Loving v. Virginia
Loving v. Virginia was a unanimous 1967 United States Supreme Court (SCOTUS) ruling which held that U.S. states cannot forbid people of different races from marrying each other, overturning the 1883 SCOTUS ruling in Pace v. Alabama.[1][2] Loving v. Virginia was later used as inspiration for the 2015 SCOTUS ruling in Obergefell v. Hodges, which held that U.S. states cannot forbid people from marrying someone of the same sex.[3]
Loving V. Virginia Media
Date range when U.S. states repealed anti-miscegenation laws: No laws ever passed* 1780 to 1887* 1948 to 1967* Invalidated June 12, 1967, by Loving decision
Chief Justice Earl Warren, the author of the Supreme Court's unanimous opinion in Loving v. Virginia
Graves of the Lovings in the St. Stephen's Baptist Church cemetery, Central Point, Virginia
References
- ↑ "Loving". American Civil Liberties Union.
- ↑ "Richard Perry LOVING et ux., Appellants, v. COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA". LII / Legal Information Institute.
- ↑ "Marriage Equality's Debt to Loving v. Virginia". www.law.columbia.edu.
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