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Loving v Virginia

What Would Mildred Loving Think About the Use of Images of Multiracial Families for Anti-LGBT Family Messages?

Angela Onwuachi-Willig | Posted 06.13.2013 | Gay Voices
Read More: God Made Dad & Mom, Loving v. Virginia, Loving Day, American Family Association, Mildred Loving, Interracial Marriage, Gay Marriage, Same-Sex Marriage, Amber Dee Parker, Amber Dee Parker God Made Dad and Mom, God Made Dad and Mom, Amber Dee Parker God Made Dad & Mom, Marriage Equality, Anti-Gay Children's Book, Gay Voices News
Angela Onwuachi-Willig

I am discouraged by the fact that this children's book uses the image of one civil rights victory -- multiracial families like mine and Mildred Loving's that are headed by heterosexual couples -- to tear down families that are perceived as being wrong: families headed by same-sex couples.

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Cautiously Optimistic on Gay Marriage

Chris Weigant | Posted 06.11.2013 | Politics
Read More: Miscegenation, Supreme Court, Gay Rights, Proposition 8, Prop 8, Doma, Scotus, State, LGBT Rights, Loving v Virginia, Gay Marriage, Defense of Marriage Act, Same-Sex Marriage, Marriage Equality, Politics News
Chris Weigant

In both the Proposition 8 case and the Defense Of Marriage Act (DOMA) case, many are hoping for sweeping rulings that put the subject to rest for all time. Personally, I don't think that's what's going to happen.

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God Condemns Same-Sex Marriage? Really?

Warren J. Blumenfeld | Posted 06.01.2013 | Religion
Read More: Religious Oppression, Transgender, Loving v. Virginia, Bisexual, Lesbian, Bible, Evangelical Christians, Gay, Bob Dylan, Franklin Graham, Religion and Sexuality, Scripture Study, Scripture Commentary, Gay Marriage, Christianity, Judaism, Religion News
Warren J. Blumenfeld

One does not have to be a biblical scholar to know our society does not and has not followed many of the principles the Bibles dictate on issues of marriage. Let's look at some of the religious teachings, many pointing out that the institution of marriage was constructed very differently from what some today consider as "traditional."

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Obama Inauguration II: Reflections on Loving and the American Experience

Michael J. O'Neil | Posted 03.18.2013 | Politics
Read More: Birthers, Loving v. Virginia, Race, Barack Obama, Inauguration, Politics News
Michael J. O'Neil

While I saw the election of Barack Obama as a reflection of real changes in attitudes, everything in my education, training, and observations of human behavior suggested that the far more dramatic changes would result from his election.

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Loving v. Leviticus

Robert S. McElvaine | Posted 08.13.2012 | Politics
Read More: Mildred Loving, Loving v. Virginia, Earl Warren, Emmett Till, Corporate Personhood, Interracial Marriage, Leviticus, Barack Obama, Matthew Shepard, Politics News
Robert S. McElvaine

Is it not curious that so many people who oppose government regulation of the actions of corporations simultaneously demand government regulation of the actions of our living corpus?

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Marriage Equality: Our Rights Are Not Up for Debate!

Warren J. Blumenfeld | Posted 07.11.2012 | Gay Voices
Read More: Supreme Court, Vice President Biden, Loving v. Virginia, President Obama, Alexis De Tocqueville, Brown v. Board of Education, Federalism, Roe v. Wade, Ballot Initiatives, Same-Sex Marriage, Gay Marriage, Gay Voices News
Warren J. Blumenfeld

While many of our political leaders debate issues of marriage equality, I do not believe that the rights of minoritized people should be up for debate and should be settled on in the voting booth.

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PHOTOS: An Intimate Look At Virginia's First Legal Interracial Marriage

The Huffington Post | Jessica Cumberbatch Anderson | Posted 01.18.2012 | Black Voices
Read More: Video, Loving v. Virginia, Interracial Marriage, Black History Month, Black Voices News

Before June of 1967, sixteen states still prohibited interracial marriage, including Virginia, the home of Richard Perry Loving, a white man, and his ...

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Love Will Make A Way: The Intersections Of Interracial And Same Sex Marriage

The Rev. Jacqueline J. Lewis, Ph.D. | Posted 08.08.2011 | Religion
Read More: Marriage, Loving v. Virginia, Gay Rights, LGBT Rights, New York Marriage Equality, Christianity, New York Gay Marriage, Marriage Equality, Interracial Marriage, Gay Marriage, Religion News
The Rev. Jacqueline J. Lewis, Ph.D.

Loving among two consenting adults that want to make a life-long commitment to one another must be recognized as a vital personal right, protected under the law, one that should be blessed and honored by the Church.

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

Grant Lyon | Posted 05.25.2011 | Comedy
Read More: Supreme Court, Tea Party, George W. Bush, Human Rights Campaign, John Boswell, Pace v. Alabama, Dick Cheney, Don't Ask Don't Tell, Marriage, New Yorkers for Marriage Equality, Tea Party Movement, Laura Bush, Gay Rights, Loving v. Virginia, Ted Olson, Coors, Sarah Palin, Barbara Bush, Gay Marriage, Comedy News
Grant Lyon

Thank you Barbara Bush for supporting gay marriage. You just became the better twin in my book.

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Committed: An Immigration Love Story

Arlene M. Roberts | Posted 05.25.2011 | Books
Read More: Elizabeth Gilbert, Committed, Green Card Marriages, Immigration Detention, Deportation, Dhs, Homeland Security, Ice, Customs and Border Patrol, Immigrants-in-Detention, Mildred Loving, Richard Loving, Loving v. Virginia, Marriage, Matrimony, Besom Wedding, Jumping the Broom, Coverture, Friedelehe, Muntehe, Books News
Arlene M. Roberts

Eat, Pray, Love, Elizabeth Gilbert's memoir in which she chronicles her global quest for solace post-divorce, enjoyed an extensive run on the New York...

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Senator Vitter on Video: I Don't Know if Loving Was Correctly Decided

Mike Stark | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Read More: Racism, Senator Vitter, Supreme Court, Judicial Activism, Loving v. Virginia, Vitter Miscegenation, Vitter Supreme Court, David Vitter, Politics News
Mike Stark

Loving v. Virginia was a unanimous Supreme Court decision that declared state anti-miscegenation (interracial marriage) laws unconstitutional. It is simply not credible for any lawyer to claim ignorance about it.

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RNC Facebook Photo Taken Down: Racist Anti-Obama Picture

The Huffington Post | Elyse Siegel | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Read More: GOP Racism, Rnc President Obama, Rnc Facebook, Rnc Facebook Post, Loving v. Virginia, Obama Race Issue, Rnc, Obama Racism, President Obama, Conservative Racism, Interracial Marriage, Rnc Racism, Politics News

The Republican National Committee came under fire after a user posted a controversial photo on its Facebook page. The RNC "fan" upload features a pict...

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Gay Marriage And The US Supreme Court: Is It Too Soon To Petition?

The New Yorker | Margaret Talbot | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Read More: California, Gay Marriage Case, Brown v. Board of Education, Theodore B. Olson, Civil Rights, Olson Boies, Homosexuality, Gay Rights, Proposition 8, Loving v. Virginia, Prop 8, Supreme Court, Lesbians, US Supreme Court, Supreme Court Gay Marriage, Gay Marriage, David Boies, Politics News

On January 11th, a remarkable legal case opens in a San Francisco courtroom--on its way, it seems almost certain, to the Supreme Court. Perry v. Schwa...

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Black Queers Are Tying the Knot

Irene Monroe | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living
Read More: Lgbt of African Descent, Loving v. Virginia, LGBT Issues, LGBT Community, Black Gay Marriage, Lgbt Black, Coretta Scott King, Lgbtq Rights, Gay Civil Rights, Black Gays, Gay Marriage, Healthy Living News
Irene Monroe

An idea that was once anathema to black queer identity, marriage, in our LGBTQ communities, is being celebrated and on the rise. And many of us are now proudly walking down the aisle to tie the knot.

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Love, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness

Conor Fortune | Posted 05.25.2011 | Home
Read More: Supreme Court, Senator Robert Menendez, Immigration Reform, Chief Justice Earl Warren, Rep. Mike Honda, Argentine, Houston, Loving v. Virginia, Independence Day, Reuniting Families Act, Immigration, Irish-American, Immigration Policy, Loving vs. Virginia, Home News
Conor Fortune

Senator Robert Menendez: "Our family immigration system is broken -- it has not been updated in 20 years and many families wait decades to immigrate legally to this country."

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Even Same-Sex Marriage Is a Basic Civil Right

Menachem Rosensaft | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Read More: Chief Justice Earl Warren, Loving v. Virginia, Nuremberg Laws, Rick Warren, Gay and Lesbian Rights, Saddleback Church, Kenneth Starr, Interracial Marriage, Same-Sex Marriage Ban, Same-Sex Marriage, Politics News
Menachem Rosensaft

Republicans who tolerate their party's platform calling for a constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriage should be reminded of a similar constitutional amendment to prohibit interracial marriage.

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