44.18%	Yes
55.81%	No

Comment: "children of such unions face troubling futures"...like becoming President of the United States? from Fort Walton Beach by Earl

Comment: The law is made with rules to all to follow he nor can any offical just interpt it as they see fit with their own belief. What if it was something that could be potentially damaging to someone and he just didn't care he sees things as he wishes to. He is a threat to everything we believe in and could be dangerous for someone to hold that position of power. I am offended that he would not marry them who is he to determin that issue of love and their future together. from Navarre, FL by Laurie

Comment: If there were no laws broken, it's his constitutional right to speak and do what he believes is right. from pensacola, Florida by Robert

Comment: yes,i think he should be remove, because people have the right to marry whom they please.He took an oath and should uphold it, the childrens future should not be his concern.In the future there may not be no black and white.. from pensacola fl by sterling

Comment: It's people like this JP that causes children of interracial unions to face troubling futures - they ARE racists! He cannot represent all the people - boot him out. Belief is one thing - his failure to do his job is another! from pensacola, fl by janice

Comment: Our Constitution gives him the right to his opinion the same as anyone else even if you may not like it or agree with it.Get over it.You go Judge. from Robertsdale,Alabama by Dixie

Comment: He has his rights to what he believes too. They can just go to another justice of the peace and then everybodies rights have been served. from Cantonment by Brenda

Comment: It is a sad day when any official can't choose not to marry anyone for any reason. from Mobile, Al by Janet

Comment: The Lord has said do not mix the races from pensacola,fla by roland

Comment: GIVE THE MAN A GOLD MEDAL. IM GLAD SOME PEOPLE FEEL LIKE A TRUE SOUTHERN, KEEP THE RACES WHOLE, NOT MIXED. from SEMINOLE, ALABAMA by B.W

Comment: The judge the should have right say yes or no to any couple z2725d9 from pen fl by bud

Comment: Robins and sparrows don`t crossbreed

Comment: He has the right to his choice just as much as the interacial couple. from Pensacola, Fla. by Oscar

Comment: I'm proud of the Justice Of The Peace. I'm sure he a I voted for the same president and were outraged. from McDavid,Florida by Robert

Comment: Love is Love matter what color you are! I think this guy is a total BIGOT!!even though he said's he is not he is and can not see it.I feel BAD for his kids haveing to grow up with a parnet like that from pensacola,fl by leigh

Comment: In this day and age I can't believe someone could still be so racist and/or ignorant. The only reason the couples or their children would have problems in the future is because of people like this Justice of the Peace. When will people realize that "ALL MEN ARE CREATED EQUAL". from GB,FL by L.

Comment: I don't think its the law that he has to marry anyone. If that is his convition then there are others that will marry them. He should not have to give up his job just because he want issue them a lisenses. This is America after all. from Pensacola by Peggy

Comment: If the state laws have no prohibition, and I cannot imagine that they do, the JP should resign, as he apparently will not fulfill his duties. from Pensacola / FL by Rick

Comment: What right does a justice of the peace have to deny anyone their civil rights? This country is too quick to deny civil rights to anyone that they feel don't fit into a cookie cutter idea of what they believe is the "norm." No one is ever truly free until we are all free regardless of sex, race, gender, or orientation!! from Pensacola FL by Cheryl

Comment: I think is fine if you marry interracial couples but homosexual i do not approve of but if there's a girl and a boy that want to get married it shouldn't matter from pensacola Fl by Josh

Comment: If he is not a racist what defines one. He refused because of the color of their skin. DAH!!! from Ft Walton Beach Fl by Margie

Comment: The Justice of teh Peace should be removed from office and should never have been allowed to make this ruling in the first place. He is just as much as fault as the law that allowed him to make this decision. from Pensacola, FL by Jason

Comment: It's 2009,I can't beleive this thing is still heppening! from Crestview / Florida by Sandi

Comment: The ACLU & the others should wake up. His actions are governed by his conscience. Just because he is a J.P. does not mean that he must perform an action against his conscience. He did not prohibit them from getting married, he just said he would no do it. I THINK THE COUPLE JUST WANT PUBLICITY AND TO ATTEMPT TO PUNISH HIM BECAUSE HE DOES NOT AGREE WITH THEM. WE KNOW THAT'S THE POSITION OF THE ACLU. from Milton, FL by David

Comment: He is right, the parents do as they please and the children suffer people just aren't that nice. from Theodore by V

Comment: Two reasons, first I am against interracial marriage because I believe it is not what God intended . Second I am against the ACLU because I believe them to be an anti American threat to this country and everything she stands for.

Comment: get these types of biggots out of any government position that can further his/her own personal bias and agenda! i cannot believe this sort of racism is still prevalent...i guess things are slow to change here in the south but this sort of change is needed for equal opportunities and rights. these are the sort of people who are drawn towards being "conservatives" the "tea partys" these are exactly the folks who hinder equality...based upon the actions, words and political lean around here...the aclu is absolutely needed to balance these types of people... from p'cola fl by h

Comment: Everyone has the right to refuse this type of union. There are too many intraracial marriages now and the children have suffered. It has and is being done all over the world but that doesn't make it right. from Pensacola, FL by Audrey

Comment: You mean he's not gone already? Maybe I'd better be sure and not drive through Tangipahoa Parish on visits to Louisiana. from Pensacola, FL by Joe

Comment: Isn't it time to put this issue to rest already - come on, people - it has gone on long enough. Why in the world do people keep wanting change something that is so silly - who cares what color people's skins are - I mean when you really thing of the absurdity of that statement - your skin has more pigments and you should not marry other people with less pigments? Sounds so silly doesn't it? from Pensacola, FL by ME

Comment: Who does he think he is.....God? His should keep his personal feelings to himself. Now he will more than likely pay a high price for his ignorance. from Cantonment Florida by cassandra

Comment: Yes, he was not following his responsibility. He was not breaking the law. from Pensacola by Virginia

Comment: I feel that in today's time, anyone who is a "civil servant" has to have and open mind and just like Lady Justice, be wearing a blindfold whenever it comes to ANYTHING dealing with race aspects. NO QUESTIONS ASKED. from Mary Esther, Fl. by Tom

Comment: GOD loves all people. The world is evil. from Pensacola Florida by Tonya

Comment: I can't think of any real justification for him to make such a judgement. What about the Americans who have married Asians?? Many people have Native American ancestry. Does he also disapprove of them?? from Pensacola by Elizabeth

Comment: I don't know anyone would or could justify him staying on the bench after this. He just took our country back 50 years. Unbelivable. from pensacola, fl by jimmy

Comment: NO. We all have the right to believe what we want. I agree with him completly. I have an interracial child and it is horrible on the child and the relationships do not last. I do belive it is easier to stay with our own race.

Comment: No, not removed from office, but he may just want to state his views (like pre-marital counseling)before performing the ceremony. from Milton, FL by Kim

Comment: He and anyone else who supports this view is ignorant and narrow minded! Having personal beliefs is one thing, letting it impede your ability to do your job is another! Amazing that people still think that way, what a dinosaur! from Pensacola FL by John

Comment: As an American, he has the right to chose who he marries and who he don't marry. He didn't deny them to right to get married, he just didn't want to marry them. This does not mean he is a racist. from Baker, FL by Sharon

Comment: It is embarrassing to have to deal with this racist crap in the year 2009. It doesn't matter WHAT his views about race are. There are children of all races who are troubled. Are all the IDIOTS making comments about interracial children experts on the subject? Meaning: ARE THEY MIXED RACE PEOPLE WHO HAVE TROUBLES? Children of ALL races have trouble, especially the children of idiots like that JoP. I think it is so funny that we deny certain rights to certain groups of people, yet when it is time to pay taxes, bills, etc., these groups are not exempt! If you can make a person pay taxes in this GREAT country of ours, then they should have the same rights as everyone else. I am not surprised that these redneck, backwoods racists in Florida and Louisiana would believe that this person has the right to dictate who should be allowed to marry! from Pensacola, FL by Teresa

Comment: He is so right the chldren do suffer. by Barbara

Comment: The judge has freedom of choice also. Does the state law require him to marry everyone who walks into his office. I think not. from Daphne, AL by M

Comment: Absolutely NOT! from pcola, fl by joe

Comment: He has the right to think and say what he want, He may not be right REMEMBER the Price fo Freedom is paid for in blood by my Fellow Vets from Grand Bay, Al. by Bill

Comment: I THINK THAT THE JUSTICE HAS THE RIGHT TO MARRY WHO EVER HE WANTS TO.IF HE THINKS THAT IT IS WRONG FOR A BLACK AND WHITE PERSON TO BE MARRIED THAT IS HIS OPINION.WATS WRONG WITH THAT. from PENSACOLA by DANNY

Comment: Well first he is the one who wanted that job if he didn't want certain people to get married then her should not have took that job! from Pensacola, Flordia by Ashley

Comment: I am a notary, and I think I have the right to refuse anyone for me to marry them, bi-racial or not. from pensacola fl by jim

Comment: No, I do not belive in interracial marriage. It is the children who suffer when people of so different races marry. The judge has the right to marry who he chooses, just as we have the right to marry who we choose. from Crestview, Fl. by Ann

Comment: I thought this was a thing of the past. I am white and have a niece married to an African American. They are very happy and have 2 beautiful children. from Pensacola, FL by Louise

Comment: I feel the only reason this is published is to bring about racial difficulties . the man should be allowed to act on his or her own beliefs. enough said. from Pensacola Fl. by Bill

Comment: I am a white man who has been married to the same black woman for over 17 years. Our children don't have any more problems than children of only one race. Teenagers are teenagers no matter what race they are. from Pensacola/ FL by Donald

Comment: Its the law of the US since Supreme Ct. case of Loving vs. Virginia, which outlawed old laws in Southern states, remnants of civil war period. Obama has nothing to do with this, except that he like so many US citizens today, are products of such mixed marriages. And basically we are all human beings, with only US citizens so hung up about the 1% that differentiates one so called race from another. In other words, all so called races have less than 1% in their genetic makeup that differentiates them from one another. And those within one so called race have more differences genetically from one another. So what does this tell us, and the judge in La? What the judge has been doing is illegal --and also racist! from pensacola, Fl by chat

Comment: You can't control who you love. When you love and care for someone race doesn't matter. Don't look at the skin color look at their heart. from milton/fl by shannon

Comment: if doctors are allowed to refuse to perform legal abortions due to their beliefs against abortion then a jp who refers interracial couples to another judge should be allowed to continue his job. he is not compromising his beliefs by performing a marriage and the interracial couple gets married without him. shouldn't be a problem from pensacola by rayne

Comment: Like one of your interviewers said, it's a free country. from Pensacola/FL by Leonard