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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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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.

***********

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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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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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.

***********

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.
Yet he's someone who is, if I recall from comments on here, unmarried.
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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
I think The Usuals have those covered.


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133743Hokie wrote:
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.

***********

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.
Yet he's someone who is, if I recall from comments on here, unmarried.
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nolanvt wrote:
133743Hokie wrote:
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.

***********

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.
Yet he's someone who is, if I recall from comments on here, unmarried.
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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
I think the right to marry between races, provided by the NY ACLU against the wishes of Virginia, is worth mention.


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Wonder which live matters in this case.
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Attila T Hun wrote:Wonder which live matters in this case.
Just love.


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nolanvt wrote:
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
I think The Usuals have those covered.


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Florida Hokie wrote:I dunno - feels like you are shoving your views on marriage in everyone's face.
Good job. IP made a non provoking post and you effed it up.
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ip_law-hokie wrote:
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
I think the right to marry between races, provided by the NY ACLU against the wishes of Virginia, is worth mention.


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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.
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ip_law-hokie wrote:
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
I think the right to marry between races, provided by the NY ACLU against the wishes of Virginia, is worth mention.


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Isn't it sort of irrelevant today? Yes, critical and important 60 years ago. But today?
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HokieJoe wrote:
ip_law-hokie wrote:
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
I think the right to marry between races, provided by the NY ACLU against the wishes of Virginia, is worth mention.


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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.
Well Joe - why don't get to work on them instead of wasting time on this thread if you feel that way.


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ip_law-hokie wrote:Let's make it a point to treat each other with love on this day.

***********

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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ip_law-hokie wrote:
HokieJoe wrote:
ip_law-hokie wrote:
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
I think the right to marry between races, provided by the NY ACLU against the wishes of Virginia, is worth mention.


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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.
Well Joe - why don't get to work on them instead of wasting time on this thread if you feel that way.


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You live here as well ip.

That said, I am being a d/ck to you, so I apologize.
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ip_law-hokie wrote:
HokieJoe wrote:
ip_law-hokie wrote:
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
I think the right to marry between races, provided by the NY ACLU against the wishes of Virginia, is worth mention.


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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.
Well Joe - why don't get to work on them instead of wasting time on this thread if you feel that way.


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You acknowledged a historical event that nobody in this forum would argue was a bad decision, so I'm confused by the reaction.


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USN_Hokie wrote:
Florida Hokie wrote:I dunno - feels like you are shoving your views on marriage in everyone's face.
Good job. IP made a non provoking post and you effed it up.
Nope. I made a point that most in this forum miss.
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Florida Hokie wrote:
USN_Hokie wrote:
Florida Hokie wrote:I dunno - feels like you are shoving your views on marriage in everyone's face.
Good job. IP made a non provoking post and you effed it up.
Nope. I made a point that most in this forum miss.
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USN_Hokie wrote:
Florida Hokie wrote:
USN_Hokie wrote:
Florida Hokie wrote:I dunno - feels like you are shoving your views on marriage in everyone's face.
Good job. IP made a non provoking post and you effed it up.
Nope. I made a point that most in this forum miss.
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ip_law-hokie wrote:Let's make it a point to treat each other with love on this day.

***********

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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