying an interracial couple a marriage license because he doesn’t think it would be good for any child the couple might have.  Law Professor Linda McClain, a family law authority, says the J.P. is flat-out wrong legally, based on a long-ago U.S. Supreme Court ruling.

“The reason the Louisiana justice of the peace story is so startling is that it states an attitude that seems as if it belongs to another era.”

Contact Linda McClain, 617-358-4635, lmcclain@bu.edu

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