have n't done wrong , '' he told CNN affiliate WAFB on Saturday . He insisted he is not racist and does not treat black people differently . He said he does not perform mixed-race marriages because he is concerned about the children of such marriages . Bardwell did not return calls from CNN . Beth McKay , 30 , said she was speaking with Bardwell 's wife by phone about getting a marriage license and was `` shocked '' to be asked whether they are an interracial couple . Watch how justice 's decision shocked couple '' `` She said , ` Well , what 's the deal ? Is he black , or are you black ? ' And so I answered her question , and then she just said , ` Well , we do n't do interracial marriages . ' '' Terence McKay , 32 , told CNN , `` Everyone is entitled to their own opinions , but he 's absolutely wrong on all aspects of his stance . '' McKay added , `` If it was n't for interracial couples today , we would n't have our president . So for him to take
NEW ORLEANS , Louisiana -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Two newlyweds are fighting for the dismissal of the justice of the peace who refused them a marriage license because they are of different races . A Louisiana justice of the peace refused to perform a marriage for Beth and Terence McKay . `` We 've retained an attorney , and we 're in the process of taking the next steps in order to make sure that -LRB- the justice of the peace -RRB- loses his job , '' Beth McKay told CNN 's `` American Morning '' on Monday . She and her husband , Terence McKay , stepped into the national spotlight when Keith Bardwell , a justice of the peace for Tangipahoa Parish 's 8th Ward , refused them a license . They ultimately got a marriage license from another justice of the peace in the same parish . Despite a national uproar and a call by Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal for him to lose his license , Bardwell , 56 , said he has no regrets . `` It 's kind of hard to apologize for something that you really and truly feel down in your heart you