Hawaii had no anti-miscegenation law on its books. From Wordnik.com. [Pete Cenedella: The Cutting Edge of Civil Rights: Why President Obama Must Lead on Gay Marriage] Reference
In reverse, it's almost the anti-miscegenation complaint. From Wordnik.com. [Loserville: Obama Is Channeling Kerry and Gore] Reference
I am still learning more about the anti-miscegenation laws. From Wordnik.com. [The Volokh Conspiracy » Justice Kagan I Presume?] Reference
While the last U.S. anti-miscegenation law was finally struck down in. From Wordnik.com. [The Color of Blood: Racial Dynamics in Harry Potter (Part 2)] Reference
At one time or another, 37 states had passed anti-miscegenation laws. From Wordnik.com. [Richard Socarides: A Summer for Gay Rights] Reference
The result: marriage restriction, anti-miscegenation, and immigration laws. From Wordnik.com. [Better for All the World: Summary and book reviews of Better for All the World by Harry Bruinius.] Reference
Virginia, which struck down anti-miscegenation laws, died this past Friday of pneumonia. From Wordnik.com. [Mildred Jeter Loving: Important Footnote in History] Reference
In 1967 the U.S. Supreme Court struck down the last anti-miscegenation law in the nation. From Wordnik.com. [The Loving Generation] Reference
Try Loving v Virginia (are anti-miscegenation laws racially discriminatory? umm, hard question). From Wordnik.com. [Boing Boing: June 6, 2004 - June 12, 2004 Archives] Reference
In 1964 she interned for the NAACP and helped write a brief on the first anti-miscegenation case. From Wordnik.com. [David Swanson: So, If Not Caroline Kennedy, Then Who?] Reference
When his own parents married, many states would have had them arrested under anti-miscegenation laws. From Wordnik.com. [Jeremy Gerard: The Audacity of 'Nope'] Reference
Supreme Court would not rule that anti-miscegenation laws are a denial of equal protection until 1967. From Wordnik.com. [Kerber on the historical brief in the Iowa same-sex marriage case] Reference
She was fighting against anti-miscegenation laws that existed in this country in 16 states at that time. From Wordnik.com. [The Suing Professor] Reference
Paragraph 5 clearly bans discrimination based on race, and so would clearly ban anti-miscegenation laws. From Wordnik.com. [The law of love and gravity] Reference
Opposition to same-sex marriage must be treated just like support for now long-gone anti-miscegenation laws. From Wordnik.com. [On gay marriage, stop playing the hate card] Reference
As to the reasons why anti-miscegenation laws existed, we might look at the court decision that affirmed such laws. From Wordnik.com. [Confining Beliefs to Defined Domains] Reference
If that were the case then anti-miscegenation laws (i.e. outlaw mixed race marriages) would still be Constitutional. From Wordnik.com. [Obama Reaffirms Support For Same-Sex Unions] Reference
Imagine, for example, what would have happened if anti-miscegenation laws had been codified into the US Consitution. From Wordnik.com. [Did Sarah Palin just come out in support of the federal marriage amendment?] Reference
They drove 90 miles north, across the Virginia line to DC, where no anti-miscegenation laws prevented them from being wed. From Wordnik.com. [Pete Cenedella: The Cutting Edge of Civil Rights: Why President Obama Must Lead on Gay Marriage] Reference
It allows a person simultaneously to oppose anti-miscegenation laws and to disclaim any desire to marry across racial lines. From Wordnik.com. [Interracial Intimacy] Reference
For many years, anti-miscegenation laws were justified because everyone had the same right to marry someone of the same race. From Wordnik.com. [The Volokh Conspiracy » Wake Me From This Nightmare] Reference
However, Wyoming was the only state without such a ban that actually enacted an anti-miscegenation law during that time period. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2008-07-01] Reference
DERSHOWITZ: Of course it was the Supreme Court of the United States which struck down the last of the anti-miscegenation statutes. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Feb 29, 2004] Reference
Alas, there are so many traditions we have had to set aside because they were unjust, even when a majority supported them: slavery, anti-miscegenation laws, etc. From Wordnik.com. [anonymous call, a poison pen] Reference
They moved to Washington, D.C., and nine years passed before the Supreme Court overturned their convictions, declaring all anti-miscegenation laws unconstitutional. From Wordnik.com. [Jennifer Gandin Le: Loving Day: It's Not a Hallmark Holiday] Reference
Nearly 20 years later, the United States Supreme Court agreed that marriage was a "basic civil right" when it struck down anti-miscegenation laws all across the country. From Wordnik.com. [Brian Normoyle: Prop 8 Makes Wrong Kind of History] Reference
Though some states had repealed anti-miscegenation statues even before the Civil War and the 13th through 15th amendments to the constitution, 16 still had them in 1967. From Wordnik.com. [Michael Henry Adams: "Gay, or Straight, Black, or White: Love is Love, Right is Right!" Right?] Reference
Another important marker of 1967 was when anti-miscegenation laws were overturned unanimously by the Supreme Court in the landmark civil rights case, Loving v. Virginia. From Wordnik.com. [Stephanie Wash: What's Love Got to Do With It] Reference
Hence the defeat of an anti-miscegenation measure by Southern legislators cannot be construed as a failure on their part to live up to their conviction of race-superiority. From Wordnik.com. [Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, 1995, Memorial Issue] Reference
Anti-gay marriage laws passed by the states -- whether through legislatures or pernicious ballot initiatives -- are every bit as unconstitutional as anti-miscegenation laws were. From Wordnik.com. [Pete Cenedella: The Cutting Edge of Civil Rights: Why President Obama Must Lead on Gay Marriage] Reference
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