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22. Some states didn't take their state laws off the books until after the Loving V. Virginia case

Thu Jan 5, 2012, 11:55 AM

Jan 2012

For example, Alabama was the last state to remove it's law from the books and that was in 2000 and 40% of the folks voted against taking the law off the books.

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K&R. Someday, the opponents of gay marriage will realize they are on the wrong side of msanthrope Jan 2012 #18

I don't understand how your marriage could be illegal until 1972. EFerrari Jan 2012 #19

Some states didn't take their state laws off the books until after the Loving V. Virginia case justiceischeap Jan 2012 #22

Interracial marriages were illegal in her state until 1972. Betty Karlson Jan 2012 #23

Not in CA that I know of. EFerrari Jan 2012 #24

Your memory is right.. Gormy Cuss Jan 2012 #27

None that I can find. The last ones were repealed in 1967. EFerrari Jan 2012 #35

I guess then that she was not in California at the time Betty Karlson Jan 2012 #57

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As recently as the last 3 years, there was a couple here in California who were Ecumenist Jan 2012 #67

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Wasn't that Henry Ford? Ecumenist Jan 2012 #32

It was Harry Laughlin loyalsister Jan 2012 #44

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We should not try to brag about minorities' misery: Betty Karlson Jan 2012 #58

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Maybe she didn't marry in CA. nt justiceischeap Jan 2012 #28

No, I didn't. Not that I had plannedit that way. My mother had a MAJOR Ecumenist Jan 2012 #31

Nevada's miscegenation laws were repealed in 1959. EFerrari Jan 2012 #33

I didn't get married until 2001. Ecumenist Jan 2012 #49

Heck, I wasn't born until 1964, LOL!! Ecumenist Jan 2012 #51

The law wasn't removed from the books until 1972. Ecumenist Jan 2012 #38

Well, I've been all over the country EFerrari Jan 2012 #42

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It's the same with Black folks. I have been asked if I knew Tyrone ..Who the hell is Tyrone? Ecumenist Jan 2012 #54

Perez v. Sharp didn't involve an Asian/white couple. Gormy Cuss Jan 2012 #43

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I wonder how a poll like that would do in Silicon Valley. EFerrari Jan 2012 #36

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Both parties routinely ignore popular opinion to pander to their funders. EFerrari Jan 2012 #39

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