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- Title
WE'VE HEARD THIS BEFORE: THE LEGACY OF INTERRACIAL MARRIAGE BANS AND THE IMPLICATIONS FOR TODAY'S MARRIAGE EQUALITY DEBATES.
- Authors
Johnson, Greg
- Abstract
The article examines the legacy of interracial marriage bans, along with the implications of the debates on marriage equality in the U.S. It presents the decision of the Supreme Court on the 1967 case of Loving v. Virginia, which struck down interracial marriage bans in Virginia and fifteen other states. The court indicates the essential of guaranteeing a fundamental right to marry to the welfare of the society. The author agrees that supporters of marriage equality must make independent moral claim with regards to the provision of same-same marriage. Further, he stresses concern on the traditional definition of marriage as a by-product of historical injustice.
- Subjects
UNITED States; INTERRACIAL marriage; BANNS of marriage; ACTIONS &; defenses (Law); LOVING v. Virginia; SOCIAL injustice; CIVIL rights; INTERRACIAL couples; UNITED States. Supreme Court; MARRIAGE law
- Publication
Vermont Law Review, 2009, Vol 34, Issue 2, p277
- ISSN
0145-2908
- Publication type
Article