anti-miscegenation

First, it is striking to see that, notwithstanding that the Supreme Court outlawed anti-miscegenation laws in 1967,61 in 1973 nearly half of all white evangelical Protestants favored laws against interracial marriage.

American Grace Robert D. Putnam 2010

Virginia the Court declared anti-miscegenation laws to be unconstitutional.

The Conservative Assault on the Constitution Erwin Chemerinsky 2010

Figure 9.22 provides an illustrative example: support for anti-miscegenation laws among whites.

American Grace Robert D. Putnam 2010

What do Elmo, the New York Times, McDonald's coffee, transsexual tennis star Renee Richards, the interracial couple whose case overturned anti-miscegenation laws, a chimp using sign language, electric cars, the real horse whisperer, a former luxury hotel in Mozambique and Al Franken have in common?

Michael Rose: Documentaries Storm the Nation's Capitol at Silverdocs Festival Michael Rose 2011

What do Elmo, the New York Times, McDonald's coffee, transsexual tennis star Renee Richards, the interracial couple whose case overturned anti-miscegenation laws, a chimp using sign language, electric cars, the real horse whisperer, a former luxury hotel in Mozambique and Al Franken have in common?

Michael Rose: Documentaries Storm the Nation's Capitol at Silverdocs Festival Michael Rose 2011

That decision struck down the anti-miscegenation laws — written to prevent the mixing of the races — that were on the books at the time in more than a dozen states, including Virginia.

Think Progress » Scott Brown Denies Asserting That Obama Was Born Out Of Wedlock, Refuses To Apologize 2010

As to the reasons why anti-miscegenation laws existed, we might look at the court decision that affirmed such laws.

Confining Beliefs to Defined Domains 2009

In 1913 W.E.B. Du Bois editorialized against anti-miscegenation laws.

Joel Judd: Gay Rights - Straight Benefits Joel Judd 2012

The 1883 Supreme Court case Pace v Alabama established the constitutionality of anti-miscegenation laws by claiming that since whites and blacks were punished in equal measure for breaking the law against interracial marriage, it did not violate the 14th Amendment.

Grant Lyon: Barbara Bush Endorses Gay Marriage: A Rising Trend in the Republican Party Grant Lyon 2011

In 1851 Iowa territorial law rejected anti-miscegenation laws; Nebraska, Missouri and South Dakota did not allow interracial marrying until over one hundred years later.

Loren A. Olson, M.D.: Iowa Republicans for Marriage Equality M.D. Loren A. Olson 2011