Loving Day

[Lindsey 0]

Yesterday was Loving Day! So I'm a day late.

Loving Day. June 12 is the anniversary of the Supreme Court decision legalizing interracial marriage. The Loving vs. Virginia decision was on June 12, 1967.

Mildred and Richard Loving were married in 1958 and were arrested and plead guilty to "cohabitating as man and wife against the peace and dignity of the Commonwealth." They avoided jail time by agreeing to leave Virginia.

I never heard of Loving Day before yesterday, when a guy I work with gave me that piece of trivia. Thought it was kinda interesting though.

linz

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[Andrewwhyte 1]

I think Scalia wrote the dissenting opinion.

[NewGuy2005 53]

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I think Scalia wrote the dissenting opinion.

Nice try. He wasn't around.

[Squeak 17]

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Yesterday was Loving Day! So I'm a day late.

Loving Day. June 12 is the anniversary of the Supreme Court decision legalizing interracial marriage. The Loving vs. Virginia decision was on June 12, 1967.

Mildred and Richard Loving were married in 1958 and were arrested and plead guilty to "cohabitating as man and wife against the peace and dignity of the Commonwealth." They avoided jail time by agreeing to leave Virginia.

I never heard of Loving Day before yesterday, when a guy I work with gave me that piece of trivia. Thought it was kinda interesting though.

linz

It's a bloody shame and a very sad indictment on Virginia that they had to leace.

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[kallend 2,150]

It's a good job that politicians no longer use relationships between consenting adults as wedge issues.

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[wmw999 2,589]

Mildred Loving just died a couple of months ago; that's part of why it's making the trivia sections of newspapers now. But the Lovings are a great example of how sometimes just by trying to live your life, you can make great things happen.

Wendy W.

There is nothing more dangerous than breaking a basic safety rule and getting away with it. It removes fear of the consequences and builds false confidence. (tbrown)

[billvon 3,120]

>Loving Day. June 12 is the anniversary of the Supreme Court
>decision legalizing interracial marriage. The Loving vs. Virginia decision
>was on June 12, 1967.

Also cool that it comes just a few days before same-sex marriages become legal in California.