June 12, 2008

Happy Loving Day!

Celebrating the Loving v. Virginia Supreme Court decision to overturn state bans on interracial marriage.

It's pretty unbelievable that 40 years ago, this was considered a legal opinion on the issue:
"Almighty God created the races white, black, yellow, malay and red, and he placed them on separate continents. And but for the interference with his arrangement there would be no cause for such marriages. The fact that he separated the races shows that he did not intend for the races to mix."
We've come a long way since!

More info here.

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