Loving V. Virginia And Gay Marriage

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Loving V. Virginia and gay marriage In 1958 two men, Mildred Jeter and Richard Loving got married in Washington D.C. After they went home to Virginia they were arrested, and charged with a felony. They felony was because Mildred was black and Richard was white and they were guilty for miscegenation. On June 12, 1967 the U.S. Supreme Court declared Virginia’s anti miscegenation statute unconstitutional. Marriage is defined as a union between a man and a woman. La Shawn Barber, a freelance writer, thinks marriage should be between a man and a woman and allowing gay marriage will just open more doors to legalizing increasingly deviant unions. On the other side of the fence is Anna Quindlen, a prolific and nationally acclaimed writer. She believes if two people love each other they should be able to get married. Quindlen said “it’s about one of the most powerful forces of good on earth, the termination of two human beings to tether their lives forever.” Homosexuals have cited Loving v. Virginia and the modern civil rights movement to argue for marriage between two men. Barber is not happy that homosexuals use that case for there movement because she does not think they are comparable at all. Barber said “the goal of interracial marriage bans the legalized segregation was to maintain subordinate class of citizens based on race, and same-sex marriage bans is to protect traditional marriage, not maintain a subordinate class.” Although Quindlen does not talk about interracial marriage being comparable to same sex marriage, she states the fact that she thinks the courts are racist because they said that god separated the races because he didn’t intend them to mix. Barber said” individuals are worthy of equal treatment under the law, regardless of race, but an individuals lifestyle choices are not.” So what that is
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