( CNN ) -- The woman who was denied a marriage license by a Louisiana justice of the peace because he refused to marry interracial couples said the official should lose his job . Beth McKay says a Louisiana justice of the peace denied her a marriage license since it was an interracial union . Beth McKay said she never could have expected what she heard from Tangipahoa Parish 's 8th Ward Justice of the Peace Keith Bardwell when she called his office a week ago to officiate her marriage to her African-American fiance , Terence . McKay spoke with Bardwell 's wife to make arrangements for the ceremony . `` At the end of the conversation , she said that she had to ask me a question . She asked if this was an interracial marriage . '' When McKay replied yes , she was told , `` Well , we do n't do interracial weddings or marriages . '' McKay said she was beyond shock . `` We are used to the closet racism , but we 're not going to tolerate that overt racism from an elected official . '' Louisiana Gov . Bobby Jindal is calling to have Bardwell 's license revoked , and Louisiana Sen. Mary Landrieu is calling for his dismissal -- a notion shared by McKay . `` He 's not representing all the people that he is supposed to be representing , '' McKay said . `` He 's only representing the people with his same opinions . '' McKay later married Terence with the help of another justice of the peace in the same parish . Bardwell has not returned repeated calls from CNN , but he told a local newspaper in a story published Thursday that he was not a racist and he was concerned for the children who might be born of the relationship . Bardwell also said , in his experience , that most interracial marriages do n't last . `` We 're just kind of hurt , you know ? '' McKay told CNN 's Anderson Cooper on Friday . `` This does n't take care of the problem . He 's been in his position for 34 years . So , it does n't take care of the problems that we have to deal with on a daily basis . '' Watch why justice nixed interracial marriage » . McKay said her friends and family have been extremely supportive and she believes this situation occurred for a reason . `` I just think that God puts you in the right positions at the right time in order to stand up to people who -- who choose to live their lives with hate , '' she said . The Supreme Court struck down laws against interracial marriage in the landmark 1967 Loving v. Virginia case . Richard and Mildred Loving , who got married in Washington , D.C. , were arrested in their Virginia home with their marriage license framed and hanging on the wall , for the simple fact of being husband and wife . Watch Bardwell explain his decision » . In the unanimous decision , the Supreme Court said that `` Under our Constitution , the freedom to marry , or not marry , a person of another race resides with the individual and can not be infringed by the state . '' The number of interracial marriages have skyrocketed , nearly quadrupling between 1970 and 2005 , the most recent year for which there is census data . As of 2005 , nearly 8.5 Americans are living in interracial marriages .
Keith Bardwell says she 's hurt after Virginia justice of peace denied marriage license . Beth McKay says he wo n't wed interracial couples , but denies he 's racist . Bardwell officials have called for State 's dismissal .