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Interracial Couple Denied Marriage Speaks to Tyra

Television host Tyra Banks spoke with an interracial couple, Beth Humphrey and Terence McKay, who were denied a marriage license by a Louisiana minister on May 4th, 2009 because he was concerned for the children and believed that interracial marriages didn't last. Here's what you had to say: Shay commented: "We are in 2010 and this is still happening. smh!" Kerry wrote: "I just cant believe this story. wow."
By Essence · Updated October 29, 2020
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Television host Tyra Banks spoke with an interracial couple, Beth Humphrey and Terence McKay, who were denied a marriage license by a Louisiana minister on May 4th, 2009 because he was concerned for the children and believed that interracial marriages didn’t last.