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Happy Loving Day UWS
Let's make it a point to treat each other with love on this day.
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Loving Day is an annual celebration held on June 12 to celebrate the right of interracial couples to marry.
In 1958, 17-year-old Mildred Jeter, who was black, and her childhood sweetheart, 23-year-old Richard Loving, who was white, decided to get married. However, they lived in the Commonwealth of Virginia, which had miscegenation laws banning a white person from marrying a colored person, or any colored person from marrying a white person, the violation of which was a felony punishable by confinement in the penitentiary for not less than a year. Because of this, the couple was married in the District of Columbia pursuant to its laws. When the couple returned to Virginia they were arrested and charged with violating Virginia’s ban on interracial marriage. The Lovings pleaded guilty to the charge and were sentenced to one year in jail. However, the trial judge stated that he would suspend the sentence if they agreed to leave Virginia and not return to the state together for a period of 25 years. In his opinion, the trial judge stated that “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 marriage. The fact that he separated the races shows that he did not intend for the races to mix.” Given the choice between imprisonment and banishment, the couple chose to leave Virginia and move to the District of Columbia.
The Lovings faced severe and continued discrimination for being an interracial couple and were often arrested for traveling together. The injustices they experienced prompted Mildred Loving to write a letter to Robert F. Kennedy, the Attorney General of the United States, who forwarded her letter to the offices of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) in New York. The ACLU represented the Lovings in their case against Virginia’s ban on interracial marriages and its infringement on their right to live together as husband and wife in their home state. On June 12, 1967, the United States Supreme Court unanimously held that Virginia’s laws preventing marriage between persons solely on the basis of racial classifications violated the Equal Protection and Due Process clauses of the Fourteenth Amendment. Chief Justice Earl Warren delivered the opinion of the Court and concluded that “Under our Constitution, the freedom to marry, or not marry, a person of another race resides within the individual and cannot be infringed on by the State.”
This case was the first step in the journey toward marriage equality.
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Loving Day is an annual celebration held on June 12 to celebrate the right of interracial couples to marry.
In 1958, 17-year-old Mildred Jeter, who was black, and her childhood sweetheart, 23-year-old Richard Loving, who was white, decided to get married. However, they lived in the Commonwealth of Virginia, which had miscegenation laws banning a white person from marrying a colored person, or any colored person from marrying a white person, the violation of which was a felony punishable by confinement in the penitentiary for not less than a year. Because of this, the couple was married in the District of Columbia pursuant to its laws. When the couple returned to Virginia they were arrested and charged with violating Virginia’s ban on interracial marriage. The Lovings pleaded guilty to the charge and were sentenced to one year in jail. However, the trial judge stated that he would suspend the sentence if they agreed to leave Virginia and not return to the state together for a period of 25 years. In his opinion, the trial judge stated that “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 marriage. The fact that he separated the races shows that he did not intend for the races to mix.” Given the choice between imprisonment and banishment, the couple chose to leave Virginia and move to the District of Columbia.
The Lovings faced severe and continued discrimination for being an interracial couple and were often arrested for traveling together. The injustices they experienced prompted Mildred Loving to write a letter to Robert F. Kennedy, the Attorney General of the United States, who forwarded her letter to the offices of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) in New York. The ACLU represented the Lovings in their case against Virginia’s ban on interracial marriages and its infringement on their right to live together as husband and wife in their home state. On June 12, 1967, the United States Supreme Court unanimously held that Virginia’s laws preventing marriage between persons solely on the basis of racial classifications violated the Equal Protection and Due Process clauses of the Fourteenth Amendment. Chief Justice Earl Warren delivered the opinion of the Court and concluded that “Under our Constitution, the freedom to marry, or not marry, a person of another race resides within the individual and cannot be infringed on by the State.”
This case was the first step in the journey toward marriage equality.
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Re: Happy Loving Day UWS
I dunno - feels like you are shoving your views on marriage in everyone's face.
ip_law-hokie wrote:Let's make it a point to treat each other with love on this day.
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Loving Day is an annual celebration held on June 12 to celebrate the right of interracial couples to marry.
In 1958, 17-year-old Mildred Jeter, who was black, and her childhood sweetheart, 23-year-old Richard Loving, who was white, decided to get married. However, they lived in the Commonwealth of Virginia, which had miscegenation laws banning a white person from marrying a colored person, or any colored person from marrying a white person, the violation of which was a felony punishable by confinement in the penitentiary for not less than a year. Because of this, the couple was married in the District of Columbia pursuant to its laws. When the couple returned to Virginia they were arrested and charged with violating Virginia’s ban on interracial marriage. The Lovings pleaded guilty to the charge and were sentenced to one year in jail. However, the trial judge stated that he would suspend the sentence if they agreed to leave Virginia and not return to the state together for a period of 25 years. In his opinion, the trial judge stated that “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 marriage. The fact that he separated the races shows that he did not intend for the races to mix.” Given the choice between imprisonment and banishment, the couple chose to leave Virginia and move to the District of Columbia.
The Lovings faced severe and continued discrimination for being an interracial couple and were often arrested for traveling together. The injustices they experienced prompted Mildred Loving to write a letter to Robert F. Kennedy, the Attorney General of the United States, who forwarded her letter to the offices of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) in New York. The ACLU represented the Lovings in their case against Virginia’s ban on interracial marriages and its infringement on their right to live together as husband and wife in their home state. On June 12, 1967, the United States Supreme Court unanimously held that Virginia’s laws preventing marriage between persons solely on the basis of racial classifications violated the Equal Protection and Due Process clauses of the Fourteenth Amendment. Chief Justice Earl Warren delivered the opinion of the Court and concluded that “Under our Constitution, the freedom to marry, or not marry, a person of another race resides within the individual and cannot be infringed on by the State.”
This case was the first step in the journey toward marriage equality.
Re: Happy Loving Day UWS
Good job. If only you took the time to create threads about pressing issues like our nightmarish national debt; or how Odumbocare is cratering...Or how we need to get the economy back on its feet after 8 years of fail.
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Yet he's someone who is, if I recall from comments on here, unmarried.Florida Hokie wrote:I dunno - feels like you are shoving your views on marriage in everyone's face.
ip_law-hokie wrote:Let's make it a point to treat each other with love on this day.
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Loving Day is an annual celebration held on June 12 to celebrate the right of interracial couples to marry.
In 1958, 17-year-old Mildred Jeter, who was black, and her childhood sweetheart, 23-year-old Richard Loving, who was white, decided to get married. However, they lived in the Commonwealth of Virginia, which had miscegenation laws banning a white person from marrying a colored person, or any colored person from marrying a white person, the violation of which was a felony punishable by confinement in the penitentiary for not less than a year. Because of this, the couple was married in the District of Columbia pursuant to its laws. When the couple returned to Virginia they were arrested and charged with violating Virginia’s ban on interracial marriage. The Lovings pleaded guilty to the charge and were sentenced to one year in jail. However, the trial judge stated that he would suspend the sentence if they agreed to leave Virginia and not return to the state together for a period of 25 years. In his opinion, the trial judge stated that “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 marriage. The fact that he separated the races shows that he did not intend for the races to mix.” Given the choice between imprisonment and banishment, the couple chose to leave Virginia and move to the District of Columbia.
The Lovings faced severe and continued discrimination for being an interracial couple and were often arrested for traveling together. The injustices they experienced prompted Mildred Loving to write a letter to Robert F. Kennedy, the Attorney General of the United States, who forwarded her letter to the offices of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) in New York. The ACLU represented the Lovings in their case against Virginia’s ban on interracial marriages and its infringement on their right to live together as husband and wife in their home state. On June 12, 1967, the United States Supreme Court unanimously held that Virginia’s laws preventing marriage between persons solely on the basis of racial classifications violated the Equal Protection and Due Process clauses of the Fourteenth Amendment. Chief Justice Earl Warren delivered the opinion of the Court and concluded that “Under our Constitution, the freedom to marry, or not marry, a person of another race resides within the individual and cannot be infringed on by the State.”
This case was the first step in the journey toward marriage equality.
Re: Happy Loving Day UWS
I think The Usuals have those covered.HokieJoe wrote:Good job. If only you took the time to create threads about pressing issues like our nightmarish national debt; or how Odumbocare is cratering...Or how we need to get the economy back on its feet after 8 years of fail.
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I've never been to Afghanistan, but I'm pretty sure it's a shithole.133743Hokie wrote:Yet he's someone who is, if I recall from comments on here, unmarried.Florida Hokie wrote:I dunno - feels like you are shoving your views on marriage in everyone's face.
ip_law-hokie wrote:Let's make it a point to treat each other with love on this day.
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Loving Day is an annual celebration held on June 12 to celebrate the right of interracial couples to marry.
In 1958, 17-year-old Mildred Jeter, who was black, and her childhood sweetheart, 23-year-old Richard Loving, who was white, decided to get married. However, they lived in the Commonwealth of Virginia, which had miscegenation laws banning a white person from marrying a colored person, or any colored person from marrying a white person, the violation of which was a felony punishable by confinement in the penitentiary for not less than a year. Because of this, the couple was married in the District of Columbia pursuant to its laws. When the couple returned to Virginia they were arrested and charged with violating Virginia’s ban on interracial marriage. The Lovings pleaded guilty to the charge and were sentenced to one year in jail. However, the trial judge stated that he would suspend the sentence if they agreed to leave Virginia and not return to the state together for a period of 25 years. In his opinion, the trial judge stated that “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 marriage. The fact that he separated the races shows that he did not intend for the races to mix.” Given the choice between imprisonment and banishment, the couple chose to leave Virginia and move to the District of Columbia.
The Lovings faced severe and continued discrimination for being an interracial couple and were often arrested for traveling together. The injustices they experienced prompted Mildred Loving to write a letter to Robert F. Kennedy, the Attorney General of the United States, who forwarded her letter to the offices of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) in New York. The ACLU represented the Lovings in their case against Virginia’s ban on interracial marriages and its infringement on their right to live together as husband and wife in their home state. On June 12, 1967, the United States Supreme Court unanimously held that Virginia’s laws preventing marriage between persons solely on the basis of racial classifications violated the Equal Protection and Due Process clauses of the Fourteenth Amendment. Chief Justice Earl Warren delivered the opinion of the Court and concluded that “Under our Constitution, the freedom to marry, or not marry, a person of another race resides within the individual and cannot be infringed on by the State.”
This case was the first step in the journey toward marriage equality.
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Re: Happy Loving Day UWS
Are you sure?nolanvt wrote:I've never been to Afghanistan, but I'm pretty sure it's a shithole.133743Hokie wrote:Yet he's someone who is, if I recall from comments on here, unmarried.Florida Hokie wrote:I dunno - feels like you are shoving your views on marriage in everyone's face.
ip_law-hokie wrote:Let's make it a point to treat each other with love on this day.
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Loving Day is an annual celebration held on June 12 to celebrate the right of interracial couples to marry.
In 1958, 17-year-old Mildred Jeter, who was black, and her childhood sweetheart, 23-year-old Richard Loving, who was white, decided to get married. However, they lived in the Commonwealth of Virginia, which had miscegenation laws banning a white person from marrying a colored person, or any colored person from marrying a white person, the violation of which was a felony punishable by confinement in the penitentiary for not less than a year. Because of this, the couple was married in the District of Columbia pursuant to its laws. When the couple returned to Virginia they were arrested and charged with violating Virginia’s ban on interracial marriage. The Lovings pleaded guilty to the charge and were sentenced to one year in jail. However, the trial judge stated that he would suspend the sentence if they agreed to leave Virginia and not return to the state together for a period of 25 years. In his opinion, the trial judge stated that “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 marriage. The fact that he separated the races shows that he did not intend for the races to mix.” Given the choice between imprisonment and banishment, the couple chose to leave Virginia and move to the District of Columbia.
The Lovings faced severe and continued discrimination for being an interracial couple and were often arrested for traveling together. The injustices they experienced prompted Mildred Loving to write a letter to Robert F. Kennedy, the Attorney General of the United States, who forwarded her letter to the offices of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) in New York. The ACLU represented the Lovings in their case against Virginia’s ban on interracial marriages and its infringement on their right to live together as husband and wife in their home state. On June 12, 1967, the United States Supreme Court unanimously held that Virginia’s laws preventing marriage between persons solely on the basis of racial classifications violated the Equal Protection and Due Process clauses of the Fourteenth Amendment. Chief Justice Earl Warren delivered the opinion of the Court and concluded that “Under our Constitution, the freedom to marry, or not marry, a person of another race resides within the individual and cannot be infringed on by the State.”
This case was the first step in the journey toward marriage equality.
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Re: Happy Loving Day UWS
I think the right to marry between races, provided by the NY ACLU against the wishes of Virginia, is worth mention.HokieJoe wrote:Good job. If only you took the time to create threads about pressing issues like our nightmarish national debt; or how Odumbocare is cratering...Or how we need to get the economy back on its feet after 8 years of fail.
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Re: Happy Loving Day UWS
Wonder which live matters in this case.
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Just love.Attila T Hun wrote:Wonder which live matters in this case.
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Re: Happy Loving Day UWS
You mean adult talk. I agree junior.nolanvt wrote:I think The Usuals have those covered.HokieJoe wrote:Good job. If only you took the time to create threads about pressing issues like our nightmarish national debt; or how Odumbocare is cratering...Or how we need to get the economy back on its feet after 8 years of fail.
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Re: Happy Loving Day UWS
Good job. IP made a non provoking post and you effed it up.Florida Hokie wrote:I dunno - feels like you are shoving your views on marriage in everyone's face.
Re: Happy Loving Day UWS
Lots of things are worth mention ip. Everything has it's place in history. Loving was a good decision. Now, 59 years after the fact, we have real issues that affects everyone.ip_law-hokie wrote:I think the right to marry between races, provided by the NY ACLU against the wishes of Virginia, is worth mention.HokieJoe wrote:Good job. If only you took the time to create threads about pressing issues like our nightmarish national debt; or how Odumbocare is cratering...Or how we need to get the economy back on its feet after 8 years of fail.
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Re: Happy Loving Day UWS
Isn't it sort of irrelevant today? Yes, critical and important 60 years ago. But today?ip_law-hokie wrote:I think the right to marry between races, provided by the NY ACLU against the wishes of Virginia, is worth mention.HokieJoe wrote:Good job. If only you took the time to create threads about pressing issues like our nightmarish national debt; or how Odumbocare is cratering...Or how we need to get the economy back on its feet after 8 years of fail.
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Well Joe - why don't get to work on them instead of wasting time on this thread if you feel that way.HokieJoe wrote:Lots of things are worth mention ip. Everything has it's place in history. Loving was a good decision. Now, 59 years after the fact, we have real issues that affects everyone.ip_law-hokie wrote:I think the right to marry between races, provided by the NY ACLU against the wishes of Virginia, is worth mention.HokieJoe wrote:Good job. If only you took the time to create threads about pressing issues like our nightmarish national debt; or how Odumbocare is cratering...Or how we need to get the economy back on its feet after 8 years of fail.
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Re: Happy Loving Day UWS
+1ip_law-hokie wrote:Let's make it a point to treat each other with love on this day.
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Loving Day is an annual celebration held on June 12 to celebrate the right of interracial couples to marry.
In 1958, 17-year-old Mildred Jeter, who was black, and her childhood sweetheart, 23-year-old Richard Loving, who was white, decided to get married. However, they lived in the Commonwealth of Virginia, which had miscegenation laws banning a white person from marrying a colored person, or any colored person from marrying a white person, the violation of which was a felony punishable by confinement in the penitentiary for not less than a year. Because of this, the couple was married in the District of Columbia pursuant to its laws. When the couple returned to Virginia they were arrested and charged with violating Virginia’s ban on interracial marriage. The Lovings pleaded guilty to the charge and were sentenced to one year in jail. However, the trial judge stated that he would suspend the sentence if they agreed to leave Virginia and not return to the state together for a period of 25 years. In his opinion, the trial judge stated that “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 marriage. The fact that he separated the races shows that he did not intend for the races to mix.” Given the choice between imprisonment and banishment, the couple chose to leave Virginia and move to the District of Columbia.
The Lovings faced severe and continued discrimination for being an interracial couple and were often arrested for traveling together. The injustices they experienced prompted Mildred Loving to write a letter to Robert F. Kennedy, the Attorney General of the United States, who forwarded her letter to the offices of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) in New York. The ACLU represented the Lovings in their case against Virginia’s ban on interracial marriages and its infringement on their right to live together as husband and wife in their home state. On June 12, 1967, the United States Supreme Court unanimously held that Virginia’s laws preventing marriage between persons solely on the basis of racial classifications violated the Equal Protection and Due Process clauses of the Fourteenth Amendment. Chief Justice Earl Warren delivered the opinion of the Court and concluded that “Under our Constitution, the freedom to marry, or not marry, a person of another race resides within the individual and cannot be infringed on by the State.”
This case was the first step in the journey toward marriage equality.
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Re: Happy Loving Day UWS
You live here as well ip.ip_law-hokie wrote:Well Joe - why don't get to work on them instead of wasting time on this thread if you feel that way.HokieJoe wrote:Lots of things are worth mention ip. Everything has it's place in history. Loving was a good decision. Now, 59 years after the fact, we have real issues that affects everyone.ip_law-hokie wrote:I think the right to marry between races, provided by the NY ACLU against the wishes of Virginia, is worth mention.HokieJoe wrote:Good job. If only you took the time to create threads about pressing issues like our nightmarish national debt; or how Odumbocare is cratering...Or how we need to get the economy back on its feet after 8 years of fail.
If only
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Re: Happy Loving Day UWS
You acknowledged a historical event that nobody in this forum would argue was a bad decision, so I'm confused by the reaction.ip_law-hokie wrote:Well Joe - why don't get to work on them instead of wasting time on this thread if you feel that way.HokieJoe wrote:Lots of things are worth mention ip. Everything has it's place in history. Loving was a good decision. Now, 59 years after the fact, we have real issues that affects everyone.ip_law-hokie wrote:I think the right to marry between races, provided by the NY ACLU against the wishes of Virginia, is worth mention.HokieJoe wrote:Good job. If only you took the time to create threads about pressing issues like our nightmarish national debt; or how Odumbocare is cratering...Or how we need to get the economy back on its feet after 8 years of fail.
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Nope. I made a point that most in this forum miss.USN_Hokie wrote:Good job. IP made a non provoking post and you effed it up.Florida Hokie wrote:I dunno - feels like you are shoving your views on marriage in everyone's face.
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Florida Hokie wrote:Nope. I made a point that most in this forum miss.USN_Hokie wrote:Good job. IP made a non provoking post and you effed it up.Florida Hokie wrote:I dunno - feels like you are shoving your views on marriage in everyone's face.
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Cute meme. Maybe you can use it again in 60 years when people look back on all the hand wringing there was over gay marriage.USN_Hokie wrote:Florida Hokie wrote:Nope. I made a point that most in this forum miss.USN_Hokie wrote:Good job. IP made a non provoking post and you effed it up.Florida Hokie wrote:I dunno - feels like you are shoving your views on marriage in everyone's face.
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Thank you for posting this.ip_law-hokie wrote:Let's make it a point to treat each other with love on this day.
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Loving Day is an annual celebration held on June 12 to celebrate the right of interracial couples to marry.
In 1958, 17-year-old Mildred Jeter, who was black, and her childhood sweetheart, 23-year-old Richard Loving, who was white, decided to get married. However, they lived in the Commonwealth of Virginia, which had miscegenation laws banning a white person from marrying a colored person, or any colored person from marrying a white person, the violation of which was a felony punishable by confinement in the penitentiary for not less than a year. Because of this, the couple was married in the District of Columbia pursuant to its laws. When the couple returned to Virginia they were arrested and charged with violating Virginia’s ban on interracial marriage. The Lovings pleaded guilty to the charge and were sentenced to one year in jail. However, the trial judge stated that he would suspend the sentence if they agreed to leave Virginia and not return to the state together for a period of 25 years. In his opinion, the trial judge stated that “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 marriage. The fact that he separated the races shows that he did not intend for the races to mix.” Given the choice between imprisonment and banishment, the couple chose to leave Virginia and move to the District of Columbia.
The Lovings faced severe and continued discrimination for being an interracial couple and were often arrested for traveling together. The injustices they experienced prompted Mildred Loving to write a letter to Robert F. Kennedy, the Attorney General of the United States, who forwarded her letter to the offices of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) in New York. The ACLU represented the Lovings in their case against Virginia’s ban on interracial marriages and its infringement on their right to live together as husband and wife in their home state. On June 12, 1967, the United States Supreme Court unanimously held that Virginia’s laws preventing marriage between persons solely on the basis of racial classifications violated the Equal Protection and Due Process clauses of the Fourteenth Amendment. Chief Justice Earl Warren delivered the opinion of the Court and concluded that “Under our Constitution, the freedom to marry, or not marry, a person of another race resides within the individual and cannot be infringed on by the State.”
This case was the first step in the journey toward marriage equality.
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