With the passage of the the Respect for Marriage Act, which protects same-sex and interracial marriages, The Associated Press is republishing its 1967 story by reporter Karl R
The Supreme Court sounded the death knell Monday for state laws outlawing racially mixed marriages.
He added: “The statutes prescribe generally accepted conduct if engaged in by members of different races.” The Virginia case involved Richard P. Loving, a 33-year-old white construction worker, and his part-Negro, part-Indian wife, Mildred, 27. Warren said they were deprived by law “of liberty without due process of law in violation of the due process clause of the 14th Amendment” to the U.S. Constitution.
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