Justice Who Denied Marriage Won't Resign

The white justice of the peace in Louisiana who refused to marry an interracial couple told reporters that he has no plans to resign. Louisiana's governor and a U.S. senator are joining the call for his ouster.

The only good thing to come of this unfortunate situation is we can examine the statements made by the soon-to-be former justice.

Everybody has an 'Internal Dictionary' where we define things to ourselves. the same word can and often does have different meanings to different people.

In the video the judge is asked (in a non direct manner) if he is a racist, and he gives us his definition- in his internal dictionary a racist is someone who "hates black people" and to treat them differently than everybody else. In his mind he does not hate and is not treating them differently than everybody else.

You might ask, well you treated this couple differently than an all white couple or an African American couple ... which is the correct question. We must analyze the statement and look for deeper meaning. How could the judge's definition fit with the situation so logically it 'works' and 'fits' and when we answer this question we have a deeper understanding of his perspective.

How could someone be so right (in his thinking, in his mind's eye) yet be so wrong (in his thinking)- which is why he is unfit to be a judge...◦

Justice Who Denied Marriage Won't Resign