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In our most celebrated Supreme Court decisions, we've seen an expansion of freedom -- Brown v. the Board of Education, Loving v. Virginia, Griswold v. Connecticut; and in the most infamous decisions, restrictions on our freedom -- Dred Scott, Plessy v. Fergusson, and Korematsu.
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But not really, for at the same time Judge Tauro also claimed that the Equal Protection Clause, which in 1967 was used to strike down state antimiscegenation laws in Loving v. Virginia, invalidated any state ban on same-sex marriage.
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Sixteen states banned interracial marriage when the Court struck that down in Loving v. Virginia.
Matt Coles: The San Francisco Marriage Case, Part Two: The Supreme Court 2010
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If you believe you have a right to fall in love and get married to whomever you wish, you are mostly correct, but only because the Supreme Court intervened on the side of the American people when it ruled in Loving v. Virginia that interracial couples could marry.
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In our most celebrated Supreme Court decisions, we've seen an expansion of freedom -- Brown v. the Board of Education, Loving v. Virginia, Griswold v. Connecticut; and in the most infamous decisions, restrictions on our freedom -- Dred Scott, Plessy v. Fergusson, and Korematsu.
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Drawing on the struggle against race discrimination in marriage as a historical measure, we are still far short of the critical mass of 34 states that had ended race-based discrimination when the Supreme Court ruled in Loving v. Virginia in 1967, though doing better in building the critical mass of public opinion in support, as we move toward Freedom to Marry's "majority for marriage."
Evan Wolfson: After Historic Prop 8 Ruling, What's Next for the Freedom to Marry 2010
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Sixteen states banned interracial marriage when the Court struck that down in Loving v. Virginia.
The San Francisco Marriage Case, Part Two: The Supreme Court 2010
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Supporters of gay marriage say the outcome of that case could be as significant from a civil rights perspective as Loving v. Virginia, the case that invalidated that state's ban on interracial marriage.
Amid rulings on same-sex marriage, Proposition 8 case could have larger effect 2010
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In June 1967 the United States Supreme Court in Loving v. Virginia struck down laws banning interracial marriage in over one dozen states holding among other things, marriage to be a fundamental right.
Brian Levin, J.D.: In Prop 8 Case Constitutional Concepts of Marriage and Discrimination Are Key 2010
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If you believe you have a right to fall in love and get married to whomever you wish, you are mostly correct, but only because the Supreme Court intervened on the side of the American people when it ruled in Loving v. Virginia that interracial couples could marry.
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