Tuesday, May 6, 2008
Mildred Loving has passed on
Mildred Loving, of Loving v. Virginia fame, has died. There's nothing I can say about this remarkable woman and her husband that she didn't say better herself last year on the 40th anniversary of their landmark case. You can read a PDF of her statement at Freedom to Marry.
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"The judge declared:
'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.'"
It is dreadful that a judge would have uttered these words. Thank goodness for the support they had to fight for their love.
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