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Beth Humphrey McKay poses for a photograph in her apartment in Hammond, La., Tuesday, Oct. 20, 2009. Beth Humphrey McKay and Terence McKay, an interracial couple have filed a federal civil rights lawsuit against a justice of the peace who refused to perform their marriage ceremony because they were of different races. The couple eventually were married by another justice of the peace.(AP Photo/Bill Haber) Source: AP - Copyright 2009 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.
