Thank you, Mildred, and may you rest in peace.

[telesilla]

Mildred Loving dies at 68.All she and her husband wanted was to have their marriage legally recognized in the state they lived in. Only problem? She was Black and he was white and that didn't play well too well in Virginia in 1958; in fact, their marriage was illegal. In 1967 the Supreme Court unanimously upheld their right to be married, a

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[batagur]

Amen.

When people ask me why I am so rabidly for same sex marriage, I often tell them about Loving vs. Virginia. It wasn't all that long ago that the same rhetoric being used against same-sex unions was being used against my own marriage. How could I stand and allow that to be? I can't.

[ladycat777]

Reading the Fark comments about her was... enlightening. Mostly because so many of them were honoring her (well, in Fark's own unique way). I was glad of that. It's not that long ago and it shouldn't have been that big of a deal, but it was, and it is. And it needs to be carried further.

[used_songs]

Thank you for this; I didn't know.

[bkm5191]

I hope you do get the right to get married.

[dejla]

The only reason the law doesn't apply is because the people in power have religious blinders on. Love is love and should be recognized as such in ANY state of this union.