Way to go Mississippi!!!

[quadraginta]

That wouldn't save them.

More than a few could be marrying relatives even if they did marry someone black, especially if it was someone from the same part of the state.

 

[Thunder]

maybe secession wasn't such a bad idea after all.

 

[John Jones]

Right, so they don't want to actually make their bigotry law.

It won't matter and they know it.

 

[John Jones]

More than a few could be marrying relatives even if they did marry someone black, especially if it was someone from the same part of the state.

Exactly.

 

[John Jones]

maybe secession wasn't such a bad idea after all.

Thanks for missing the point, excrement -stirrer.

 

[John Jones]

Right, so they don't want to actually make their bigotry law.

The dreaded double-post.

 

[SOdhner]

Aww, someone beat me to it. I just found this on another site and rished right over.

Just for the record, in case anyone was curious but not so much that they looked it up:

PPP surveyed 400 usual Mississippi Republican primary voters from March 24th to 27th.
The survey’s margin of error is +/-4.9%. Other factors, such as refusal to be interviewed
and weighting, may introduce additional error that is more difficult to quantify.

I like the people that said "not sure".

 

[jimtron]

Once again, you have proven to the nation that if ignorance were cash, you'd be the richest state in the union.

http://www.salon.com/news/politics/...1/04/07/poll_mississippi_interracial_marriage

This is more an example of intolerance, not ignorance, no?

 

[Dorian Gray]

so this means Jews and Aryans could not marry?

In Mississippi, it means that NASCAR fans and Formula One fans can't marry.

 

[Accidental Martyr]

Here in Alabama we're very progressive. The ban on interracial marriage was overturned in 2000.
http://www.usatoday.com/news/vote2000/al/main03.htm
However:

In many rural, mostly white counties, the amendment either passed narrowly or was defeated. But in urban centers, such as Jefferson County, it passed overwhelmingly.

 

[blobru]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uzae_SqbmDE

Uh-oh... a banjo and guitar playing together. That'll never fly with the grand wizard.

 

[BobTheCoward]

Once again, you have proven to the nation that if ignorance were cash, you'd be the richest state in the union.

How is it ignorant?

It sounds like they don't lack knowledge, but simply arrived at a position you find reprehensible.

 

[332nd]

How is it ignorant?

It sounds like they don't lack knowledge, but simply arrived at a position you find reprehensible.

What reasons for banning interracial marriage aren't based in ignorance?

 

[DC]

How is it ignorant?

It sounds like they don't lack knowledge, but simply arrived at a position you find reprehensible.

sorry my ignorance but what is race?

 

[ponderingturtle]

sorry my ignorance but what is race?

Like gender it is a purely social construct based commonly on certain physical traits. Just because it has no biological basis does not mean it is not real enough to impact peoples lives.

 

[Accidental Martyr]

In Mississippi, it means that NASCAR fans and Formula One fans can't marry.

That isn't an issue. There are no Formula One fans in Mississippi.

 

[Thunder]

How is it ignorant?

not only is it ignorant, but its racist and authoritarian.

I thought these Conservative folks were all about freedom and liberty?

I guess not.

 

[Ysidro]

Wow, thanks for the info. It makes me ashamed to use the term Mongolian...but if they don't object then I'll probably keep using it. I just can't remember the proper name for the peoples of that area.

What's wrong with "Asian" if you don't know where else they're from? I'm not going to call a Frenchman "German" just because I can't remember what French people are like.

 

[thaiboxerken]

And most of the Republicans there want to get Haley Barbur as POTUS.

 

[WildCat]

What's wrong with "Asian" if you don't know where else they're from? I'm not going to call a Frenchman "German" just because I can't remember what French people are like.

Why do the Amish call all non-Amish "English"? And how did Germans become "Pennsylvania Dutch"?