Hey, you know who's not happy about Louisiana Justice of the Peace Keith Bardwell denying a marriage license to an interracial couple? Bill DeBlasio, the Democratic politician who is running for public advocate in New York and whose interracial family, Ben Smith reported yesterday, has become a prominent part of his political identity:
In a time where the American people made history by electing President Barack Obama , this blatant act of bigotry represents a disturbing return to racial inequalities of the past. Even worse, it sends a heinous message that there is something wrong with families, like mine, which are created from different backgrounds. No one
practicing racism should be in any position of public trust.
Well I, for one, think it's a bit unfair to call Bardwell a racist, given that he has "piles" of black friends and lets them use the bathroom in his house. Not sure how slamming someone in an entirely different part of the country helps DeBlasio win a local race, but it's easy to understand why he'd be angry.
-- A. Serwer
